diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/preggy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/preggy/default.nix
index 5c4241a6477e..4281e6de0edf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/preggy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/preggy/default.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
   fetchPypi,
   six,
   unidecode,
-  nose,
-  yanc,
+  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -17,20 +16,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     six
     unidecode
   ];
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    nose
-    yanc
-  ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "25ba803afde4f35ef543a60915ced2e634926235064df717c3cb3e4e3eb4670c";
   };
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    nosetests .
-  '';
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Assertion library for Python";
     homepage = "http://heynemann.github.io/preggy/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yanc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yanc/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 30d0e302cd43..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yanc/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  pythonOlder,
-  fetchPypi,
-  nose,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "yanc";
-  version = "0.3.3";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0z35bkk9phs40lf5061k1plhjdl5fskm0dmdikrsqi1bjihnxp8w";
-  };
-
-  # Tests fail on Python>=3.5. See: https://github.com/0compute/yanc/issues/10
-  doCheck = pythonOlder "3.5";
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ nose ];
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    nosetests .
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Yet another nose colorer";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/0compute/yanc";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jluttine ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 114d0f8c29a6..3932083c9845 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   xenomapper = throw "xenomapper was moved to pkgs.xenomapper"; # added 2021-12-31
   XlsxWriter = xlsxwriter; # added 2023-02-19
   Yapsy = yapsy; # added 2023-02-19
+  yanc  = throw "yanc has been removed because it relies on nose"; # added 2024-07-27
   z3 = z3-solver; # added 2023-12-03
   zake = throw "zake has been removed because it is abandoned"; # added 2023-06-20
   zc_buildout_nix = throw "zc_buildout_nix was pinned to a version no longer compatible with other modules";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2cfd835857d7..d674e7d57746 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17578,8 +17578,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   yamlordereddictloader = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yamlordereddictloader { };
 
-  yanc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yanc { };
-
   yangson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yangson { };
 
   yapf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yapf { };