diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/paypalrestsdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/paypalrestsdk/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0562be6ee739..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/paypalrestsdk/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
-, requests, six, pyopenssl }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "paypalrestsdk";
-  version = "1.13.2";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-kZUfNtsw1oW5ceFASYSRo1bPHfjv9xZWYDrKTtcs81o=";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests six pyopenssl ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://developer.paypal.com/";
-    description = "Python APIs to create, process and manage payment";
-    license = "PayPal SDK License";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 94898d9db892..3605c6373664 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pam = python-pam; # added 2020-09-07.
   PasteDeploy = pastedeploy; # added 2021-10-07
   pathpy = path; # added 2022-04-12
+  paypalrestsdk = throw "paypalrestsdk was removed, the upstream repo was archived back in 2020"; # Added 2023-11-25
   pdfposter = throw "pdfposter was promoted to a top-level attribute"; # Added 2023-06-29
   pdfminer = pdfminer-six; # added 2022-05-25
   pep257 = pydocstyle; # added 2022-04-12
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 35554ba70d38..458b42b4bda5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8855,8 +8855,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   paypalhttp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/paypalhttp { };
 
-  paypalrestsdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/paypalrestsdk { };
-
   pbkdf2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pbkdf2 { };
 
   pbr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pbr { };