diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/async-dns/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/async-dns/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a6a389931953..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/async-dns/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  poetry-core,
-  python,
-  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "async-dns";
-  version = "2.0.0";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "gera2ld";
-    repo = "async_dns";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-jjfJBqTGX+lM9lwNA4TKmlNC1efuCBUMPm3Gf3eHx24=";
-  };
-
-  build-system = [ poetry-core ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
-  ];
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-
-    # Test needs network access
-    rm -r tests/resolver
-    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest
-
-    runHook postCheck
-  '';
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "async_dns" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Python DNS library";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/gera2ld/async_dns";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/gera2ld/async_dns/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fab ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index eb8255e5d1dd..b55d78d3be77 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ mapAliases {
   argon2_cffi = throw "'argon2_cffi' has been renamed to/replaced by 'argon2-cffi'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   astropy-extension-helpers = extension-helpers; # Added 2025-10-15
   asyauth-bad = throw "'asyauth-bad' has been renamed to/replaced by 'badauth'"; # added 2025-11-06
+  async-dns = throw "'async-dns' has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2026-03-23
   async_generator = throw "'async_generator' has been renamed to/replaced by 'async-generator'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   async_stagger = throw "'async_stagger' has been renamed to/replaced by 'async-stagger'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   asyncio-nats-client = throw "'asyncio-nats-client' has been renamed to/replaced by 'nats-py'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cc5905ec918c..3e0cd1a69d69 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1110,8 +1110,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   async-cache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/async-cache { };
 
-  async-dns = callPackage ../development/python-modules/async-dns { };
-
   async-generator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/async-generator { };
 
   async-interrupt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/async-interrupt { };