diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pixelmatch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pixelmatch/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 23d5f748d335..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pixelmatch/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchgit,
-  pillow,
-  poetry-core,
-  pytest-benchmark,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  pythonOlder,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pixelmatch";
-  version = "0.2.3";
-  format = "pyproject";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
-
-  # Test fixtures are stored in LFS
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/whtsky/pixelmatch-py";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-/zRQhwz+HjT0Hs4CunsqHxHWEtoIH9qMBowRb0Pps6Y=";
-    fetchLFS = true;
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ poetry-core ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pillow
-    pytest-benchmark
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  pytestFlagsArray = [ "--benchmark-disable" ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pixelmatch" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Pixel-level image comparison library";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/whtsky/pixelmatch-py";
-    license = licenses.isc;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index cea0900e2e34..56a614449c84 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   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
+  pixelmatch = "pixelmatch has been removed as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2024-08-18
   pkutils = throw "pkutils was removed as it was unused and is not applicable to modern Python build tools"; # added 2024-07-28
   poetry = throw "poetry was promoted to a top-level attribute, use poetry-core to build Python packages"; # added 2023-01-09
   poetry2conda = throw "poetry2conda was promoted to a top-level attribute"; # Added 2022-10-02
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ce3728ea525a..f5bf811f0a3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10264,8 +10264,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
     inherit (pkgs.libsForQt5) soqt;
   };
 
-  pixelmatch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pixelmatch { };
-
   pixel-font-builder = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pixel-font-builder { };
 
   pixel-ring = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pixel-ring { };