diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/basswood-av/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/basswood-av/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4772e40358bb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/basswood-av/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  setuptools,
-  pkg-config,
-  cython,
-  ffmpeg,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "basswood-av";
-  version = "15.2.1";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "basswood-io";
-    repo = "BasswoodAV";
-    tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-GWNMPiNk8nSSm45EaRm1Te0PpCNPSYf62WbPYFY/9H8=";
-  };
-
-  build-system = [
-    setuptools
-    cython
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ ffmpeg ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "bv" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Python bindings for ffmpeg libraries";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/basswood-io/BasswoodAV";
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 912f98d9518d..03ffbcee148f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ mapAliases {
   autotrash = throw "'autotrash' has been renamed to/replaced by 'super.pkgs.autotrash'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   Babel = throw "'Babel' has been renamed to/replaced by 'babel'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   backports_shutil_get_terminal_size = throw "'backports_shutil_get_terminal_size' has been renamed to/replaced by 'backports-shutil-get-terminal-size'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
+  basewood-av = throw "'basewood-av' has been removed due to being archived upstream and unused"; # added 2025-11-26
   bash_kernel = throw "'bash_kernel' has been renamed to/replaced by 'bash-kernel'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   beancount_docverif = throw "'beancount_docverif' has been renamed to/replaced by 'beancount-docverif'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   beets-stable = lib.warn "beets-stable was aliased to beets, since upstream releases are frequent nowadays" self.beets; # added 2025-10-16
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f22805eed7cc..dc0495a10c4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1750,8 +1750,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   basiciw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/basiciw { };
 
-  basswood-av = callPackage ../development/python-modules/basswood-av { };
-
   batchgenerators = callPackage ../development/python-modules/batchgenerators { };
 
   batchspawner = callPackage ../development/python-modules/batchspawner { };