diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/compose_1.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/compose_1.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ac5d726439ce..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/compose_1.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchPypi
-, installShellFiles
-, mock, pytest, nose
-, pyyaml, colorama, docopt
-, dockerpty, docker, jsonschema, requests
-, six, texttable, websocket-client, cached-property
-, paramiko, distro, python-dotenv
-}:
-
-buildPythonApplication rec {
-  version = "1.29.2";
-  pname = "docker-compose";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-TIzZ0h0jdBJ5PRi9MxEASe6a+Nqz/iwhO70HM5WbCbc=";
-  };
-
-  # lots of networking and other fails
-  doCheck = false;
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ mock pytest nose ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pyyaml colorama dockerpty docker
-    jsonschema requests six texttable websocket-client
-    docopt cached-property paramiko distro python-dotenv
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Remove upper bound on requires, see also
-    # https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/4431
-    sed -i "s/, < .*',$/',/" setup.py
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    installShellCompletion --bash contrib/completion/bash/docker-compose
-    installShellCompletion --zsh contrib/completion/zsh/_docker-compose
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://docs.docker.com/compose/";
-    description = "Multi-container orchestration for Docker";
-    mainProgram = "docker-compose";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ Frostman ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a8f9e0a88946..a97ab1c0c949 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   dhcp = throw "dhcp (ISC DHCP) has been removed from nixpkgs, because it reached its end of life"; # Added 2023-04-04
   dibbler = throw "dibbler was removed because it is not maintained anymore"; # Added 2024-05-14
   dnnl = oneDNN; # Added 2020-04-22
+  docker-compose_1 = throw "'docker-compose_1' has been removed because it has been unmaintained since May 2021. Use docker-compose instead."; # Added 2024-07-29
   docker-distribution = distribution; # Added 2023-12-26
   docker-machine = throw "'docker-machine' has been removed, because the upstream project was archived"; # Added 2023-12-27
   docker-machine-kvm = throw "'docker-machine-kvm' has been removed, because 'docker-machine' was archived upstream and removed"; # Added 2023-12-27
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1c85f63b569e..bb300af363d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29860,7 +29860,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   docker-buildx = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/docker/buildx.nix { };
   docker-compose = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/docker/compose.nix { };
-  docker-compose_1 = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/virtualization/docker/compose_1.nix { };
   docker-sbom = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/docker/sbom.nix { };