diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-slugify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-slugify/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f472a443515..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-slugify/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  fetchpatch,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  six,
-  unidecode,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "unicode-slugify";
-  version = "0.1.5";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "25f424258317e4cb41093e2953374b3af1f23097297664731cdb3ae46f6bd6c3";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    ./use_pytest_instead_of_nose.patch
-    # mozilla/unicode-slugify#41: Fix Python 3.12 SyntaxWarning
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/mozilla/unicode-slugify/commit/a18826f440d0b74e536f5e32ebdcf30e720f20d8.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-B27psp0XI5GhoR0l5lFpUOh88hHzjJYzJS5PnIkfFws=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    six
-    unidecode
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-
-  enabledTestPaths = [ "slugify/tests.py" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Generates unicode slugs";
-    homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/unicode-slugify/";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mmai ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-slugify/use_pytest_instead_of_nose.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-slugify/use_pytest_instead_of_nose.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4aea175ffa4a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-slugify/use_pytest_instead_of_nose.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/slugify/tests.py b/slugify/tests.py
-index 9f636c4..5562e87 100644
---- a/slugify/tests.py
-+++ b/slugify/tests.py
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
- 
- import six
- import unittest
--from nose.tools import eq_, raises
-+import pytest
- 
- from slugify import slugify, smart_text, SLUG_OK
- 
-@@ -13,31 +13,31 @@ def test_slugify():
-     x = '-'.join([u, u])
-     y = ' - '.join([u, u])
- 
--    @raises(ValueError)
-     def test_incoherent_ok_and_only_ascii_raises_an_error():
-         """Checks that only_ascii=True with non ascii "ok" chars actually raises an error."""
--        slugify('angry smiley !', ok='è_é', only_ascii=True)
-+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-+            slugify('angry smiley !', ok='è_é', only_ascii=True)
- 
-     def check(x, y):
--        eq_(slugify(x), y)
-+        assert slugify(x) == y
- 
-     def check_only_ascii(x, y):
--        eq_(slugify(x, only_ascii=True), y)
-+        assert slugify(x, only_ascii=True) == y
- 
-     def check_only_ascii_capital(x, y):
--        eq_(slugify(x, lower=False, only_ascii=True), y)
-+        assert slugify(x, lower=False, only_ascii=True) == y
- 
-     def check_only_ascii_lower_nospaces(x, y):
--        eq_(slugify(x, lower=True, spaces=False, only_ascii=True), y)
-+        assert slugify(x, lower=True, spaces=False, only_ascii=True) == y
- 
-     def check_ok_chars(x, y):
--        eq_(slugify(x, ok='-♰é_è'), y)
-+        assert slugify(x, ok='-♰é_è') == y
- 
-     def check_empty_ok_chars(x, y):
--        eq_(slugify(x, ok=''), y)
-+        assert slugify(x, ok='') == y
- 
-     def check_limited_ok_chars_only_ascii(x, y):
--        eq_(slugify(x, ok='-', only_ascii=True), y)
-+        assert slugify(x, ok='-', only_ascii=True) == y
- 
-     s = [('xx x  - "#$@ x', 'xx-x-x'),
-          ('Bän...g (bang)', 'bäng-bang'),
-@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ def test_slugify():
- 
-     #Test custom space replacement
-     x, y = ('-☀- pretty waves under the sunset 😎', '--~pretty~waves~under~the~sunset')
--    eq_(slugify(x, space_replacement='~'), y)
-+    assert slugify(x, space_replacement='~') == y
- 
-     #Test default auto space replacement
-     x, y = ('-☀- pretty waves under the sunset 😎', 'pretty~waves~under~the~sunset')
--    eq_(slugify(x, ok='~'), y)
-+    assert slugify(x, ok='~') == y
- 
- 
- class SmartTextTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 0521f9bc947b..b0802068b303 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ mapAliases {
   ufoLib2 = ufolib2; # added 2024-01-07
   ukrainealarm = throw "ukrainealarm has been removed, as it has been replaced as a home-assistant dependency by uasiren."; # added 2024-01-05
   unblob-native = throw "unblob-native has been removed because its functionality is merged into unblob 25.4.14."; # Added 2025-05-02
+  unicode-slugify = throw "'unicode-slugify' has been removed becaues it was broken and unmaintained. Consider using 'python-slugify' instead."; # added 2025-10-05
   unifi = throw "'unifi' has been removed as upstream was archived in 2017"; # Added 2025-08-25
   unittest2 = throw "unittest2 has been removed as it's a backport of unittest that's unmaintained and not needed beyond Python 3.4."; # added 2022-12-01
   update_checker = update-checker; # added 2024-01-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4ccf974b19de..781d7cedb9bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -19527,8 +19527,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   unicode-rbnf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unicode-rbnf { };
 
-  unicode-slugify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unicode-slugify { };
-
   unicodecsv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unicodecsv { };
 
   unicodedata2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unicodedata2 { };