diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d8c99914da0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  appdirs,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  cachelib,
-  colorama,
-  cssselect,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
-  keep,
-  lxml,
-  pygments,
-  pyquery,
-  requests,
-  rich,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  setuptools,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "howdoi";
-  version = "2.0.20";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "gleitz";
-    repo = "howdoi";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-u0k+h7Sp2t/JUnfPqRzDpEA+vNXB7CpyZ/SRvk+B9t0=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Bad test case fix: comparing hardcoded string to internet search result
-    # PR merged: https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi/pull/497
-    # Please remove on the next release
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi/commit/7d24e9e1c87811a6e66d60f504381383cf1ac3fd.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-AFQMnMEijaExqiimbNaVeIRmZJ4Yj0nGUOEjfsvBLh8=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
-
-  dependencies = [
-    appdirs
-    cachelib
-    colorama
-    cssselect
-    keep
-    lxml
-    pygments
-    pyquery
-    requests
-    rich
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-
-  preCheck = ''
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
-  '';
-
-  disabledTests = [
-    "test_colorize"
-    # Tests are flaky, OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files happens
-    "test_answer_links_using_l_option"
-    "test_answers_bing"
-    "test_answers"
-    "test_json_output"
-    "test_missing_pre_or_code_query"
-    "test_multiple_answers"
-    "test_position"
-    "test_unicode_answer"
-  ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "howdoi" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Instant coding answers via the command line";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi/blob/v${version}/CHANGES.txt";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 943a5c69d63a..ce23a2488c09 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ mapAliases {
   hologram = throw "'hologram' has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2026-03-22
   homeassistant-bring-api = throw "'homeassistant-bring-api' has been renamed to/replaced by 'bring-api'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   homepluscontrol = throw "'homepluscontrol' has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2026-03-22
+  howdoi = throw "'howdoi' has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2026-04-19
   HTSeq = throw "'HTSeq' has been renamed to/replaced by 'htseq'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   IMAPClient = throw "'IMAPClient' has been renamed to/replaced by 'imapclient'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   inlinestyler = throw "inlinestyler has been removed because it is no longer maintained"; # added 2025-08-09
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8bd533f81366..72bb87c37f25 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7154,8 +7154,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   housekeeping = callPackage ../development/python-modules/housekeeping { };
 
-  howdoi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/howdoi { };
-
   hpack = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hpack { };
 
   hpccm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hpccm { };