diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-newsfeed/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-newsfeed/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1badf4ca4d48..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-newsfeed/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  setuptools,
-  sphinx,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "sphinxcontrib-newsfeed";
-  version = "0.1.4";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1d7gam3mn8v4in4p16yn3v10vps7nnaz6ilw99j4klij39dqd37p";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # reference: https://github.com/prometheusresearch/sphinxcontrib-newsfeed/pull/7
-    ./fix-for-sphinx-9.1.patch
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ sphinx ];
-
-  pythonNamespaces = [ "sphinxcontrib" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Extension for adding a simple Blog, News or Announcements section to a Sphinx website";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/prometheusresearch/sphinxcontrib-newsfeed";
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-newsfeed/fix-for-sphinx-9.1.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-newsfeed/fix-for-sphinx-9.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ce6e841a708e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-newsfeed/fix-for-sphinx-9.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/newsfeed.py b/sphinxcontrib/newsfeed.py
-index 2e155cd..64b30d9 100644
---- a/sphinxcontrib/newsfeed.py
-+++ b/sphinxcontrib/newsfeed.py
-@@ -265,8 +265,9 @@ def process_feed(app, doctree, fromdocname):
-                 replacement.append(section_node)
-                 env.resolve_references(rss_item_description, docname, app.builder)
-                 if app.builder.format == 'html':
--                    rss_item_description = app.builder.render_partial(
--                                                    rss_item_description)['body']
-+                    rendered = app.builder.render_partial(rss_item_description)
-+                    # Sphinx 9.1+ changed 'body' to 'fragment'
-+                    rss_item_description = rendered.get('fragment', rendered.get('body', ''))
-                     rss_item_date = meta['date']
-                     rss_item = RSSItem(rss_item_title, rss_item_link,
-                                        rss_item_description, rss_item_date)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 4e908bb2838f..ec00adf12f0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ mapAliases {
   sphinx-version-warning = throw "'sphinx-version-warning' has been abandoned upstream in 2019"; # Added 2026-01-18
   sphinx_rtd_theme = throw "'sphinx_rtd_theme' has been renamed to/replaced by 'sphinx-rtd-theme'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   sphinxcontrib-autoapi = throw "'sphinxcontrib-autoapi' has been renamed to/replaced by 'sphinx-autoapi'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
+  sphinxcontrib-newsfeed = throw "'sphinxcontrib-newsfeed has been removed due to abandonment upstream"; # Added 2026-03-24
   sphinxcontrib_httpdomain = throw "'sphinxcontrib_httpdomain' has been renamed to/replaced by 'sphinxcontrib-httpdomain'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   sphinxcontrib_newsfeed = throw "'sphinxcontrib_newsfeed' has been renamed to/replaced by 'sphinxcontrib-newsfeed'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   sphinxcontrib_plantuml = throw "'sphinxcontrib_plantuml' has been renamed to/replaced by 'sphinxcontrib-plantuml'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 07742139e40a..89c7e9406dd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18238,8 +18238,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
     inherit (pkgs) mscgen;
   };
 
-  sphinxcontrib-newsfeed = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-newsfeed { };
-
   sphinxcontrib-nwdiag = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-nwdiag { };
 
   sphinxcontrib-openapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-openapi { };