diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-collections/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-collections/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 89137a326391..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-collections/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  twitter-common-lang,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "twitter.common.collections";
-  version = "0.3.11";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "ede4caff74928156f7ff38dac9b0811893de41966c39cd5b2fdea53418349ca8";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ twitter-common-lang ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Twitter's common collections";
-    homepage = "https://twitter.github.io/commons/";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-confluence/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-confluence/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f7b900f2ca11..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-confluence/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  twitter-common-log,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "twitter.common.confluence";
-  version = "0.3.11";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "323dde2c519f85020569d7a343432f3aac16bce6ebe5e34774dbde557296697c";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ twitter-common-log ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Twitter's API to the confluence wiki";
-    homepage = "https://twitter.github.io/commons/";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-dirutil/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-dirutil/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 10043c7ead8f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-dirutil/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  twitter-common-lang,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "twitter.common.dirutil";
-  version = "0.3.11";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "49aeecad2434ac23c16abbfc1fccffd3790c056a9eb01468ec26c83e65a10119";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ twitter-common-lang ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Utilities for manipulating and finding files and directories";
-    homepage = "https://twitter.github.io/commons/";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-lang/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-lang/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 975b6d128d0b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-lang/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "twitter.common.lang";
-  version = "0.3.11";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "6e967ca2b5bb96ea749d21052f45b18e37deb5cc160eb12c64a8f1cb9dba7a22";
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Twitter's 2.x / 3.x compatibility swiss-army knife";
-    homepage = "https://twitter.github.io/commons/";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-log/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-log/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bd7a2fec8198..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-log/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  twitter-common-options,
-  twitter-common-dirutil,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "twitter.common.log";
-  version = "0.3.11";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "7160a864eed30044705e05b816077dd193aec0c66f50ef1c077b7f8490e0d06a";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    twitter-common-options
-    twitter-common-dirutil
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Twitter's common logging library";
-    homepage = "https://twitter.github.io/commons/";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-options/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-options/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 47aa9e70824e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-options/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "twitter.common.options";
-  version = "0.3.11";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "a495bcdffc410039bc4166f1a30c2caa3c92769d7a161a4a39d3651836dd27e1";
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Twitter's optparse wrapper";
-    homepage = "https://twitter.github.io/commons/";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 4b887b0e4249..34fa065b9945 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -563,6 +563,12 @@ mapAliases ({
   tumpa = throw "tumpa was promoted to a top-level attribute"; # added 2022-11-19
   tvdb_api = tvdb-api; # added 2023-10-20
   tvnamer = throw "tvnamer was moved to pkgs.tvnamer"; # added 2021-07-05
+  twitter-common-collections = throw "twitter-common-collections has been removed because it is abandoned and unmaintained"; # added 2024-07-14
+  twitter-common-confluence = throw "twitter-common-confluence has been removed because it is abandoned and unmaintained"; # added 2024-07-14
+  twitter-common-dirutil = throw "twitter-common-dirutil has been removed because it is abandoned and unmaintained"; # added 2024-07-14
+  twitter-common-lang = throw "twitter-common-lang has been removed because it is abandoned and unmaintained"; # added 2024-07-14
+  twitter-common-log = throw "twitter-common-log has been removed because it is abandoned and unmaintained"; # added 2024-07-14
+  twitter-common-options = throw "twitter-common-options has been removed because it is abandoned and unmaintained"; # added 2024-07-14
   types-cryptography = throw "types-cryptography has been removed because it is obsolete since cryptography version 3.4.4."; # added 2022-05-30
   types-paramiko = throw "types-paramiko has been removed because it was unused."; # added 2022-05-30
   ufoLib2 = ufolib2; # added 2024-01-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3f5156b3fc55..fbc820b34823 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15752,18 +15752,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   twitter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twitter { };
 
-  twitter-common-collections = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twitter-common-collections { };
-
-  twitter-common-confluence = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twitter-common-confluence { };
-
-  twitter-common-dirutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twitter-common-dirutil { };
-
-  twitter-common-lang = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twitter-common-lang { };
-
-  twitter-common-log = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twitter-common-log { };
-
-  twitter-common-options = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twitter-common-options { };
-
   twitterapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twitterapi { };
 
   twofish = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twofish { };