diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/eth-hash/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eth-hash/default.nix
index 070fe454bdaf..f1b22597f2c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/eth-hash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eth-hash/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
 , pytest
-, pysha3
 , safe-pysha3
 , pycryptodome
 }:
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   passthru.optional-dependencies = {
     pycryptodome = [ pycryptodome ];
-    pysha3 = if pythonOlder "3.9" then [ pysha3 ] else [ safe-pysha3 ];
+    pysha3 = [ safe-pysha3 ];
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysha3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysha3/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bdbb8601954..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysha3/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pysha3";
-  version = "1.0.2";
-  disabled = pythonOlder "2.7";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "17kkjapv6sr906ib0r5wpldmzw7scza08kv241r98vffy9rqx67y";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Backport of hashlib.sha3 for 2.7 to 3.5";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/tiran/pysha3";
-    license = lib.licenses.psfl;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 69ca3146cda7..1e84bbb2563c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   Pyro4 = pyro4; # added 2023-02-19
   Pyro5 = pyro5; # added 2023-02-19
   PyRSS2Gen = pyrss2gen; # added 2023-02-19
+  pysha3 = throw "pysha3 has been removed, use safe-pysha3 instead"; # added 2023-05-20
   pysmart-smartx = pysmart; # added 2021-10-22
   pysparse = throw "pysparse has been abandoned upstream."; # added 2023-02-28
   pyspotify = throw "pyspotify has been removed because Spotify stopped supporting libspotify"; # added 2022-05-29
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 903001e5e757..205d95ec4100 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9215,8 +9215,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pysftp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysftp { };
 
-  pysha3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysha3 { };
-
   pyshp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyshp { };
 
   pyside2-tools = toPythonModule (callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyside2-tools {