diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uuid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uuid/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 571e79a86294..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uuid/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "uuid";
-  version = "1.30";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0gqrjsm85nnkxkmd1vk8350wqj2cigjflnvcydk084n5980cr1qz";
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "UUID object and generation functions (Python 2.3 or higher)";
-    homepage = "http://zesty.ca/python/";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 40351281d5c5..4a4a5addeac0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   update_checker = update-checker; # added 2024-01-07
   uproot3 = throw "uproot3 has been removed, use uproot instead"; # added 2022-12-13
   uproot3-methods = throw "uproot3-methods has been removed"; # added 2022-12-13
+  uuid = throw "uuid is a Python standard module"; # added 2024-04-18
   validictory = throw "validictory has been removed, since it abandoned"; # added 2023-07-07
   vega_datasets = vega-datasets; # added 2023-11-04
   ViennaRNA = viennarna; # added 2023-08-23
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 67e0a76332eb..3cadc417f763 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -16441,8 +16441,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   utils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/utils { };
 
-  uuid = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uuid { };
-
   uvcclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uvcclient { };
 
   uvicorn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uvicorn { };