diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/markdownsuperscript/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/markdownsuperscript/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 59f4eaf83bae..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/markdownsuperscript/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, markdown,
-  pytest, pytest-runner, pytest-cov, coverage }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "MarkdownSuperscript";
-  version = "2.1.1";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "2c255b5959c1f5dd364ae80762bd0a568a0fcc9fd4e4a3d7e7b192e88adf8900";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ markdown ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # remove version bounds for Markdown dependency
-    sed 's/\["Markdown.*"\]/["Markdown"]/' -i setup.py
-
-    # remove version bounds for test dependencies
-    sed 's/=.*//' -i requirements/*.txt
-  '';
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytest pytest-runner pytest-cov coverage ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An extension to the Python Markdown package enabling superscript text";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/jambonrose/markdown_superscript_extension";
-    license = licenses.bsd2;
-    broken = true; # unmaintained in nixpkgs, barely maintained in pypi, added 2020-11-29
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index f44a985d0199..f41c44c45429 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   loo-py = loopy; # added 2022-05-03
   Mako = mako; # added 2023-02-19
   Markups = markups; # added 2022-02-14
+  markdownsuperscript = throw "markdownsuperscript is unmaintained, use pymdown-extensions"; # added 2023-06-10
   MDP = mdp; # added 2023-02-19
   MechanicalSoup = mechanicalsoup; # added 2021-06-01
   memcached = python-memcached; # added 2022-05-06
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e44b27d24d48..23f3ecdc5f6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6047,8 +6047,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   markdownify  = callPackage ../development/python-modules/markdownify { };
 
-  markdownsuperscript = callPackage ../development/python-modules/markdownsuperscript { };
-
   markupsafe = callPackage ../development/python-modules/markupsafe { };
 
   markuppy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/markuppy { };