diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ratelimiter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ratelimiter/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c01a9e548c9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ratelimiter/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, pytest-asyncio
-, pytestCheckHook
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "ratelimiter";
-  version = "1.2.0.post0";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-XDldyr273i5ReO8/ibVoowZkVKbdwiO3ZHPawi+JtPc=";
-  };
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytest-asyncio
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "ratelimiter"
-  ];
-
-  preCheck = ''
-    # Uses out-dated options
-    rm tests/conftest.py
-  '';
-
-  disabledTests = [
-    # TypeError: object Lock can't be used in 'await' expression
-    "test_alock"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Simple python rate limiting object";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/RazerM/ratelimiter";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ helkafen ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 4e679de15084..164475b96eb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   Quandl = quandl; # added 2023-02-19
   qiskit-aqua = throw "qiskit-aqua has been removed due to deprecation, with its functionality moved to different qiskit packages";
   rabbitpy = throw "rabbitpy has been removed, since it is unmaintained and broken"; # added 2023-07-01
+  ratelimiter = throw "ratelimiter has been removed, since it is unmaintained and broken"; # added 2023-10-21
   rdflib-jsonld = throw "rdflib-jsonld is not compatible with rdflib 6"; # added 2021-11-05
   recaptcha_client = throw "recaptcha_client has been removed since it is no longer maintained"; # added 2023-10-20
   rednose = throw "rednose is no longer maintained (since February 2018)"; # added 2023-08-06
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ac62b89f9882..57c9a0eb33df 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11995,8 +11995,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   ratelimit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ratelimit { };
 
-  ratelimiter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ratelimiter { };
-
   rauth = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rauth { };
 
   raven = callPackage ../development/python-modules/raven { };