diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rl-coach/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rl-coach/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f1da92d056d2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rl-coach/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, pythonOlder
-, fetchPypi
-, tensorflow
-, annoy
-, pillow
-, matplotlib
-, numpy
-, pandas
-, pygame
-, pyopengl
-, scipy
-, scikitimage
-, gym
-, bokeh
-, kubernetes
-, redis
-, minio
-, pytest
-, psutil
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "1.0.1";
-  pname = "rl-coach";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0i47hf0l76ydyrky6f8h760bfr0zg5g3vy675x6m6pgm9wrklkqc";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    tensorflow
-    annoy
-    pillow
-    matplotlib
-    numpy
-    pandas
-    pygame
-    pyopengl
-    scipy
-    scikitimage
-    gym
-    bokeh
-    kubernetes
-    redis
-    minio
-    psutil
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytest
-  ];
-
-  # run only some tests that do not need any optional dependencies
-  # available tests: https://github.com/NervanaSystems/coach/tree/master/rl_coach/tests
-  testsToRun = [
-    # test only the tensorflow backend (not mxnet)
-    "architectures/tensorflow_components"
-    "agents"
-    "exploration_policies"
-    "filters"
-    "memories"
-    "utils"
-  ];
-  checkPhase = let
-    fullTestPaths = map (testfile: "rl_coach/tests/${testfile}") testsToRun;
-    escapedPaths = map lib.escapeShellArg fullTestPaths;
-    pytestArgs = builtins.concatStringsSep " " escapedPaths;
-  in
-  ''
-    pytest ${pytestArgs}
-  '';
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # pinned to 8.0.1 for unknown reason, at least basic functionallity seems to work without it
-    # https://github.com/NervanaSystems/coach/pull/149#issuecomment-495915804
-    sed -i '/kubernetes/d' requirements.txt
-
-    # this is just an "intel-optimized" version of tensorflow, e.g. an implementation detail
-    sed -i 's/intel-tensorflow/tensorflow/g' setup.py
-
-    # backports of python3 features not needed
-    # https://github.com/NervanaSystems/coach/issues/324
-    sed -i '/futures/d' requirements.txt
-  '';
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5"; # minimum required version
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Enables easy experimentation with state of the art Reinforcement Learning algorithms";
-    homepage = "https://nervanasystems.github.io/coach/";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ timokau ];
-    # pythonPackages.gym is too new
-    broken = true; # since 2020-04-20
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 53d0ad6df5b4..85dd738194b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   requests_oauthlib = requests-oauthlib; # added 2022-02-12
   requests_toolbelt = requests-toolbelt; # added 2017-09-26
   rig = throw "rig has been removed because it was pinned to python 2.7 and 3.5, failed to build and is otherwise unmaintained"; # added 2022-11-28
+  rl-coach = "rl-coach was removed because the project is discontinued and was archived by upstream"; # added 2023-05-03
   roboschool = throw "roboschool is deprecated in favor of PyBullet and has been removed"; # added 2022-01-15
   ROPGadget = ropgadget; # added 2021-07-06
   rotate-backups = throw "rotate-backups was removed in favor of the top-level rotate-backups"; # added 2021-07-01
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index babbc1b68f23..d4879e673b99 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10428,8 +10428,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   rlax = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rlax { };
 
-  rl-coach = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rl-coach { };
-
   rlp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rlp { };
 
   rmcl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rmcl { };