diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/setupcfg2nix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/setupcfg2nix/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f57e83db5551..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/setupcfg2nix/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{ buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, lib, setuptools }:
-
-buildPythonApplication rec {
-  pname = "setupcfg2nix";
-  version = "2.0.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "target";
-    repo = "setupcfg2nix";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1rj227vxybwp9acwnpwg9np964b1qcw2av3qmx00isnrw5vcps8m";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Generate nix expressions from setup.cfg for a python package";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/target/setupcfg2nix";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.shlevy ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 9466a2c52587..016c8a655020 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -859,6 +859,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   sdlmame = throw "'sdlmame' has been renamed to/replaced by 'mame'"; # Converted to throw 2023-09-10
   searx = throw "'searx' has been removed as it is unmaintained. Please switch to searxng"; # Added 2023-10-03
   session-desktop-appimage = session-desktop;
+  setupcfg2nix = throw "'setupcfg2nix' has been removed. Please switch to buildPythonPackage"; # Added 2023-12-12
   sequoia = sequoia-sq; # Added 2023-06-26
   sexp = sexpp; # Added 2023-07-03
   sget = throw "sget has been removed from nixpkgs, as it is not supported upstream anymore see https://github.com/sigstore/sget/issues/145"; # Added 2023-05-26
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 18538c0d86fd..abc7d4eb9432 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17936,8 +17936,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pypi-mirror = callPackage ../development/tools/pypi-mirror { };
 
-  setupcfg2nix = python3Packages.callPackage ../development/tools/setupcfg2nix { };
-
   svg2tikz = with python3.pkgs; toPythonApplication svg2tikz;
 
   svg2pdf = callPackage ../tools/graphics/svg2pdf { };