diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynose/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynose/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c86f814aac7b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynose/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  setuptools,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pynose";
-  version = "1.5.0";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "mdmintz";
-    repo = "pynose";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Oi+vwInqgsdZfr5abJUa4zkTktpEuG0m89d1O8Oot0Q=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
-
-  # has no tests
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "pynose fixes nose to extend unittest and make testing easier";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/mdmintz/pynose";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index b4f270680d3a..8e821257be7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pymssql = throw "pymssql has been abandoned upstream."; # added 2020-05-04
   PyMVGLive = pymvglive; # added 2023-02-19
   pymyq = python-myq; # added 2023-10-20
+  pynose = throw "pynose was removed, because it violates the license of nose, by redistributing modified LGPL code under MIT.";
   python-myq = throw "python-myq has been removed, as the service provider has decided to block its API requests"; # added 2023-12-07
   pyqt4 = throw "pyqt4 has been removed, because it depended on the long EOL qt4"; # added 2022-06-09
   pyqt5_sip = pyqt5-sip; # added 2024-01-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0d080ba1c867..d4b56d1be53f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10147,8 +10147,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pynobo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynobo { };
 
-  pynose = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynose { };
-
   pynotifier = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynotifier { };
 
   pynuki = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynuki { };