diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-entry-points-selectable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-entry-points-selectable/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 02117f7282e3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-entry-points-selectable/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, pythonOlder
-, importlib-metadata
-, pytestCheckHook
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "backports.entry-points-selectable";
-  version = "1.0.4";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit version;
-    # pypi project name and tarball name differ
-    pname = builtins.replaceStrings [ "-" ] [ "_" ] pname;
-    sha256 = "4acda84d96855beece3bf9aad9a1030aceb5f744b8ce9af7d5ee6dd672cdd3bd";
-  };
-
-  format = "pyproject";
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
-    importlib-metadata
-  ];
-
-  checkInputs = [
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Compatibility shim providing selectable entry points for older implementations";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.sternenseemann ];
-    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/backports.entry_points_selectable";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 3f60f90e0804..b2c31b4daf1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ in
   ### Deprecated aliases - for backward compatibility
 
 mapAliases ({
+  backports-entry-points-selectable = throw "backports-entry-points-selectable has been removed"; # added 2021-07-01
   blockdiagcontrib-cisco = throw "blockdiagcontrib-cisco is not compatible with blockdiag 2.0.0 and has been removed."; # Added 2020-11-29
   bt_proximity = bt-proximity; # added 2021-07-02
   bugseverywhere = throw "bugseverywhere has been removed: Abandoned by upstream."; # Added 2019-11-27
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 428913333280..7cf536d4cf8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -977,8 +977,6 @@ in {
 
   backports-datetime-fromisoformat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-datetime-fromisoformat { };
 
-  backports-entry-points-selectable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-entry-points-selectable { };
-
   backports_functools_lru_cache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_functools_lru_cache { };
 
   backports_shutil_get_terminal_size = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_shutil_get_terminal_size { };