diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-mysql/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-mysql/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cb828f9b247..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-mysql/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-
-  # build-system
-  setuptools,
-
-  # dependencies
-  django,
-
-  # tests
-  pytest-django,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "django-mysql";
-  version = "4.13.0";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "adamchainz";
-    repo = "django-mysql";
-    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-hIvkLLv9R23u+JC6t/zwbMvmgLMstYp0ytuSqNiohJg=";
-  };
-
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
-
-  dependencies = [ django ];
-
-  doCheck = false; # requires mysql/mariadb server
-
-  env.DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "tests.settings";
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytest-django
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "django_mysql" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    changelog = "https://github.com/adamchainz/django-mysql/blob/${version}/docs/changelog.rst";
-    description = "Extensions to Django for use with MySQL/MariaD";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/adamchainz/django-mysql";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 09a3029bda53..8c70cb447e4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   django_hijack_admin = django-hijack-admin; # added 2023-05-16
   django-hijack-admin = throw "django-hijack-admin has been removed, since it is no longer compatible to django-hijack"; # added 2023-06-21
   django_modelcluster = django-modelcluster; # added 2022-04-02
+  django-mysql = throw "django-mysql has been removed, since it was an unused leaf package"; # added 2024-07-02
   django_nose = django-nose; # added 2023-07-25
   django-nose = throw "django-nose has been removed since it has not been maintained and there are no dependent packages"; # added 2024-05-21
   django_reversion = django-reversion; # added 2022-06-18
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 729f73f94e6d..c4fdbfe375e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3321,8 +3321,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   django-mptt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-mptt { };
 
-  django-mysql = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-mysql { };
-
   django-ninja = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-ninja { };
 
   django-oauth-toolkit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-oauth-toolkit { };