diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/enum-compat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/enum-compat/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index fcf14cf94e72..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/enum-compat/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  enum34,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "enum-compat";
-  version = "0.0.3";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "3677daabed56a6f724451d585662253d8fb4e5569845aafa8bb0da36b1a8751e";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ enum34 ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/jstasiak/enum-compat";
-    description = "enum/enum34 compatibility package";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 95a0398eed80..31b00fce0d64 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   EasyProcess = easyprocess; # added 2023-02-19
   email_validator = email-validator; # added 2022-06-22
   enhancements = throw "enhancements is unmaintained upstream and has therefore been removed"; # added 2023-10-27
+  enum-compat = throw "enum-compat is a virtual package providing enum34, which does not do anything since Python 3.4"; # added 2025-02-15
   et_xmlfile = et-xmlfile; # added 2023-10-16
   etebase-server = throw "pkgs.python3.etebase-server has been removed, use pkgs.etebase-server"; # added 2024-07-16
   ev3dev2 = python-ev3dev2; # added 2023-06-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b7393e345f78..b66688b16904 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4229,8 +4229,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   enum34 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/enum34 { };
 
-  enum-compat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/enum-compat { };
-
   env-canada = callPackage ../development/python-modules/env-canada { };
 
   environmental-override = callPackage ../development/python-modules/environmental-override { };