diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kafka-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kafka-python/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 67e7febd7f17..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kafka-python/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  pytest,
-  six,
-  mock,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "2.0.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
-  pname = "kafka-python";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "04dfe7fea2b63726cd6f3e79a2d86e709d608d74406638c5da33a01d45a9d7e3";
-  };
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytest
-    six
-    mock
-  ];
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    py.test
-  '';
-
-  # Upstream uses tox but we don't on Nix. Running tests manually produces however
-  #     from . import unittest
-  # E   ImportError: cannot import name 'unittest'
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Pure Python client for Apache Kafka";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/dpkp/kafka-python";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 721f2409520a..2deac32df67c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   jupyter-server-ydoc = jupyter-collaboration; # added 2023-07-18
   jupyterlab_launcher = throw "jupyterlab_launcher has been removed as it's abandoned for over 5 years and broken"; # added 2023-11-11
   jupyterlab_server = jupyterlab-server; # added 2023-11-12
+  kafka-python = kafka-python-ng; # added 2024-07-19
   Kajiki = kajiki; # added 2023-02-19
   keepkey_agent = keepkey-agent; # added 2024-01-06
   Keras = keras; # added 2021-11-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5b67720f4067..f1f4c4d015f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6612,8 +6612,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   kaa-metadata = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kaa-metadata { };
 
-  kafka-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kafka-python { };
-
   kafka-python-ng = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kafka-python-ng { };
 
   kaggle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kaggle { };