diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-forecastio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-forecastio/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4117c5adf241..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-forecastio/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ buildPythonPackage, lib, fetchPypi
-, requests
-, nose
-, responses
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "python-forecastio";
-  version = "1.4.0";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0m6lf4a46pnwm5xg9dnmwslwzrpnj6d9agw570grciivbvb1ji0l";
-
-  };
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ nose ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests responses ];
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    nosetests
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://zeevgilovitz.com/python-forecast.io/";
-    description = "A thin Python Wrapper for the Dark Sky (formerly forecast.io) weather API";
-    license = licenses.bsd2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ makefu ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index a6afb78a7564..719fb88362ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pytestpep8 = throw "pytestpep8 was removed because it is abandoned and no longer compatible with pytest v6.0"; # added 2020-12-10
   pytestquickcheck = pytest-quickcheck; # added 2021-07-20
   pytestrunner = pytest-runner; # added 2021-01-04
+  python-forecastio = throw "python-forecastio has been removed, as the Dark Sky service was shut down."; # added 2023-04-05
   python-igraph = igraph; # added 2021-11-11
   python-lz4 = lz4; # added 2018-06-01
   python_magic = python-magic; # added 2022-05-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ea6f4d83086f..1dd06b0ea27f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9477,8 +9477,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   python-fontconfig = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-fontconfig { };
 
-  python-forecastio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-forecastio { };
-
   python-frontmatter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-frontmatter { };
 
   python-gammu = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-gammu { };