diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ptable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ptable/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d88a7433f068..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ptable/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  setuptools,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage {
-  pname = "ptable";
-  version = "unstable-2019-06-14";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  # https://github.com/kxxoling/PTable/issues/27
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "kxxoling";
-    repo = "PTable";
-    rev = "bcfdb92811ae1f39e1065f31544710bf87d3bc21";
-    sha256 = "1cj314rp6irlvr0a2c4xffsm2idsb0hzwr38vzz6z3kbhphcb63i";
-  };
-
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/kxxoling/PTable";
-    description = "Simple Python library designed to make it quick and easy to represent tabular data in visually appealing ASCII tables";
-    mainProgram = "ptable";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.mmahut ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index b94e26f4121e..fe5eb8c97077 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   proton-vpn-network-manager-wireguard = throw "proton-vpn-network-manager-wireguard functionality was integrated in the proton-vpn-network-manager module"; # added 2024-10-16
   proton-vpn-session = throw "proton-vpn-session functionality was integrated in the proton-vpn-api-core module"; # added 2024-10-16
   proxy_tools = proxy-tools; # added 2023-11-05
+  ptable = throw "ptable has been removed, as it is unmaintained and broken"; # added 2025-05-25
   pur = throw "pur has been renamed to pkgs.pur"; # added 2021-11-08
   pushbullet = pushbullet-py; # Added 2022-10-15
   push-receiver = throw "push-receiver has been removed since it is unmaintained for 3 years"; # added 2025-05-17
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7517bfd26122..5c45a2d52901 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11694,8 +11694,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   psygnal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/psygnal { };
 
-  ptable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ptable { };
-
   ptest = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ptest { };
 
   ptpython = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ptpython { };