diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytrends/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytrends/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c9e20859086b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytrends/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  setuptools,
-  setuptools-scm,
-  wheel,
-  requests,
-  lxml,
-  pandas,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  pytest-recording,
-  responses,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pytrends";
-  version = "4.9.2";
-  format = "pyproject";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-aRxuNrGuqkdU82kr260N/0RuUo/7BS7uLn8TmqosaYk=";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace 'addopts = "--cov pytrends/"' ""
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    setuptools
-    setuptools-scm
-    wheel
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    requests
-    lxml
-    pandas
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytestCheckHook
-    pytest-recording
-    responses
-  ];
-
-  pytestFlagsArray = [ "--block-network" ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pytrends" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Pseudo API for Google Trends";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/GeneralMills/pytrends";
-    license = [ licenses.asl20 ];
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.mmahut ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 434e1b6f3cd9..993cc160d172 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pynose = throw "pynose was removed, because it violates the license of nose, by redistributing modified LGPL code under MIT.";
   python-ethtool = ethtool; # added 2024-07-23
   python-myq = throw "python-myq has been removed, as the service provider has decided to block its API requests"; # added 2023-12-07
+  pytrends = throw "pytrends has been removed, as it no longer works and is abandoned upstream"; # added 2025-02-02
   pyqt4 = throw "pyqt4 has been removed, because it depended on the long EOL qt4"; # added 2022-06-09
   pyqt5_sip = pyqt5-sip; # added 2024-01-07
   pyqt5_with_qtmultimedia = pyqt5-multimedia; # added 2024-01-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a128bbcc871e..618d4192a534 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13621,8 +13621,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pytransportnswv2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytransportnswv2 { };
 
-  pytrends = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytrends { };
-
   pytricia = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytricia { };
 
   pytrydan = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytrydan { };