diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/forbiddenfruit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/forbiddenfruit/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 178f97c0f3d6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/forbiddenfruit/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pynose,
-  setuptools,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "0.1.4";
-  pname = "forbiddenfruit";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "clarete";
-    repo = "forbiddenfruit";
-    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-yHIZsVn2UVmWeBNIzWDE6AOwAXZilPqXo+bVtXqGkJk=";
-  };
-
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
-
-  env.FFRUIT_EXTENSION = "true";
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "forbiddenfruit" ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pynose ];
-
-  # https://github.com/clarete/forbiddenfruit/pull/47 required to switch to pytest
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-
-    find ./build -name '*.so' -exec mv {} tests/unit \;
-    nosetests
-
-    runHook postCheck
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Patch python built-in objects";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/clarete/forbiddenfruit";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/clarete/forbiddenfruit/releases/tag/${version}";
-    license = with licenses; [
-      mit
-      gpl3Plus
-    ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index aa555f93d4f9..5bc8bb8688c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   flufl_bounce = flufl-bounce; # added 2023-11-03
   flufl_i18n = flufl-i18n; # added 2023-11-03
   flufl_lock = flufl-lock; # added 2023-11-03
+  forbiddenfruit = throw "forbiddenfruit has been removed, because it was unmaintained and relied on the nose test framework"; # added 2024-07-08
   FormEncode = formencode; # added 2023-02-19
   foundationdb51 = throw "foundationdb51 is no longer maintained, use foundationdb71 instead"; # added 2023-06-06
   foundationdb52 = throw "foundationdb52 is no longer maintained, use foundationdb71 instead"; # added 2023-06-06
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 439781a3a348..36a63f3eb8db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4560,8 +4560,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   foolscap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/foolscap { };
 
-  forbiddenfruit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/forbiddenfruit { };
-
   fordpass = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fordpass { };
 
   forecast-solar = callPackage ../development/python-modules/forecast-solar { };