diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/runway-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/runway-python/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 28c282ed6dfd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/runway-python/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, pythonAtLeast
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, colorcet
-, cryptography
-, flask
-, flask-compress
-, flask-cors
-, flask-sockets
-, gevent
-, imageio
-, numpy
-, pillow
-, pyopenssl
-, scipy
-, six
-, unidecode
-, urllib3
-, wget
-, deepdiff
-, pytest-cov
-, pytestCheckHook
-, pythonOlder
-, websocket-client
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "runway-python";
-  version = "0.6.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "runwayml";
-    repo = "model-sdk";
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-Qn+gsvxxUJee7k060lPk53qi15xwC/JORJ5aHKLigvM=";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    colorcet
-    cryptography
-    flask
-    flask-compress
-    flask-cors
-    flask-sockets
-    gevent
-    imageio
-    numpy
-    pillow
-    pyopenssl
-    scipy
-    six
-    unidecode
-    urllib3
-    wget
-  ] ++ urllib3.optional-dependencies.secure;
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    deepdiff
-    pytest-cov
-    pytestCheckHook
-    websocket-client
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Build fails with:
-    # ERROR: No matching distribution found for urllib3-secure-extra; extra == "secure"
-    substituteInPlace requirements.txt \
-      --replace "urllib3[secure]>=1.25.7" "urllib3"
-  '';
-
-  disabledTests = [
-    # These tests require network
-    "test_file_deserialization_remote"
-    "test_file_deserialization_absolute_directory"
-    "test_file_deserialization_remote_directory"
-    # Fails with a decoding error at the moment
-    "test_inference_async"
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.9") [
-    # AttributeError: module 'base64' has no attribute 'decodestring
-    # https://github.com/runwayml/model-sdk/issues/99
-    "test_image_serialize_and_deserialize"
-    "test_segmentation_serialize_and_deserialize_colormap"
-    "test_segmentation_serialize_and_deserialize_labelmap"
-  ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "runway"
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Helper library for creating Runway models";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/runwayml/model-sdk";
-    license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ prusnak ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index e0fb03cbca0d..53d0ad6df5b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ruamel_base = ruamel-base; # added 2021-11-01
   ruamel_yaml = ruamel-yaml; # added 2021-11-01
   ruamel_yaml_clib = ruamel-yaml-clib; # added 2021-11-01
+  runway-python = throw "SDK has been deprecated and was archived by upstream"; # added 2023-05-03
   sapi-python-client = kbcstorage; # added 2022-04-20
   scikitlearn = scikit-learn; # added 2021-07-21
   selectors34 = throw "selectors34 has been removed: functionality provided by Python itself; archived by upstream."; # added 2021-06-10
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bc2bb0ced484..babbc1b68f23 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10562,8 +10562,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   ruffus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ruffus { };
 
-  runway-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/runway-python { };
-
   ruuvitag-ble = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ruuvitag-ble { };
 
   ruyaml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ruyaml { };