diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmllaundry/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmllaundry/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c284a09ff61..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmllaundry/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  nose,
-  six,
-  lxml,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "htmllaundry";
-  version = "2.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "9124f067d3c06ef2613e2cc246b2fde2299802280a8b0e60dc504137085f0334";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ nose ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    six
-    lxml
-  ];
-
-  # some tests fail, probably because of changes in lxml
-  # not relevant for me, if releavnt for you, fix it...
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Simple HTML cleanup utilities";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/htmllaundry/";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 268595503756..a10f40d615f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   hglib = python-hglib; # added 2023-10-13
   homeassistant-bring-api = bring-api; # added 2024-04-11
   homeassistant-pyozw = throw "homeassistant-pyozw has been removed, as it was packaged for home-assistant which has removed it as a dependency."; # added 2024-01-05
+  htmllaundry = throw "htmllaundry has been removed because it is abandoned"; # added 2024-06-04
   HTSeq = htseq; # added 2023-02-19
   hyperkitty = throw "Please use pkgs.mailmanPackages.hyperkitty"; # added 2022-04-29
   ihatemoney = throw "ihatemoney was removed because it is no longer maintained downstream"; # added 2023-04-08
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dd3f971d3573..b33bc66c8ff0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5530,8 +5530,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   htmldate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/htmldate { };
 
-  htmllaundry = callPackage ../development/python-modules/htmllaundry { };
-
   htmllistparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/htmllistparse { };
 
   htmlmin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/htmlmin { };