diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rauth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rauth/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 05580a029e321f1..000000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rauth/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
-  requests,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  mock,
-  nose,
-  pycrypto,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "rauth";
-  version = "0.7.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "litl";
-    repo = "rauth";
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-wRKZbxZCEfihOaJM8sk8438LE++KJWxdOGImpL1gHa4=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # https://github.com/litl/rauth/pull/211
-      name = "fix-pycrypdodome-replacement-for-pycrypto.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/litl/rauth/commit/7fb3b7bf1a1869a52cf59ee3eb607d318e97265c.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-jiAIw+VQ2d/bkm2brqfY1RUrNGf+lsMPnoI91gGUS6o=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "rauth" ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytestCheckHook
-    mock
-    nose
-    pycrypto
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Python library for OAuth 1.0/a, 2.0, and Ofly";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/litl/rauth";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/litl/rauth/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ blaggacao ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 3baf09a75554b40..64938263d7f48cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   radicale_infcloud = radicale-infcloud; # added 2024-01-07
   radio_beam = radio-beam; # added 2023-11-04
   ratelimiter = throw "ratelimiter has been removed, since it is unmaintained and broken"; # added 2023-10-21
+  rauth = throw "rauth has beed removed, since it is unmaintained upstream"; # added 2024-07-27
   rdflib-jsonld = throw "rdflib-jsonld is not compatible with rdflib 6"; # added 2021-11-05
   readme_renderer = readme-renderer; # added 2024-01-07
   recaptcha_client = throw "recaptcha_client has been removed since it is no longer maintained"; # added 2023-10-20
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8046bf0c3810258..6704b28d627f761 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13357,8 +13357,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   ratelimit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ratelimit { };
 
-  rauth = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rauth { };
-
   raven = callPackage ../development/python-modules/raven { };
 
   rawkit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rawkit { };