diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 623187c8e1ec..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-
-  # build-system
-  setuptools,
-
-  # dependencies
-  albucore,
-  numpy,
-  opencv-python,
-  pydantic,
-  pyyaml,
-  scipy,
-
-  # optional dependencies
-  huggingface-hub,
-  pillow,
-  torch,
-
-  # tests
-  deepdiff,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  pytest-mock,
-  scikit-image,
-  scikit-learn,
-  torchvision,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "albumentations";
-  version = "2.0.8";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "albumentations-team";
-    repo = "albumentations";
-    tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-8vUipdkIelRtKwMw63oUBDN/GUI0gegMGQaqDyXAOTQ=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    ./dont-check-for-updates.patch
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace-fail \
-        'from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution' \
-        'from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError as DistributionNotFound, distribution as get_distribution'
-    substituteInPlace tests/test_blur.py \
-      --replace-fail \
-        '(ImageFilter.GaussianBlur(radius=sigma))' \
-        '(ImageFilter.GaussianBlur(radius=float(sigma)))'
-  '';
-
-  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "opencv-python" ];
-
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
-
-  dependencies = [
-    albucore
-    numpy
-    opencv-python
-    pydantic
-    pyyaml
-    scipy
-  ];
-
-  optional-dependencies = {
-    hub = [ huggingface-hub ];
-    pytorch = [ torch ];
-    text = [ pillow ];
-  };
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    deepdiff
-    pytestCheckHook
-    pytest-mock
-    scikit-image
-    scikit-learn
-    torch
-    torchvision
-  ];
-
-  disabledTests = [
-    "test_pca_inverse_transform"
-    # these tests hang
-    "test_keypoint_remap_methods"
-    "test_multiprocessing_support"
-  ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "albumentations" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Fast image augmentation library and easy to use wrapper around other libraries";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ natsukium ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/dont-check-for-updates.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/dont-check-for-updates.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f9214e02f70..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/dont-check-for-updates.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/albumentations/__init__.py b/albumentations/__init__.py
-index 44ee9b9..ea3bc50 100644
---- a/albumentations/__init__.py
-+++ b/albumentations/__init__.py
-@@ -22,7 +22,3 @@ from .core.transforms_interface import *
- 
- with suppress(ImportError):
-     from .pytorch import *
--
--# Perform the version check after all other initializations
--if os.getenv("NO_ALBUMENTATIONS_UPDATE", "").lower() not in {"true", "1"}:
--    check_for_updates()
diff --git a/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/release-attrPaths.json b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/release-attrPaths.json
index f86ebf24603d..4b0111764e46 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/release-attrPaths.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/release-attrPaths.json
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@
     "python3Packages.accelerate",
     "python3Packages.adios2",
     "python3Packages.aigpy",
-    "python3Packages.albumentations",
     "python3Packages.ale-py",
     "python3Packages.anndata",
     "python3Packages.apptools",
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 8a566c266dc1..edb4cfa7e23d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ mapAliases {
   aiosenz = throw "aiosenz was removed because Home Assistant switched to pysenz"; # added 2025-12-29
   aioshutil = throw "'aioshutil' was removed because uiprotect no longer depends on it"; # added 2026-02-16
   aioxmpp = throw "'aioxmpp' was removed because it depends on aiosasl, which is abandoned and does not work on modern Python versions."; # Added 2026-06-28
+  albumentations = throw "'albumentations' was removed because it is unmaintained since 2025. You may now use albumentationsx"; # added 2026-07-18
   amazon-kclpy = throw "amazon-kclpy has been removed because it has been marked as broken since at least November 2024."; # Added 2025-10-03
   amazon_kclpy = throw "'amazon_kclpy' has been renamed to/replaced by 'amazon-kclpy'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   amqplib = throw "amqplib has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-11-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index da8342e4c4ca..28e742f91960 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -658,8 +658,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   albucore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/albucore { };
 
-  albumentations = callPackage ../development/python-modules/albumentations { };
-
   ale-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ale-py { };
 
   alectryon = callPackage ../development/python-modules/alectryon { };