diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/crontab/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/crontab/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b73902e45ecf..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/crontab/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  nix-update-script,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  python-dateutil,
-  pytz,
-  setuptools,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "crontab";
-  version = "1.0.5";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  __structuredAttrs = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "josiahcarlson";
-    repo = "parse-crontab";
-    tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-iZS4vkfp93BK5wp1S3qCg0bC7NcT7o5/nNMRI+SXTws=";
-  };
-
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
-
-  dependencies = [
-    python-dateutil
-    pytz
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "crontab" ];
-
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Parse and use crontab schedules in Python";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/josiahcarlson/parse-crontab";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/josiahcarlson/parse-crontab/blob/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/changelog.txt";
-    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Only;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fab ];
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index b25dd07de114..5c0aebbe0614 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ mapAliases {
   CommonMark = throw "'CommonMark' has been renamed to/replaced by 'commonmark'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   ConfigArgParse = throw "'ConfigArgParse' has been renamed to/replaced by 'configargparse'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   configshell = throw "'configshell' has been renamed to/replaced by 'configshell-fb'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
+  crontab = throw "'crontab' has been removed, migrate to either 'python-crontab' or 'parse-crontab'"; # Added 2026-08-25
   cx_Freeze = throw "'cx_Freeze' has been renamed to/replaced by 'cx-freeze'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   cx_oracle = throw "'cx_oracle' has been renamed to/replaced by 'cx-oracle'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   dalle-mini = throw "'dalle-mini' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # added 2026-02-26
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2f1e98da4130..1b7806b29ca1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3765,8 +3765,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   cronsim = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cronsim { };
 
-  crontab = callPackage ../development/python-modules/crontab { };
-
   cross-web = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cross-web { };
 
   crossandra = callPackage ../development/python-modules/crossandra { };