diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradient-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradient-utils/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ea5ae6585850..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradient-utils/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  hyperopt,
-  mock,
-  numpy,
-  poetry-core,
-  prometheus-client,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  requests,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "gradient-utils";
-  version = "0.5.0";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Paperspace";
-    repo = "gradient-utils";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-swnl0phdOsBSP8AX/OySI/aYI9z60Ss3SsJox/mb9KY=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ poetry-core ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    hyperopt
-    prometheus-client
-    numpy
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    mock
-    requests
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # https://github.com/Paperspace/gradient-utils/issues/68
-    # https://github.com/Paperspace/gradient-utils/issues/72
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace 'wheel = "^0.35.1"' 'wheel = "*"' \
-      --replace 'prometheus-client = ">=0.8,<0.10"' 'prometheus-client = "*"' \
-      --replace 'pymongo = "^3.11.0"' 'pymongo = ">=3.11.0"'
-  '';
-
-  preCheck = ''
-    export HOSTNAME=myhost-experimentId
-  '';
-
-  disabledTestPaths = [
-    # Requires a working Prometheus push gateway
-    "tests/integration/test_metrics.py"
-  ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "gradient_utils" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Python utils and helpers library for Gradient";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Paperspace/gradient-utils";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 4ca3ec4a47e7..220e45a84c01 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ mapAliases {
   gpgme = gpg; # added 2026-06-26
   gplaycli = throw "'gplaycli' has been removed as it was broken and lacked maintenance"; # Added 2025-11-09
   gpy = throw "'gpy' has been removed as it is based on 'paramz', which was removed"; # added 2025-11-10
+  gradient-utils = throw "'gradient-utils' has been removed because it was archived upstream and unused in tree."; # Added 2026-10-15
   gradient_statsd = throw "'gradient_statsd' has been renamed to/replaced by 'gradient-statsd'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   grapheme = throw "'grapheme' has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream. Consider using 'graphemeu' instead."; # Converted to throw 2025-12-22
   grappelli_safe = throw "'grappelli_safe' has been renamed to/replaced by 'grappelli-safe'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cb9eedc9818b..00259849c3e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7274,8 +7274,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   gradient-statsd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gradient-statsd { };
 
-  gradient-utils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gradient-utils { };
-
   gradio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gradio { };
 
   gradio-client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gradio/client.nix {