diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/acebinf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/acebinf/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7889e007d83e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/acebinf/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, pyvcf
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "ACEBinf";
-  version = "1.0.2";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1168pny671l6zfm2vv1pwspnflmzi7f4v8yldjl7zlz0b9cm5zlz";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ pyvcf ];
-
-  # no tests
-  doCheck = false;
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "acebinf" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/ACEnglish/acebinf";
-    description = "Collection of simple utilities used when building bioinformatics tools";
-    license = licenses.unlicense;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ris ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 882c75b9aed8..bc530590cb13 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ in
 
 mapAliases ({
   abodepy = jaraco-abode; # added 2023-02-01
+  acebinf = throw "acebinf has been removed because it is abandoned and broken."; # Added 2023-05-19
   aioh2 = throw "aioh2 has been removed because it is abandoned and broken."; # Added 2022-03-30
   ansible-base = throw "ansible-base has been removed, because it is end of life"; # added 2022-03-30
   ansible-doctor = throw "ansible-doctor has been promoted to a top-level attribute"; # Added 2023-05-16
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9f2309f864cf..68153a8f7647 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   accupy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/accupy { };
 
-  acebinf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/acebinf { };
-
   acme = callPackage ../development/python-modules/acme { };
 
   acme-tiny = callPackage ../development/python-modules/acme-tiny { };