diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfribidi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfribidi/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 69e91b171cc2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfribidi/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  isPyPy,
-  six,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "0.12.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
-  pname = "pyfribidi";
-  disabled = isPyPy;
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    extension = "zip";
-    sha256 = "64726a4a56783acdc79c6b9b3a15f16e6071077c897a0b999f3b43f744bc621c";
-  };
-
-  patches = lib.optional stdenv.cc.isClang ./pyfribidi-clang.patch;
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Simple wrapper around fribidi";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/pediapress/pyfribidi";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfribidi/pyfribidi-clang.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfribidi/pyfribidi-clang.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c570843f7e8b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfribidi/pyfribidi-clang.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/pyfribidi.c b/pyfribidi.c
-index 9a0120d..238134a 100644
---- a/pyfribidi.c
-+++ b/pyfribidi.c
-@@ -148,10 +148,11 @@ init_pyfribidi (void)
- {
- #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
-         PyObject *module = PyModule_Create (&pyfribidi_moduledef);
-+        if (module == NULL) return NULL;
- #else
-         PyObject *module = Py_InitModule ("_pyfribidi", PyfribidiMethods);
-+        if (module == NULL) return;
- #endif
--	if (module == NULL) return NULL;
- 
- 	PyModule_AddIntConstant (module, "RTL", (long) FRIBIDI_TYPE_RTL);
- 	PyModule_AddIntConstant (module, "LTR", (long) FRIBIDI_TYPE_LTR);
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index e139173982f4..3c5c2369bcd8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ mapAliases {
   pyfantom = throw "pyfantom has been removed because it does not work with python3 and has not been updated for 12 years"; # added 2025-03-25
   pyflick = throw "pyflick was removed because Flick Electric no longer exists"; # added 2025-12-03
   pyflunearyou = throw "'pyflunearyou' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pyoutbreaksnearme'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
+  pyfribidi = throw "'pyfribidi' has been removed because it is unmaintained upstream"; # added 2026-09-27
   pygame_sdl2 = throw "'pygame_sdl2' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pygame-sdl2'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   PyGithub = throw "'PyGithub' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pygithub'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   pygls_2 = pygls; # added 2026-01-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d8256b324438..9dc9d2c5a853 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15012,8 +15012,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pyfreshr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyfreshr { };
 
-  pyfribidi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyfribidi { };
-
   pyfritzhome = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyfritzhome { };
 
   pyfronius = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyfronius { };