diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qds-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qds-sdk/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 34876b7aaa85..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qds-sdk/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  setuptools,
-  boto,
-  inflection,
-  requests,
-  six,
-  urllib3,
-  mock,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "qds-sdk";
-  version = "1.16.1";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "qubole";
-    repo = "qds-sdk-py";
-    rev = "refs/tags/V${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-8aPIE2E3Fy2EiBM2FPRyjnJolIBdOzafI3Fvlod5hxU=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    boto
-    inflection
-    requests
-    six
-    urllib3
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytestCheckHook
-    mock
-  ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "qds_sdk" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Python module that provides the tools you need to authenticate with, and use the Qubole Data Service API";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/qubole/qds-sdk-py";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ shahrukh330 ];
-    mainProgram = "qds.py";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 42d79895a743..f5bd7a1e5d3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pyxb = throw "pyxb has been removed, its last release was in 2017 and it has finally been archived in April 2023."; # added 2024-01-05
   pyzufall =  throw "pyzufall was removed, because it is no longer maintained"; # added 2024-05-14
   qasm2image = throw "qasm2image is no longer maintained (since November 2018), and is not compatible with the latest pythonPackages.qiskit versions."; # added 2020-12-09
+  qds-sdk = throw "qds-sdk was removed as it is unmaintained upstream and depends on the removed boto package"; # Added 2024-09-22
   qds_sdk = qds-sdk; # added 2023-10-21
   Quandl = quandl; # added 2023-02-19
   querystring_parser = querystring-parser; # added 2024-01-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 98a9aaef74c9..ade493e873de 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13151,8 +13151,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   qdrant-client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qdrant-client { };
 
-  qds-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qds-sdk { };
-
   qgrid = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qgrid { };
 
   qemu = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qemu {