diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sabyenc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sabyenc/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dd7e040ca88..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sabyenc/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "sabyenc";
-  version = "3.3.6";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1qbymi1626mmcxnsqdwnz2krxg7jvl4qbh8nwjj54z2p681wvjm4";
-  };
-
-  # tests are not included in pypi distribution
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Python yEnc package optimized for use within SABnzbd";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabyenc/";
-    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.georgewhewell ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 4d1a941a6b64..a620853eb405 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ruff-lsp = throw "ruff-lsp has been deprecated, use `ruff server` instead"; # added 2025-04-21
   runway-python = throw "SDK has been deprecated and was archived by upstream"; # added 2023-05-03
   safe = throw "safe has been removed, it was unmaintained sinced October 2019"; # added 2024-07-28
+  sabyenc = throw "sabyenc has been removed, due to no updates since June 2019 and being superseded by sabyenc3"; # added 2025-05-03
   sampledata = throw "sampledata has been removed, it was unmaintained since 2017"; # added 2024-07-27
   sapi-python-client = kbcstorage; # added 2022-04-20
   scikitimage = scikit-image; # added 2023-05-14
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cbe1e52e24ae..17ee28c54554 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15394,8 +15394,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   sabctools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sabctools { };
 
-  sabyenc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sabyenc { };
-
   sabyenc3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sabyenc3 { };
 
   sacn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sacn { };