diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/3.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/3.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d05e8bc7a565..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/3.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  replaceVars,
-  geos_3_9,
-  gdal,
-  asgiref,
-  pytz,
-  sqlparse,
-  tzdata,
-  pythonOlder,
-  withGdal ? false,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "django";
-  version = "3.2.25";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    pname = "Django";
-    inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-fKOKeGVK7nI3hZTWPlFjbAS44oV09VBd/2MIlbVHJ3c=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (replaceVars ./django_3_set_zoneinfo_dir.patch {
-      zoneinfo = tzdata + "/share/zoneinfo";
-    })
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optional withGdal (
-    replaceVars ./django_3_set_geos_gdal_lib.patch {
-      inherit geos_3_9;
-      inherit gdal;
-      extension = stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary;
-    }
-  );
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    asgiref
-    pytz
-    sqlparse
-  ];
-
-  # too complicated to setup
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "django" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "High-level Python Web framework";
-    homepage = "https://www.djangoproject.com/";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ georgewhewell ];
-    knownVulnerabilities = [
-      "Support for Django 3.2 ended on 2024-04-01, see https://www.djangoproject.com/download/#supported-versions."
-    ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_geos_gdal_lib.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_geos_gdal_lib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a7dfa086a0a7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_geos_gdal_lib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nur a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py
---- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py	2020-07-09 22:34:05.330568948 +0100
-+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py	2020-07-09 22:35:08.679095615 +0100
-@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
-     from django.conf import settings
-     lib_path = settings.GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH
- except (AttributeError, ImportError, ImproperlyConfigured, OSError):
--    lib_path = None
-+    lib_path = "@gdal@/lib/libgdal@extension@"
-
- if lib_path:
-     lib_names = None
-diff -Nur a/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py
---- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py	2020-07-09 22:34:05.331568941 +0100
-+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py	2020-07-09 22:36:24.863526276 +0100
-@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
-         from django.conf import settings
-         lib_path = settings.GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH
-     except (AttributeError, ImportError, ImproperlyConfigured, OSError):
--        lib_path = None
-+        lib_path = "@geos_3_9@/lib/libgeos_c@extension@"
-
-     # Setting the appropriate names for the GEOS-C library.
-     if lib_path:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_zoneinfo_dir.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_zoneinfo_dir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 69ad1c85d80c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_zoneinfo_dir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/django/conf/__init__.py b/django/conf/__init__.py
-index 28302440c7..278cfa5e62 100644
---- a/django/conf/__init__.py
-+++ b/django/conf/__init__.py
-@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class Settings:
-         if hasattr(time, 'tzset') and self.TIME_ZONE:
-             # When we can, attempt to validate the timezone. If we can't find
-             # this file, no check happens and it's harmless.
--            zoneinfo_root = Path('/usr/share/zoneinfo')
-+            zoneinfo_root = Path('@zoneinfo@')
-             zone_info_file = zoneinfo_root.joinpath(*self.TIME_ZONE.split('/'))
-             if zoneinfo_root.exists() and not zone_info_file.exists():
-                 raise ValueError("Incorrect timezone setting: %s" % self.TIME_ZONE)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 49ff85cf8eda..307b307774ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   django-allauth-2fa = throw "django-allauth-2fa was removed because it was unused and django-allauth now contains 2fa logic itself."; # added 2025-02-15
   django-sampledatahelper = throw "django-sampledatahelper was removed because it is no longer compatible to latest Django version"; # added 2022-07-18
   django_2 = throw "Django 2 has reached it's projected EOL in 2022/04 and has therefore been removed."; # added 2022-03-05
+  django_3 = throw "Django 3 has reached it#s EOL in 2024-04 and has therefore been removed."; # added 2025-01-25
   django_appconf = django-appconf; # added 2022-03-03
   django_classytags = django-classy-tags; # added 2023-07-25
   django_colorful = django-colorful; # added 2023-07-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 07e504489530..23323d8d82ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4082,8 +4082,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
   django-widget-tweaks = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-widget-tweaks { };
 
   # LTS in extended support phase
-  django_3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django/3.nix { };
-
   django_4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django/4.nix { };
 
   django_5 = self.django_5_2;