diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fake_factory/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fake_factory/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 002df15177bd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fake_factory/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, python
-, six
-, python-dateutil
-, ipaddress
-, mock
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "fake-factory";
-  version = "9999.9.9";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "f5bd18deb22ad8cb4402513c025877bc6b50de58902d686b6b21ba8981dce260";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six python-dateutil ipaddress mock ];
-
-  # fake-factory is depreciated and single test will always fail
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest faker.tests
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Python package that generates fake data for you";
-    homepage    = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fake-factory";
-    license     = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
-    platforms   = platforms.unix;
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 2018b1b8b994..64fe61050537 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   dogpile_cache = dogpile-cache; # added 2021-10-28
   dogpile-core = throw "dogpile-core is no longer maintained, use dogpile-cache instead"; # added 2021-11-20
   eebrightbox = throw "eebrightbox is unmaintained upstream and has therefore been removed"; # added 2022-02-03
+  fake_factory = throw "fake_factory has been removed because it is unused and deprecated by upstream since 2016."; # added 2022-05-30
   faulthandler = throw "faulthandler is built into ${python.executable}"; # added 2021-07-12
   flask_testing = flask-testing; # added 2022-04-25
   flask_wtf = flask-wtf; # added 2022-05-24
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 189207368ba3..2a5069e02462 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2891,8 +2891,6 @@ in {
 
   factory_boy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/factory_boy { };
 
-  fake_factory = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fake_factory { };
-
   fake-useragent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fake-useragent { };
 
   faker = callPackage ../development/python-modules/faker { };