diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipaddress/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipaddress/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 06211470daa4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipaddress/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, pythonAtLeast
-, python
-}:
-
-if (pythonAtLeast "3.3") then null else buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "ipaddress";
-  version = "1.0.23";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "b7f8e0369580bb4a24d5ba1d7cc29660a4a6987763faf1d8a8046830e020e7e2";
-  };
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    ${python.interpreter} test_ipaddress.py
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Port of the 3.3+ ipaddress module to 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/phihag/ipaddress";
-    license = licenses.psfl;
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 50fe734c6c7d..d1dbaf2c2a7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   hdlparse = throw "hdlparse has been removed, it was using setuptools 2to3 translation feature, which has been removed in setuptools 58"; # added 2022-01-18
   hyperkitty = throw "Please use pkgs.mailmanPackages.hyperkitty"; # added 2022-04-29
   IMAPClient = imapclient; # added 2021-10-28
+  ipaddress = throw "ipaddress has been removed because it is no longer required since python 2.7."; # added 2022-05-30
   jupyter_client = jupyter-client; # added 2021-10-15
   Keras = keras; # added 2021-11-25
   lammps-cython = throw "lammps-cython no longer builds and is unmaintained"; # added 2021-07-04
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 360206928c4e..aa6419cb8f8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4271,8 +4271,6 @@ in {
 
   ipaddr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipaddr { };
 
-  ipaddress = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipaddress { };
-
   ipdb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipdb { };
 
   ipdbplugin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipdbplugin { };