diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdp/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 69102cddcd3f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdp/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  future,
-  joblib,
-  numpy,
-  pytest,
-  pythonOlder,
-  scikit-learn,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "mdp";
-  version = "3.6";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    pname = "MDP";
-    inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-rFKmUsy67RhX/xIJhi8Dv5sG0JOxJgb7QQeH2jqmWg4=";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # https://github.com/mdp-toolkit/mdp-toolkit/issues/92
-    substituteInPlace mdp/utils/routines.py \
-      --replace numx.typeDict numx.sctypeDict
-    substituteInPlace mdp/test/test_NormalizingRecursiveExpansionNode.py \
-      --replace py.test"" "pytest"
-    substituteInPlace mdp/test/test_RecursiveExpansionNode.py \
-      --replace py.test"" "pytest"
-  '';
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    future
-    numpy
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    joblib
-    pytest
-    scikit-learn
-  ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "mdp"
-    "bimdp"
-  ];
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-
-    pytest --seed 7710873 mdp
-    pytest --seed 7710873 bimdp
-
-    runHook postCheck
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Library for building complex data processing software by combining widely used machine learning algorithms";
-    homepage = "https://mdp-toolkit.github.io/";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/mdp-toolkit/mdp-toolkit/blob/MDP-${version}/CHANGES";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nico202 ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 98f605fa667b..1ecd2a8fa8f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   mask-rcnn = throw "mask-rcnn has been removed as it is unmaintained and its dependency imgaug no longer builds"; # added 2023-07-10
   mac_alias = mac-alias; # added 2024-01-07
   MDP = mdp; # added 2023-02-19
+  mdp = throw "mdp has been removed as it is unmaintained and broken"; # added 2024-11-23
   MechanicalSoup = mechanicalsoup; # added 2021-06-01
   memcached = python-memcached; # added 2022-05-06
   mailman = throw "Please use pkgs.mailman"; # added 2022-04-29
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 27e56d5cfedb..c4cd60b6fad7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7925,8 +7925,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   mdutils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mdutils { };
 
-  mdp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mdp { };
-
   mean-average-precision = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mean-average-precision { };
 
   measurement = callPackage ../development/python-modules/measurement { };