diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-openfiles/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-openfiles/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 477624862407..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-openfiles/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchpatch,
-  fetchPypi,
-  isPy27,
-  packaging,
-  pytest,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  psutil,
-  setuptools-scm,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pytest-openfiles";
-  version = "0.6.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
-  disabled = isPy27; # abandoned
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-/1Fgw06q2oK5g6LDFvzMsw4AlGMOl3hEcfAVlWhwqZM=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "replace-distutils-with-packaging.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/astropy/pytest-openfiles/commit/e17e8123936689b0b0ecfb713976588d6793d8bb.patch";
-      includes = [ "pytest_openfiles/plugin.py" ];
-      hash = "sha256-+6xqOwnBO+jxenXxPdDhLqqm3w+ZRjWeVqqgz8j22bU=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    packaging
-    psutil
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Pytest plugin for detecting inadvertent open file handles";
-    homepage = "https://astropy.org";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index a10f40d615f6..04cc25fb91db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pytest_6 = pytest; # added 2022-02-10
   pytestcov = pytest-cov; # added 2021-01-04
   pytest-ordering = throw "pytest-ordering has been removed, since it is no longer maintained and broken"; # added 2023-06-22
+  pytest-openfiles = throw "pytest-openfiles has been removed, since it is unmaintained and archived"; # added 2024-06-19
   pytest-pep8 = pytestpep8; # added 2021-01-04
   pytest-pep257 = throw "pytest-pep257 was removed, as the pep257 package was migrated into pycodestyle"; # added 2022-04-12
   pytest-pythonpath = throw "pytest-pythonpath is obsolete as of pytest 7.0.0 and has been removed"; # added 2022-03-09
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1c8384ead390..7cebcc327c56 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12291,8 +12291,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pytest-notebook = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-notebook { };
 
-  pytest-openfiles = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-openfiles { };
-
   pytest-order = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-order { };
 
   pytest-param-files = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-param-files { };