diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/detox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/detox/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5353d4361e35..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/detox/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
-, pytest, tox, py, eventlet }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "detox";
-  version = "0.19";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "e650f95f0c7f5858578014b3b193e5dac76c89285c1bbe4bae598fd641bf9cd3";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ tox py eventlet ];
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    py.test
-  '';
-
-  # eventlet timeout, and broken invokation 3.5
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "What is detox?";
-    homepage = "https://bitbucket.org/hpk42/detox";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    # detox is unmaintained and incompatible with tox > 3.6
-    broken = true;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4021244995f9..498425ee0f51 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@ in {
 
   pretend = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pretend { };
 
-  detox = callPackage ../development/python-modules/detox { };
+  detox = throw "detox is no longer maintained, and was broken since may 2019"; # added 2020-07-04
 
   pbkdf2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pbkdf2 { };