diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyls-black/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyls-black/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e12fbdf9794..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyls-black/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, black
-, toml
-, pytestCheckHook
-, python-language-server
-, isPy3k
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pyls-black";
-  version = "0.4.7";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "rupert";
-    repo = "pyls-black";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0bkhfnlik89j3yamr20br4wm8975f20v33wabi2nyxvj10whr5dj";
-  };
-
-  disabled = !isPy3k;
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ black toml python-language-server ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/rupert/pyls-black";
-    description = "Black plugin for the Python Language Server";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index e37d309a2146..c7324ef60e7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1274,6 +1274,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pulseaudioLight = throw "'pulseaudioLight' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pulseaudio'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   pulseeffects = throw "Use pulseeffects-legacy if you use PulseAudio and easyeffects if you use PipeWire"; # Added 2021-02-13
   pulseeffects-pw = easyeffects; # Added 2021-07-07
+  pyls-black = throw "pyls-black has been removed from nixpkgs. Use python-lsp-black instead."; # Added 2023-01-09
   py-wmi-client = throw "py-wmi-client has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-04-26
   pydb = throw "pydb has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-04-22
   pyIRCt = throw "pyIRCt has been removed from nixpkgs as it is unmaintained and python2-only";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c3dbf0490d33..267ceb9b8586 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8313,8 +8313,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pylsqpack = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylsqpack { };
 
-  pyls-black = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyls-black { };
-
   pyls-flake8 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyls-flake8 { };
 
   pyls-isort = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyls-isort { };