diff --git a/pkgs/applications/backup/unifi-protect-backup/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/backup/unifi-protect-backup/default.nix
index fdac36e492f2..1ffdeca5b38d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/backup/unifi-protect-backup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/backup/unifi-protect-backup/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
-{ lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, python3
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
+  python3,
 }:
 
-let
-  python = python3.override {
-    packageOverrides = self: super: {
-      pyunifiprotect = super.pyunifiprotect.overridePythonAttrs {
-        version = "unstable-2024-06-08";
-        src = fetchFromGitHub {
-          owner = "ep1cman";
-          repo = "pyunifiprotect";
-          rev = "d967bca2c65e0aa6a7363afb6367c3745c076747";
-          hash = "sha256-gSAK/T9cjIiRC/WjwrdLP+LHzEEUsNbwpXClYqpnMio=";
-        };
-      };
-    };
-  };
-in
-
-python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "unifi-protect-backup";
   version = "0.11.0";
   pyproject = true;
@@ -31,18 +17,25 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-t4AgPFqKS6u9yITIkUUB19/SxVwR7X8Cc01oPx3M+E0=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Switch to using UIProtect library, https://github.com/ep1cman/unifi-protect-backup/pull/160
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "switch-uiprotect.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/ep1cman/unifi-protect-backup/commit/ccf2cde27229ade5c70ebfa902f289bf1a439f64.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-kogl/crvLE+7t9DLTuZqeW3/WB5/sytWDgbndoBw+RQ=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
     "aiorun"
     "aiosqlite"
     "click"
-    "pyunifiprotect"
+    "uiprotect"
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = with python.pkgs; [
-    poetry-core
-  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [ poetry-core ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python.pkgs; [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     aiocron
     aiolimiter
     aiorun
@@ -52,12 +45,10 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     click
     expiring-dict
     python-dateutil
-    pyunifiprotect
+    uiprotect
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = with python.pkgs; [
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python3.pkgs; [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python tool to backup unifi event clips in realtime";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyunifiprotect/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyunifiprotect/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bfbd39ce5cc4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyunifiprotect/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  aiofiles,
-  aiohttp,
-  aioshutil,
-  async-timeout,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  dateparser,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  ffmpeg,
-  hatch-vcs,
-  hatchling,
-  ipython,
-  orjson,
-  packaging,
-  pillow,
-  platformdirs,
-  py,
-  pydantic,
-  pyjwt,
-  pytest-aiohttp,
-  pytest-asyncio,
-  pytest-benchmark,
-  pytest-timeout,
-  pytest-xdist,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  python-dotenv,
-  pythonOlder,
-  pytz,
-  termcolor,
-  typer,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pyunifiprotect";
-  version = "5.1.2";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "briis";
-    repo = "pyunifiprotect";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-DtQm6u3O0kdVJ23Ch+hJQ6HTOt5iAMdhCzC1K/oICWk=";
-  };
-
-  env.SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace-fail "--strict-markers -ra -Wd --ignore=.* --no-cov-on-fail --cov=pyunifiprotect --cov-append --maxfail=10 -n=auto" ""
-  '';
-
-  build-system = [
-    hatch-vcs
-    hatchling
-  ];
-
-  dependencies = [
-    aiofiles
-    aiohttp
-    aioshutil
-    dateparser
-    orjson
-    packaging
-    pillow
-    platformdirs
-    pydantic
-    pyjwt
-    pytz
-    typer
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.11") [ async-timeout ];
-
-  passthru.optional-dependencies = {
-    shell = [
-      ipython
-      python-dotenv
-      termcolor
-    ];
-  };
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    ffmpeg # Required for command ffprobe
-    py
-    pytest-aiohttp
-    pytest-asyncio
-    pytest-benchmark
-    pytest-timeout
-    pytest-xdist
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyunifiprotect" ];
-
-  pytestFlagsArray = [ "--benchmark-disable" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Library for interacting with the Unifi Protect API";
-    mainProgram = "unifi-protect";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/briis/pyunifiprotect";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/AngellusMortis/pyunifiprotect/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 9fd21df75e73..9c26e747a421 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pytorchWithoutCuda = torchWithoutCuda; # added 2022-09-30
   pytwitchapi = twitchapi; # added 2022-03-07
   pyuavcan = throw "pyuavcan has been renamed to pycyphal and the old package deprecated, use pycyphal instead"; # added 2024-02-09
+  pyunifiprotect = throw "pyunifiprotect has disappeared from GitHub and PyPI, use uiprotect instead"; # added 2024-09-17
   pyutilib = throw "pyutilib has been removed, since it is no longer maintained"; # added 2024-07-28
   pyvcf = throw "pyvcf has been removed, it was using setuptools 2to3 translation feature, which has been removed in setuptools 58"; # added 2023-05-19
   pyvicare = pyvicare-neo; # added 2024-08-31
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 584ca15af3d4..a6db98bd998e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13005,8 +13005,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pyunifi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyunifi { };
 
-  pyunifiprotect = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyunifiprotect { };
-
   pyupdate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyupdate { };
 
   pyupgrade = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyupgrade { };