diff --git a/nixos/tests/rabbitmq.nix b/nixos/tests/rabbitmq.nix
index 52513b424bb4a..cb6dba27a64c3 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/rabbitmq.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/rabbitmq.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix (
 
       # The password is the plaintext that was encrypted with rabbitmqctl encode above.
       machine.wait_until_succeeds(
-          '${pkgs.rabbitmq-java-client}/bin/PerfTest --time 10 --uri amqp://alice:dJT8isYu6t0Xb6u56rPglSj1vK51SlNVlXfwsRxw@localhost'
+          'echo Hello World | ${pkgs.lib.getExe pkgs.amqpcat} --producer --uri=amqp://alice:dJT8isYu6t0Xb6u56rPglSj1vK51SlNVlXfwsRxw@localhost --queue test'
       )
     '';
   }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rabbitmq-java-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rabbitmq-java-client/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ad21dff6609bc..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rabbitmq-java-client/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-{
-  fetchurl,
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  ant,
-  jdk,
-  jre,
-  python2,
-  makeWrapper,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "rabbitmq-java-client";
-  version = "3.3.4";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.rabbitmq.com/releases/rabbitmq-java-client/v${version}/rabbitmq-java-client-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "03kspkgzzjsbq6f8yl2zj5m30qwgxv3l58hrbf6gcgxb5rpfk6sh";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    ant
-    jdk
-    python2
-  ];
-
-  buildPhase = "ant dist";
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/java
-    cp build/lib/*.jar lib/*.jar $out/share/java
-
-    # There is a script in the source archive, but ours is cleaner
-    makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/PerfTest \
-      --add-flags "-Djava.awt.headless=true -cp $out/share/java/\* com.rabbitmq.examples.PerfTest"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "RabbitMQ Java client library which allows Java code to interface to AMQP servers";
-    homepage = "https://www.rabbitmq.com/java-client.html";
-    sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [
-      fromSource
-      binaryBytecode # source bundles dependencies as jars
-    ];
-    license = with licenses; [
-      mpl11
-      gpl2
-    ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index abceacfc1ba53..56892aa2bb798 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1485,6 +1485,7 @@ mapAliases {
 
   ### R ###
 
+  rabbitmq-java-client = throw "rabbitmq-java-client has been removed due to its dependency on Python2 and a lack of maintenance within the nixpkgs tree"; # Added 2025-03-29
   rabbitvcs = throw "rabbitvcs has been removed from nixpkgs, because it was broken"; # Added 2024-07-15
   racket_7_9 = throw "Racket 7.9 has been removed because it is insecure. Consider using 'racket' instead."; # Added 2024-12-06
   radare2-cutter = throw "'radare2-cutter' has been renamed to/replaced by 'cutter'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 36103fab41ce1..7fd4feddd8c24 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11086,11 +11086,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   qv2ray = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/qv2ray { };
 
-  rabbitmq-java-client = callPackage ../development/libraries/rabbitmq-java-client {
-    jre = jre8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
-    jdk = jdk8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
-  };
-
   readline = readline82;
 
   readline70 = callPackage ../development/libraries/readline/7.0.nix { };