diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
index 5c315d58cf..b6cf4b7cfa 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
@@ -668,7 +668,6 @@ RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-markupsafe = "Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxf
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-maturin = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-meson-python = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-more-itertools = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
-RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-ndg-httpsclient = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-numpy = "Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-packaging = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-pathspec = "Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ndg-httpsclient_0.5.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ndg-httpsclient_0.5.1.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index c3b8e526f1..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ndg-httpsclient_0.5.1.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Provides enhanced HTTPS support for httplib and urllib2 using PyOpenSSL"
-HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/cedadev/ndg_httpsclient/"
-LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://MANIFEST.in;md5=ce22c0cd986d2de3f7073cd6b5523ae0"
-
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "d72faed0376ab039736c2ba12e30695e2788c4aa569c9c3e3d72131de2592210"
-
-inherit pypi setuptools3 update-alternatives
-
-PYPI_PACKAGE = "ndg_httpsclient"
-UPSTREAM_CHECK_PYPI_PACKAGE = "${PYPI_PACKAGE}"
-
-DEPENDS += " \
-    python3-pyopenssl \
-    python3-pyasn1 \
-"
-
-RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
-    python3-datetime \
-    python3-logging \
-    python3-pyopenssl \
-    python3-pyasn1 \
-"
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
-
-ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "ndg_httpclient"
-ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[ndg_httpclient] = "${bindir}/ndg_httpclient"
-ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "30"