diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix.yaml b/.github/workflows/nix.yaml
index 113f452..72492cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix.yaml
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ jobs:
       - ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - x86_64-linux---packages---pyfdt
-      - x86_64-linux---packages---pyoxidizer
-      - x86_64-linux---packages---python-pyoxidizer
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v25
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 586d5b1..38bad22 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@
       {
         packages = {
           capDL-tool = pkgs.capDL-tool;
-          pyoxidizer = pkgs.pyoxidizer;
 
           # python dependencies for seL4
           # these are not actually part of the nixpkgs, but provided over the default overlay of
           # this flake
           guardonce = pkgs.python3Packages.guardonce;
           pyfdt = pkgs.python3Packages.pyfdt;
-          python-pyoxidizer = pkgs.python3Packages.pyoxidizer;
           concurrencytest = pkgs.python3Packages.concurrencytest;
           seL4-deps = pkgs.python3Packages.seL4-deps;
           camkes-deps = pkgs.python3Packages.camkes-deps;
diff --git a/overlay.nix b/overlay.nix
index ed97184..ff78fbe 100644
--- a/overlay.nix
+++ b/overlay.nix
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ final: prev: {
   microkit-sdk-bin = prev.callPackage pkgs/microkit-sdk-bin.nix { };
 
 
-  pyoxidizer = prev.callPackage pkgs/pyoxidizer.nix {
-    pythonPackages = prev.python3Packages;
-  };
-
-
   # overlay python packages
   pythonPackagesOverlays = (prev.pythonPackagesOverlays or [ ]) ++ [
     (python-final: python-prev: {
@@ -41,10 +36,6 @@ final: prev: {
 
       pyfdt = python-final.callPackage pkgs/pyfdt.nix { };
 
-      pyoxidizer = python-prev.toPythonModule (final.pyoxidizer.override {
-        pythonPackages = python-prev;
-      });
-
       concurrencytest = python-final.callPackage pkgs/concurrencytest.nix { };
 
       seL4-deps = python-final.callPackage pkgs/seL4-deps.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/pyoxidizer.nix b/pkgs/pyoxidizer.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index dc1f46e..0000000
--- a/pkgs/pyoxidizer.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, pythonPackages }:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "pyoxidizer";
-  version = "0.24.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "indygreg";
-    repo = "PyOxidizer";
-    rev = "pyoxidizer/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-SD+e3ufgkNvvvy0JTL+UPo8VRVZiN64W3NuChjhfr6Y=";
-  };
-  cargoHash = "sha256-0f3RKd1LpE/fN0Lhn0lzrWUkOjDFkyGQy/zrMZ6JCck=";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pythonPackages.pip
-    pythonPackages.setuptools
-    pythonPackages.wheel
-  ];
-
-  # build python wheel
-  postBuild = ''
-    ${pythonPackages.python.pythonOnBuildForHost.interpreter} -m pip wheel --verbose --no-index --no-deps --no-clean --no-build-isolation --wheel-dir dist .
-  '';
-
-  # install python wheel
-  postInstall = ''
-    ${pythonPackages.python.pythonOnBuildForHost.interpreter} -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-index --prefix=$out  --ignore-installed --no-dependencies --no-cache dist/*.whl
-  '';
-
-  # TODO investigate test failure:
-  #
-  #      Running unittests src/lib.rs (target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/deps/pyembed-b2e35d9e976473e8)
-  # running 59 tests
-  # test config::tests::test_packed_resources_implicit_origin ... ok
-  # test config::tests::test_packed_resources_explicit_origin ... ok
-  # test test::importer::find_spec_missing ... FAILED
-  # test test::importer::importer_resource_reading_py ... FAILED
-  # test test::importer::importer_pkg_resources_py ... FAILED
-  # test test::importer::importer_iter_modules_py ... FAILED
-  # test test::importer::builtins_py ... FAILED
-  # test test::importer::importer_path_entry_finder_py ... FAILED
-  # test test::importer::importer_metadata_py ... FAILED
-  # test test::importer::importer_indexing ... FAILED
-  # test test::importer::importer_module_py ... FAILED
-  # test test::importer::importer_resource_collector_py ... FAILED
-  # test test::importer::importer_construction_py ... FAILED
-  # test test::importer::importer_module_loading_py ... FAILED
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_allocator_debug ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_allocator_default ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_allocator_debug_custom_backend ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_allocator_rust_pymalloc_arena ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_argv_override ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_argv_default ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_argv_respect_interpreter_config ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_allocator_rust ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_argv_utf8 ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_argvb_utf8 ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_argv_utf8_isolated_configure_locale ... FAILED
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_argv_utf8_isolated ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_bytes_warning_raise ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_bytes_warning_warn ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_default_interpreter ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_importer_filesystem ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_dev_mode ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_inspect ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_importer_neither ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_isolated_interpreter ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_interactive ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_optimization_level_one ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_sys_paths_origin ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_tcl_library_origin ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_quiet ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_site_import_false ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_optimization_level_two ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_use_environment ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_user_site_directory_false ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_site_import_true ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_utf8_mode ... ok
-  # test test::interpreter_config::test_user_site_directory_true ... FAILED
-  # error: test failed, to rerun pass `-p pyembed --lib`
-  # Caused by:
-  #   process didn't exit successfully: `/build/source/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/deps/pyembed-b2e35d9e976473e8 --test-threads=12` (signal: 11, SIGSEGV: invalid memory reference)
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern Python application packaging and distribution tool";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/indygreg/PyOxidizer";
-    license = with licenses; [ mpl20 ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wucke13 ];
-  };
-}