diff --git a/changelog.d/11961.removal b/changelog.d/11961.removal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67b86ac7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/11961.removal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+No longer build `.deb` packages for Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo, which has now EOLed.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts-dev/build_debian_packages b/scripts-dev/build_debian_packages
index 4d34e90703..7ff96a1ee6 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/build_debian_packages
+++ b/scripts-dev/build_debian_packages
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ DISTS = (
     "debian:bookworm",
     "debian:sid",
     "ubuntu:focal",  # 20.04 LTS (our EOL forced by Py38 on 2024-10-14)
-    "ubuntu:hirsute",  # 21.04 (EOL 2022-01-05)
     "ubuntu:impish",  # 21.10  (EOL 2022-07)
 )