diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-recipes/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-recipes/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b2e7461a3b6d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-recipes/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitLab,
-  fetchpatch,
-  meson,
-  ninja,
-  pkg-config,
-  desktop-file-utils,
-  gettext,
-  itstool,
-  python3,
-  wrapGAppsHook3,
-  gtk3,
-  glib,
-  libsoup_2_4,
-  gnome-online-accounts,
-  librest,
-  json-glib,
-  gnome-autoar,
-  gspell,
-  libcanberra,
-  nix-update-script,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "gnome-recipes";
-  version = "2.0.4";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitLab {
-    domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
-    owner = "GNOME";
-    repo = "recipes";
-    rev = version;
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-    sha256 = "GyFOwEYmipQdFLtTXn7+NvhDTzxBlOAghr3cZT4QpQw=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # gcc-14 build failure fix
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "gcc-14.patch";
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/recipes/-/commit/c0304675f63a33737b24fdf37e06c6b154a91a31.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-YTf4NDwUiU/q96RAXKTO499pW9sPrgh8IvdPBPEnV6Q=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    meson
-    ninja
-    pkg-config
-    desktop-file-utils
-    gettext
-    itstool
-    python3
-    wrapGAppsHook3
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    gtk3
-    glib
-    libsoup_2_4
-    gnome-online-accounts
-    librest
-    json-glib
-    gnome-autoar
-    gspell
-    libcanberra
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    chmod +x src/list_to_c.py
-    patchShebangs src/list_to_c.py
-    patchShebangs meson_post_install.py
-  '';
-
-  passthru = {
-    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Recipe management application for GNOME";
-    mainProgram = "gnome-recipes";
-    homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/recipes";
-    teams = [ teams.gnome ];
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index ec725127a893..22d7855c3478 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ mapAliases {
   gnatinspect = throw "'gnatinspect' has been renamed to/replaced by 'gnatPackages.gnatinspect'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   gnome-firmware-updater = throw "'gnome-firmware-updater' has been renamed to/replaced by 'gnome-firmware'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   gnome-passwordsafe = throw "'gnome-passwordsafe' has been renamed to/replaced by 'gnome-secrets'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  gnome-recipes = throw "'gnome-recipes' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance and dependency on insecure libraries"; # Added 2025-09-06
   gnome-resources = throw "'gnome-resources' has been renamed to/replaced by 'resources'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   gnu-cobol = throw "'gnu-cobol' has been renamed to/replaced by 'gnucobol'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   gnubik = throw "'gnubik' has been removed due to lack of maintainance upstream and its dependency on GTK 2"; # Added 2025-09-16