diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fn/fntsample/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fn/fntsample/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6790f71a9503..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fn/fntsample/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  cmake,
-  pkg-config,
-  cairo,
-  fontconfig,
-  freetype,
-  glib,
-  libXdmcp,
-  makeWrapper,
-  pango,
-  pcre,
-  perlPackages,
-}:
-
-let
-  ucd-blocks = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.unicode.org/Public/15.0.0/ucd/Blocks.txt";
-    hash = "sha256-Up3F0PY4bVLy9W4AS7+rSM4tWH7qnTi6VGxAUkkb2CA=";
-  };
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "fntsample";
-  version = "5.4";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "eugmes";
-    repo = "fntsample";
-    rev = "release/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-O5RT68wPWwzCb51JZWWNcIubWoM7NZw/MRiaHXPDmF0=";
-  };
-
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DUNICODE_BLOCKS=${ucd-blocks.outPath}"
-  ];
-
-  outputs = [
-    "out"
-    "man"
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    makeWrapper
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    cairo
-    fontconfig
-    freetype
-    glib
-    libXdmcp
-    pango
-    perlPackages.perl
-    pcre
-  ];
-
-  postFixup =
-    let
-      perlPath =
-        with perlPackages;
-        makePerlPath [
-          ExporterTiny
-          ListMoreUtils
-          PDFAPI2
-          libintl-perl
-        ];
-    in
-    ''
-      for cmd in pdfoutline pdf-extract-outline; do
-        wrapProgram "$out/bin/$cmd" --prefix PERL5LIB : "${perlPath}"
-      done
-    '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/eugmes/fntsample";
-    description = "PDF and PostScript font samples generator";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
-# TODO: factor/package ucd-blocks
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 1e7dd5f1eb3a..d6fadb9bff38 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ mapAliases {
   flutter323 = throw "flutter323 has been removed because it isn't updated anymore, and no packages in nixpkgs use it. If you still need it, use flutter.mkFlutter to get a custom version"; # Added 2024-10-05
   fluxus = throw "fluxus has been removed because it hasn't been updated in 9 years and depended on insecure Racket 7.9"; # Added 2024-12-06
   fmt_8 = throw "fmt_8 has been removed as it is obsolete and was no longer used in the tree"; # Added 2024-11-12
+  fntsample = throw "fntsample has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-04-21
   foldingathome = throw "'foldingathome' has been renamed to/replaced by 'fahclient'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   forgejo-actions-runner = forgejo-runner; # Added 2024-04-04
   fornalder = throw "'fornalder' has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-01-25