diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL_gpu/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL_gpu/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e9cb88687fa..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL_gpu/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  SDL2,
-  cmake,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  libGLU,
-  pkg-config,
-  stdenv,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "SDL_gpu";
-  version = "0-unstable-2022-06-24";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "grimfang4";
-    repo = "sdl-gpu";
-    rev = "e8ee3522ba0dbe72ca387d978e5f49a9f31e7ba0";
-    hash = "sha256-z1ZuHh9hvno2h+kCKfe+uWa/S6/OLZWWgLZ0zs9HetQ=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    SDL2
-    cmake
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    SDL2
-    libGLU
-  ];
-
-  # error: incompatible function pointer types assigning to 'GPU_Image *(*)(GPU_Renderer *, SDL_Surface *, GPU_Rect *)'...
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString (
-    stdenv.cc.isClang && lib.versionAtLeast stdenv.cc.version "16"
-  ) "-Wno-error=incompatible-function-pointer-types";
-
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    (lib.cmakeBool "SDL_gpu_BUILD_DEMOS" false)
-    (lib.cmakeBool "SDL_gpu_BUILD_TOOLS" false)
-    (lib.cmakeBool "SDL_gpu_BUILD_VIDEO_TEST" false)
-    (lib.cmakeBool "SDL_gpu_BUILD_TESTS" false)
-  ];
-
-  outputs = [
-    "out"
-    "dev"
-  ];
-
-  strictDeps = true;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Library for high-performance, modern 2D graphics with SDL written in C";
-    homepage = "https://grimfang4.github.io/sdl-gpu";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = lib.teams.sdl.members ++ (with lib.maintainers; [ ]);
-    inherit (SDL2.meta) platforms;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 03ead5a19682..ab6fcfff4c27 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1363,6 +1363,7 @@ mapAliases {
   ### S ###
 
   SDL_classic = SDL1; # Added 2024-09-03
+  SDL_gpu = throw "'SDL_gpu' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance and known users"; # Added 2025-03-15
   s2n = throw "'s2n' has been renamed to/replaced by 's2n-tls'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   sandboxfs = throw "'sandboxfs' has been removed due to being unmaintained, consider using linux namespaces for sandboxing instead"; # Added 2024-06-06
   sane-backends-git = throw "'sane-backends-git' has been renamed to/replaced by 'sane-backends'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17