diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 3a5d8e40a3fe..042b02d713a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -570,10 +570,11 @@ mapAliases {
   erlangR24_odbc = throw "erlangR24_odbc has been removed in favor of erlang_24_odbc"; # added 2024-05-24
   erlangR24_javac = throw "erlangR24_javac has been removed in favor of erlang_24_javac"; # added 2024-05-24
   erlangR24_odbc_javac = throw "erlangR24_odbc_javac has been removed in favor of erlang_24_odbc_javac"; # added 2024-05-24
-  erlangR25 = throw "erlangR25 has been removed in favor of erlang_25"; # added 2024-05-24
-  erlangR25_odbc = throw "erlangR25_odbc has been removed in favor of erlang_25_odbc"; # added 2024-05-24
-  erlangR25_javac = throw "erlangR25_javac has been removed in favor of erlang_25_javac"; # added 2024-05-24
-  erlangR25_odbc_javac = throw "erlangR25_odbc_javac has been removed in favor of erlang_25_odbc_javac"; # added 2024-05-24
+  erlang_25 = throw "erlang_25 has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream"; # added 2025-03-31
+  erlangR25 = throw "erlangR25 has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream"; # added 2024-05-24
+  erlangR25_odbc = throw "erlangR25_odbc has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream"; # added 2024-05-24
+  erlangR25_javac = throw "erlangR25_javac has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream"; # added 2024-05-24
+  erlangR25_odbc_javac = throw "erlangR25_odbc_javac has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream"; # added 2024-05-24
   erlangR26 = throw "erlangR26 has been removed in favor of erlang_26"; # added 2024-05-24
   erlangR26_odbc = throw "erlangR26_odbc has been removed in favor of erlang_26_odbc"; # added 2024-05-24
   erlangR26_javac = throw "erlangR26_javac has been removed in favor of erlang_26_javac"; # added 2024-05-24
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 870f333b3ef4..2ec812f71e1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7384,7 +7384,6 @@ with pkgs;
     erlang_28
     erlang_27
     erlang_26
-    erlang_25
     elixir
     elixir_1_18
     elixir_1_17
@@ -7410,13 +7409,11 @@ with pkgs;
   beamPackages = dontRecurseIntoAttrs beam27Packages;
   beamMinimalPackages = dontRecurseIntoAttrs beamMinimal27Packages;
 
-  beam25Packages = recurseIntoAttrs beam.packages.erlang_25.beamPackages;
   beam26Packages = recurseIntoAttrs beam.packages.erlang_26.beamPackages;
   beam27Packages = recurseIntoAttrs beam.packages.erlang_27.beamPackages;
   # 28 is pre-release
   beam28Packages = dontRecurseIntoAttrs beam.packages.erlang_28.beamPackages;
 
-  beamMinimal25Packages = recurseIntoAttrs beam_minimal.packages.erlang_25.beamPackages;
   beamMinimal26Packages = recurseIntoAttrs beam_minimal.packages.erlang_26.beamPackages;
   beamMinimal27Packages = recurseIntoAttrs beam_minimal.packages.erlang_27.beamPackages;
   # 28 is pre-release
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
index 55b9d17aa5e3..1ebab1f7c89f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ in
       inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
     };
 
-    erlang_25 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/25.nix {
-      wxGTK = wxGTK32;
-      parallelBuild = true;
-      inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
-    };
-
     # Other Beam languages. These are built with `beam.interpreters.erlang`. To
     # access for example elixir built with different version of Erlang, use
     # `beam.packages.erlang_27.elixir`.
@@ -78,7 +72,6 @@ in
     erlang_28 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_28;
     erlang_27 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_27;
     erlang_26 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_26;
-    erlang_25 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_25;
   };
 
   __attrsFailEvaluation = true;