diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 581697253578..143c1cbbeb95 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1896,6 +1896,7 @@ mapAliases {
   volk_2 = throw "'volk_2' has been removed after not being used by any package for a long time"; # Added 2025-10-25
   volnoti = throw "'volnoti' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'rumno' instead."; # Added 2024-12-04
   voxelands = throw "'voxelands' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-08-30
+  vpWithSixel = throw "'vpWithSixel' has been removed as vp switched to SDL2 which does not support sixel"; # Added 2026-02-06
   vtk_9 = warnAlias "'vtk_9' has been renamed to 'vtk_9_5'" vtk_9_5; # Added 2025-07-18
   vtk_9_egl = warnAlias "'vtk_9_5' now build with egl support by default, so `vtk_9_egl` is deprecated, consider using 'vtk_9_5' instead." vtk_9_5; # Added 2025-07-18
   vtk_9_withQt5 = throw "'vtk_9_withQt5' has been removed, Consider using 'vtkWithQt6' instead."; # Added 2025-07-18
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c516d2d0e4a2..4894fb99ddb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3638,13 +3638,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   vpn-slice = python3Packages.callPackage ../tools/networking/vpn-slice { };
 
-  vpWithSixel = vp.override {
-    # Enable next line for console graphics. Note that it requires `sixel`
-    # enabled terminals such as mlterm or xterm -ti 340
-    SDL = SDL_sixel;
-    SDL_image = SDL_image.override { SDL = SDL_sixel; };
-  };
-
   openconnectPackages = callPackage ../tools/networking/openconnect { };
 
   inherit (openconnectPackages) openconnect openconnect_openssl;