diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/podofo_1_0/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/podofo/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/by-name/po/podofo_1_0/package.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/po/podofo/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/podofo_0_10/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/podofo0/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/by-name/po/podofo_0_10/package.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/po/podofo0/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/podofo_0_9/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/podofo_0_9/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5131b6138d74..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/po/podofo_0_9/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  cmake,
-  zlib,
-  freetype,
-  libjpeg,
-  libtiff,
-  fontconfig,
-  openssl,
-  libpng,
-  lua5,
-  pkg-config,
-  libidn,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  version = "0.9.8";
-  pname = "podofo";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "podofo";
-    repo = "podofo";
-    rev = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-VGsACeCC8xKC1n/ackT576ZU3ZR1LAw8H0l/Q9cH27s=";
-  };
-
-  outputs = [
-    "out"
-    "dev"
-    "lib"
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    zlib
-    freetype
-    libjpeg
-    libtiff
-    fontconfig
-    openssl
-    libpng
-    libidn
-    lua5
-  ];
-
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DPODOFO_BUILD_SHARED=ON"
-    "-DPODOFO_BUILD_STATIC=OFF"
-    "-DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_NAME_DIR=ON"
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Use GNU directories to fix multiple outputs
-    failNoMatches='t yes; b no; :yes h; :no p; $ {x; /./{x;q}; q1}'
-    sed -ni src/podofo/CMakeLists.txt \
-        -e 's/LIBDIRNAME/CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR/' -e "$failNoMatches"
-    sed -ni src/podofo/libpodofo.pc.in \
-        -e 's/^libdir=.*/libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@/' -e "$failNoMatches"
-
-    substituteInPlace {src/podofo/,./}CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace-fail "CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://podofo.sourceforge.net";
-    description = "Library to work with the PDF file format";
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
-    license = with lib.licenses; [
-      gpl2Plus
-      lgpl2Plus
-    ];
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
-      kuflierl
-    ];
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 332b66fac6ea..1bfe6678c5e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1695,7 +1695,10 @@ mapAliases {
   pn = throw "'pn' has been removed as upstream was archived in 2020"; # Added 2025-10-17
   poac = throw "'poac' has been renamed to/replaced by 'cabinpkg'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   pocket-updater-utility = throw "'pocket-updater-utility' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pupdate'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
-  podofo010 = throw "'podofo010' has been renamed to/replaced by 'podofo_0_10'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  podofo010 = throw "'podofo010' has been renamed to 'podofo0'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  podofo_0_9 = throw "'podofo_0_9' has been deprecated, it may be replaced by 'podofo0'"; # Added 2026-05-08
+  podofo_0_10 = warnAlias "'podofo_0_10' has been renamed to 'podofo0'" podofo0; # Added 2026-05-08
+  podofo_1_0 = throw "'podofo_1_0' has been deprecated in favour of 'podofo'"; # Added 2026-05-08
   polipo = throw "'polipo' has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-05-18
   polonium = throw "'polonium' has been removed, as Plasma 5 has reached end of life."; # Added 2026-05-01
   polypane = throw "'polypane' has been removed due to lack of maintenance in nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-06-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ae67292ec8e1..15e3d08617eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7049,8 +7049,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   place-cursor-at = haskell.lib.compose.justStaticExecutables haskellPackages.place-cursor-at;
 
-  podofo = podofo_1_0;
-
   poppler = callPackage ../development/libraries/poppler { lcms = lcms2; };
 
   poppler_gi = lowPrio (