diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/do/dovecot_fts_xapian/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/do/dovecot_fts_xapian/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b0f6e5afbd7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/do/dovecot_fts_xapian/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  autoreconfHook,
-  sqlite,
-  pkg-config,
-  dovecot,
-  xapian,
-  icu,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "dovecot-fts-xapian";
-  version = "1.9";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "grosjo";
-    repo = "fts-xapian";
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-jHXeCJVdRWGdLMooh5cq5ZeZPM5fDo1lO6U5VMcwf3g=";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    xapian
-    icu
-    sqlite
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export PANDOC=false
-  '';
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-dovecot=${dovecot}/lib/dovecot"
-    "--with-moduledir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/dovecot/modules"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/grosjo/fts-xapian";
-    description = "Dovecot FTS plugin based on Xapian";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/grosjo/fts-xapian/releases";
-    license = licenses.lgpl21Only;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      julm
-      symphorien
-    ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin; # never built on Hydra https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/dovecot_fts_xapian.x86_64-darwin
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 7a170f07622e..51db092ccefe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -784,6 +784,7 @@ mapAliases {
   dotnet-sdk_3 = throw "'dotnet-sdk_3' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dotnetCorePackages.sdk_3_1'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   dotnet-sdk_5 = throw "'dotnet-sdk_5' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dotnetCorePackages.sdk_5_0'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   dotnetenv = throw "'dotnetenv' has been removed because it was unmaintained in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-07-11
+  dovecot_fts_xapian = throw "'dovecot_fts_xapian' has been removed because it was unmaintained in Nixpkgs. Consider using dovecot-fts-flatcurve instead"; # Added 2025-08-16
   downonspot = throw "'downonspot' was removed because upstream has been taken down by a cease and desist"; # Added 2025-01-25
   dozenal = throw "dozenal has been removed because it does not compile and only minimal functionality"; # Added 2025-03-30
   dsd = throw "dsd has been removed, as it was broken and lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-08-25