diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swt/package.nix
index b06eaa9ab08c..75b6c994da35 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swt/package.nix
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "swt";
-  version = "4.33";
-  fullVersion = "${finalAttrs.version}-202409030240";
+  version = "4.34";
+  fullVersion = "${finalAttrs.version}-202411201800";
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   passthru.srcMetadataByPlatform = {
     x86_64-linux.platform = "gtk-linux-x86_64";
-    x86_64-linux.hash = "sha256-0OUr+jpwTx5/eoA6Uo2E9/SBAtf+IMMiSVRhOfaWFhE=";
+    x86_64-linux.hash = "sha256-lKAB2aCI3dZdt3pE7uSvSfxc8vc3oMSTCx5R+71Aqdk=";
     x86_64-darwin.platform = "cocoa-macosx-x86_64";
-    x86_64-darwin.hash = "sha256-n948C/YPF55WPYvub3re/wARLP1Wk+XhJiIuI0YQH5c=";
+    x86_64-darwin.hash = "sha256-Uns3fMoetbZAIrL/N0eVd42/3uygXakDdxpaxf5SWDI=";
   };
   passthru.srcMetadata =
     finalAttrs.passthru.srcMetadataByPlatform.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or null;
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   AWT_LIB_PATH = "${jdk}/lib/openjdk/lib";
   # Used by the makefile which is responsible for the shared objects only
   OUTPUT_DIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib";
-  # GTK4 is not supported yet. Waiting for:
-  # https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/pull/1482
+  # GTK4 is not supported yet. See:
+  # https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/issues/652
   makeFlags = "gtk3";
   preBuild = ''
     cd library
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 1336ab9b5ff4..61ba39757f32 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1283,6 +1283,7 @@ mapAliases {
   swig4 = swig; # Added 2024-09-12
   swigWithJava = throw "swigWithJava has been removed as the main swig package has supported Java since 2009"; # Added 2024-09-12
   swtpm-tpm2 = throw "'swtpm-tpm2' has been renamed to/replaced by 'swtpm'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
+  swt_jdk8 = throw "'swt_jdk8' has been removed due to being unused and broken for a long time"; # Added 2025-01-07
   Sylk = sylk; # Added 2024-06-12
   symbiyosys = sby; # Added 2024-08-18
   sync = taler-sync; # Added 2024-09-04
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b0e2a02f70d7..7f427d8591a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11062,10 +11062,6 @@ with pkgs;
     saxon_11-he
     saxon_12-he;
 
-  swt_jdk8 = callPackage ../by-name/sw/swt/package.nix {
-    jdk = jdk8;
-  };
-
   ### DEVELOPMENT / LIBRARIES / JAVASCRIPT
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / BOWER MODULES (JAVASCRIPT)