diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gh/gh-copilot/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gh/gh-copilot/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c9c609233d65..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gh/gh-copilot/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchurl,
-}:
-let
-  inherit (stdenv.hostPlatform) system;
-  throwSystem = throw "Unsupported system: ${system}";
-
-  systemToPlatform = {
-    "x86_64-linux" = {
-      name = "linux-amd64";
-      hash = "sha256-WVb32g9eqoeQgvPUGOQ7r3oD+PerKYQWEh/PoZwVqkI=";
-    };
-    "aarch64-linux" = {
-      name = "linux-arm64";
-      hash = "sha256-nZg7u0BUIHOdu3dg28fydgm6ctr4jOOIZOA5ms3/E64=";
-    };
-    "x86_64-darwin" = {
-      name = "darwin-amd64";
-      hash = "sha256-A+FQ7AgjqS1/7LExhyKwXlCAwCveSgeyhbCNAjqQ770=";
-    };
-    "aarch64-darwin" = {
-      name = "darwin-arm64";
-      hash = "sha256-+Q1H9h1j1kusEu1HW3zHWQ8ReR50kwjj4kGC3g6Jzqc=";
-    };
-  };
-  platform = systemToPlatform.${system} or throwSystem;
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "gh-copilot";
-  version = "1.2.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    name = "gh-copilot";
-    url = "https://github.com/github/gh-copilot/releases/download/v${finalAttrs.version}/${platform.name}";
-    hash = platform.hash;
-  };
-
-  dontUnpack = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    install -m755 -D $src $out/bin/gh-copilot
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
-
-  meta = {
-    changelog = "https://github.com/github/gh-copilot/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    description = "Ask for assistance right in your terminal";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/github/gh-copilot";
-    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
-    mainProgram = "gh-copilot";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ PerchunPak ];
-    platforms = lib.attrNames systemToPlatform;
-    sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gh/gh-copilot/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/gh/gh-copilot/update.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cca77cd367c0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gh/gh-copilot/update.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl jq common-updater-scripts nix-prefetch
-
-set -euo pipefail
-set -x
-
-ROOT="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
-NIX_DRV="$ROOT/package.nix"
-if [ ! -f "$NIX_DRV" ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: cannot find gh-copilot in $ROOT"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-fetch_arch() {
-  VER="$1"; ARCH="$2"
-  URL="https://github.com/github/gh-copilot/releases/download/v${VER}/${ARCH}";
-  nix-prefetch "{ stdenv, fetchzip }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = \"vere\"; version = \"${VER}\";
-  src = fetchurl { url = \"$URL\"; };
-}
-"
-}
-
-replace_sha() {
-  # https://stackoverflow.com/a/38470458/22235705
-  sed -rziE "s@($1[^\n]*\n[^\n]*hash = )\"sha256-.{44}\";@\1\"$2\";@" "$NIX_DRV"
-}
-
-VERE_VER=$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/github/gh-copilot/releases/latest | jq .tag_name)
-VERE_VER=$(echo $VERE_VER | sed -e 's/^"v//' -e 's/"$//') # transform "v1.0.2" into 1.0.2
-
-VERE_LINUX_X64_SHA256=$(fetch_arch "$VERE_VER" "linux-amd64")
-VERE_LINUX_AARCH64_SHA256=$(fetch_arch "$VERE_VER" "linux-arm64")
-VERE_DARWIN_X64_SHA256=$(fetch_arch "$VERE_VER" "darwin-amd64")
-VERE_DARWIN_AARCH64_SHA256=$(fetch_arch "$VERE_VER" "darwin-arm64")
-
-sed -i "s/version = \".*\"/version = \"$VERE_VER\"/" "$NIX_DRV"
-
-replace_sha "linux-amd64" "$VERE_LINUX_X64_SHA256"
-replace_sha "linux-arm64" "$VERE_LINUX_AARCH64_SHA256"
-replace_sha "darwin-amd64" "$VERE_DARWIN_X64_SHA256"
-replace_sha "darwin-arm64" "$VERE_DARWIN_AARCH64_SHA256"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 298596f3de17..fffdc06d3c78 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ mapAliases {
   gfortran12 = throw "gfortran12 has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2025-08-08
   gg = throw "'gg' has been renamed to/replaced by 'go-graft'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   ggobi = throw "'ggobi' has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and broken"; # Added 2025-05-18
+  gh-copilot = throw "'gh-copilot' has been removed since it has been deprecated and archived upstream. Consider using 'github-copilot-cli' instead"; # Added 2026-01-20
   gimp3 = gimp; # Added 2025-10-03
   gimp3-with-plugins = gimp-with-plugins; # Added 2025-10-03
   gimp3Plugins = gimpPlugins; # Added 2025-10-03