diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cl/cli-visualizer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cl/cli-visualizer/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fa6cd2f5143..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cl/cli-visualizer/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  cmake,
-  fftw,
-  ncurses5,
-  libpulseaudio,
-  makeWrapper,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.8";
-  pname = "cli-visualizer";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "dpayne";
-    repo = "cli-visualizer";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "003mbbwsz43mg3d7llphpypqa9g7rs1p1cdbqi1mbc2bfrc1gcq2";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed '1i#include <cmath>' -i src/Transformer/SpectrumCircleTransformer.cpp
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    makeWrapper
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    fftw
-    ncurses5
-    libpulseaudio
-  ];
-
-  buildFlags = [ "ENABLE_PULSE=1" ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    # See https://github.com/dpayne/cli-visualizer/issues/62#issuecomment-330738075
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/vis --set TERM rxvt-256color
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/dpayne/cli-visualizer";
-    description = "CLI based audio visualizer";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.matthiasbeyer ];
-    platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
-    mainProgram = "vis";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index e6a346b9a192..9dca50e96b91 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ mapAliases {
   clamsmtp = throw "'clamsmtp' has been removed as it is unmaintained and broken"; # Added 2025-05-17
   clang-sierraHack = throw "clang-sierraHack has been removed because it solves a problem that no longer seems to exist. Hey, what were you even doing with that thing anyway?"; # Added 2024-10-05
   clang-sierraHack-stdenv = clang-sierraHack; # Added 2024-10-05
+  cli-visualizer = throw "'cli-visualizer' has been removed as the upstream repository is gone"; # Added 2025-06-05
   inherit (libsForQt5.mauiPackages) clip; # added 2022-05-17
   cloudlogoffline = throw "cloudlogoffline has been removed"; # added 2025-05-18
   clwrapperFunction = throw "Lisp packages have been redesigned. See 'lisp-modules' in the nixpkgs manual."; # Added 2024-05-07