From 41fc1cd687264a170be6fbe8f4118a5e1a8969bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Defelo <mail@defelo.de>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:37:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] linuxPackages.rtl8821ce: drop

Upstream is no longer maintained: https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce/commit/2c1684a8839df13b70d13f609528218eef95c28e
---
 pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8821ce/default.nix | 50 --------------------
 pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix             |  3 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 52 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8821ce/default.nix

diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8821ce/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8821ce/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e7768683ed7e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtl8821ce/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  kernel,
-  kernelModuleMakeFlags,
-  bc,
-  nix-update-script,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "rtl8821ce";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-10-13";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "tomaspinho";
-    repo = "rtl8821ce";
-    rev = "4e6b887f0d8c4091a4df9da9fcead9a8294b41ad";
-    hash = "sha256-fY0j6VzwAIsD62+snAWfIgGXcwne0mOwIE/Yh25lwTY=";
-  };
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ bc ] ++ kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
-  makeFlags = kernelModuleMakeFlags;
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace ./Makefile \
-      --replace-fail /lib/modules/ "${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/" \
-      --replace-fail /sbin/depmod \# \
-      --replace-fail '$(MODDESTDIR)' "$out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/net/wireless/"
-  '';
-
-  preInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p "$out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/net/wireless/"
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version=branch=master" ]; };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Realtek rtl8821ce driver";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ defelo ];
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
index e6ca68d1640b..f717a4041ac9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
@@ -464,8 +464,6 @@ in
 
         rtl8821au = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/rtl8821au { };
 
-        rtl8821ce = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/rtl8821ce { };
-
         rtl88x2bu = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/rtl88x2bu { };
 
         rtl8821cu = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/rtl8821cu { };
@@ -642,6 +640,7 @@ in
         hid-nintendo = throw "hid-nintendo was added in mainline kernel version 5.16"; # Added 2023-07-30
         sch_cake = throw "sch_cake was added in mainline kernel version 4.19"; # Added 2023-06-14
         rtl8723bs = throw "rtl8723bs was added in mainline kernel version 4.12"; # Added 2023-06-14
+        rtl8821ce = throw "rtl8821ce has been removed due to lack of maintenance"; # Added 2026-07-22
         vm-tools = self.mm-tools;
         xmm7360-pci = throw "Support for the XMM7360 WWAN card was added to the iosm kmod in mainline kernel version 5.18";
         amdgpu-pro = throw "amdgpu-pro was removed due to lack of maintenance"; # Added 2024-06-16