diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libfprint-focaltech-2808-a658/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libfprint-focaltech-2808-a658/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f112bc9e5b90..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libfprint-focaltech-2808-a658/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchurl,
-  rpm,
-  cpio,
-  glib,
-  gusb,
-  pixman,
-  libgudev,
-  nss,
-  libfprint,
-  cairo,
-  pkg-config,
-  autoPatchelfHook,
-  makePkgconfigItem,
-  copyPkgconfigItems,
-}:
-
-# https://discourse.nixos.org/t/request-for-libfprint-port-for-2808-a658/55474
-let
-  # The provided `.so`'s name in the binary package we fetch and unpack
-  libso = "libfprint-2.so.2.0.0";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libfprint-focaltech-2808-a658";
-  version = "1.94.4";
-  # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/-/merge_requests/413#note_2476573
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/ftfpteams/RTS5811-FT9366-fingerprint-linux-driver-with-VID-2808-and-PID-a658/raw/b040ccd953c27e26c1285c456b4264e70b36bc3f/libfprint-2-2-${version}+tod1-FT9366_20240627.x86_64.rpm";
-    hash = "sha256-MRWHwBievAfTfQqjs1WGKBnht9cIDj9aYiT3YJ0/CUM=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    rpm
-    cpio
-    pkg-config
-    autoPatchelfHook
-    copyPkgconfigItems
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    stdenv.cc.cc
-    glib
-    gusb
-    pixman
-    nss
-    libgudev
-    libfprint
-    cairo
-  ];
-
-  unpackPhase = ''
-    runHook preUnpack
-
-    rpm2cpio $src | cpio -idmv
-
-    runHook postUnpack
-  '';
-
-  # custom pkg-config based on libfprint's pkg-config
-  pkgconfigItems = [
-    (makePkgconfigItem rec {
-      name = "libfprint-2";
-      inherit version;
-      inherit (meta) description;
-      cflags = [ "-I${variables.includedir}/libfprint-2" ];
-      libs = [
-        "-L${variables.libdir}"
-        "-lfprint-2"
-      ];
-      variables = rec {
-        prefix = "${placeholder "out"}";
-        includedir = "${prefix}/include";
-        libdir = "${prefix}/lib";
-      };
-    })
-  ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    install -Dm444 usr/lib64/${libso} -t $out/lib
-
-    # create this symlink as it was there in libfprint
-    ln -s -T $out/lib/${libso} $out/lib/libfprint-2.so
-    ln -s -T $out/lib/${libso} $out/lib/libfprint-2.so.2
-
-    # get files from libfprint required to build the package
-    cp -r ${libfprint}/lib/girepository-1.0 $out/lib
-    cp -r ${libfprint}/include $out
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Focaltech Fingerprint driver for focaltech 0x2808:0xa658";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/ftfpteams/RTS5811-FT9366-fingerprint-linux-driver-with-VID-2808-and-PID-a658";
-    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.imsick ];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-    sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.binaryNativeCode ];
-    broken = true; # needs older version of fprintd (v1.94.4)
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 47bc57b53499..8e4071c5bcc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -782,6 +782,7 @@ mapAliases {
   libdevil = throw "libdevil has been removed, as it was unmaintained in Nixpkgs and upstream since 2017"; # Added 2025-09-16
   libdevil-nox = throw "libdevil has been removed, as it was unmaintained in Nixpkgs and upstream since 2017"; # Added 2025-09-16
   libdwarf-lite = throw "`libdwarf-lite` has been replaced by `libdwarf` as it's mostly a mirror"; # Added 2025-06-16
+  libfprint-focaltech-2808-a658 = throw "'libfprint-focaltech-2808-a658' has been removed as it was broken and upstream was taken down"; # Added 2025-11-04
   libfpx = throw "libfpx has been removed as it was unmaintained in Nixpkgs and had known vulnerabilities"; # Added 2025-05-20
   libgadu = throw "'libgadu' has been removed as upstream is unmaintained and has no dependents or maintainers in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-05-17
   libgda = throw "'libgda' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libgda5'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27