diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index 428adcd4d562..6b1cd48413b6 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@
 
 - The `haka` package and module has been removed because the package was broken and unmaintained for 9 years.
 
+- The `gsignond` package, plugins and module have been removed because they were unmaintained for 6 years.
+
 - `strawberry` has been updated to 1.2, which drops support for the VLC backend and Qt 5. The `strawberry-qt5` package
   and `withGstreamer`/`withVlc` override options have been removed due to this.
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 1f1317ddcdfe..8ecdc692ef5d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@
   ./services/desktops/gnome/rygel.nix
   ./services/desktops/gnome/sushi.nix
   ./services/desktops/gnome/tinysparql.nix
-  ./services/desktops/gsignond.nix
   ./services/desktops/gvfs.nix
   ./services/desktops/malcontent.nix
   ./services/desktops/neard.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 0e8711fd489a..94cf7428e09d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ in
       See https://www.isc.org/blogs/isc-dhcp-eol/ for details.
       Please switch to a different implementation like kea or dnsmasq.
     '')
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "gsignond" ] ''
+      The corresponding package was unmaintained, abandoned upstream, used outdated library and thus removed from nixpkgs.
+    '')
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "haka" ] ''
       The corresponding package was broken and removed from nixpkgs.
     '')
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gsignond.nix b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gsignond.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 96a54889babf..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gsignond.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Accounts-SSO gSignOn daemon
-{
-  config,
-  lib,
-  pkgs,
-  ...
-}:
-let
-  package = pkgs.gsignond.override { plugins = config.services.gsignond.plugins; };
-in
-{
-
-  meta.maintainers = [ ];
-
-  ###### interface
-
-  options = {
-
-    services.gsignond = {
-
-      enable = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = ''
-          Whether to enable gSignOn daemon, a DBus service
-          which performs user authentication on behalf of its clients.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      plugins = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.package;
-        default = [ ];
-        description = ''
-          What plugins to use with the gSignOn daemon.
-        '';
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-  ###### implementation
-  config = lib.mkIf config.services.gsignond.enable {
-    environment.etc."gsignond.conf".source = "${package}/etc/gsignond.conf";
-    services.dbus.packages = [ package ];
-  };
-
-}