diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/powwow/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/powwow/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 91e51b624028..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/po/powwow/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  ncurses,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "powwow";
-  version = "1.2.23";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.hoopajoo.net/static/projects/powwow-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-pnJu7zoEHcswJJo756pOBL9mF9jaQij0VYDcG5I0dPI=";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    ncurses
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Multi-user Dungeon Client";
-    homepage = "https://www.hoopajoo.net/projects/powwow.html";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ethancedwards8 ];
-    mainProgram = "powwow";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 18605fe4dc7f..45d5c0db3c7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1349,6 +1349,7 @@ mapAliases {
   postgresqlJitPackages = throw "'postgresqlJitPackages' has been renamed to/replaced by 'postgresqlPackages'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   pot = throw "'pot' has been removed as it requires libsoup 2.4 which is EOL"; # Added 2025-10-09
   powerdns = throw "'powerdns' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pdns'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  powwow = throw "'powwow' has been removed, since it's unmaintained since 2021 and doesn't build with glibc 2.42"; # Added 2025-09-28
   prboom-plus = throw "'prboom-plus' has been removed since it is unmaintained upstream."; # Added 2025-09-14
   preload = throw "'preload' has been removed due to lack of usage and being broken since its introduction into nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-11-29
   presage = throw "presage has been removed, as it has been unmaintained since 2018"; # Added 2025-06-19