diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d57f49a6a30..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pkg-config,
-  SDL,
-  SDL_image,
-  SDL_ttf,
-  SDL_gfx,
-  flex,
-  bison,
-}:
-
-let
-  makeSDLFlags = map (p: "-I${lib.getDev p}/include/SDL");
-
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "xsw";
-  version = "0.1.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "andrenho";
-    repo = "xsw";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "092vp61ngd2vscsvyisi7dv6qrk5m1i81gg19hyfl5qvjq5p0p8g";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-    flex
-    bison
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    SDL
-    SDL_image
-    SDL_ttf
-    SDL_gfx
-  ];
-
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE =
-    toString (makeSDLFlags [
-      SDL
-      SDL_image
-      SDL_ttf
-      SDL_gfx
-    ])
-    + " -lSDL";
-
-  patches = [
-    ./parse.patch # Fixes compilation error by avoiding redundant definitions.
-    ./sdl-error.patch # Adds required include for SDL_GetError.
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
-    description = "Slide show presentation tool";
-
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    mainProgram = "xsw";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/parse.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/parse.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6db6c14c26a7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/parse.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-The `%code` causes Color definition to be added in both parser.h and parser.c
-causing duplicate definitions error. This ensures that once it has been included
-as part of parser.h, it wont be redefined in parser.c
-
---- xsw-0.1.2-src/src/parser.y	1969-12-31 16:00:01.000000000 -0800
-+++ xsw-0.1.2-src/src/parser.y	2016-06-28 13:21:35.707027770 -0700
-@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@
- 
- %}
- 
--%code requires { typedef struct { unsigned char c; } Color; }
-+%code requires
-+{
-+#ifndef COLORDEF
-+#define COLORDEF
-+typedef struct { unsigned char c; } Color;
-+#endif
-+}
- 
- %token SLIDE COLON HIFEN TEXT X Y W H IMAGE SIZE SCALE TEMPLATE BACKGROUND FONT
- %token STYLE ALIGN EXPAND PLUS IMAGE_PATH
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/sdl-error.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/sdl-error.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 83751e3cf5fc..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xsw/sdl-error.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/presenter.c b/src/presenter.c
-index a082541..74bfbec 100644
---- a/src/presenter.c
-+++ b/src/presenter.c
-@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include "SDL_ttf.h"
-+#include <SDL/SDL_error.h>
- #include "presenter.h"
- #include "execute.h"
- #include "list.h"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index aa07690cc19a..c98e3bcd08be 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2402,6 +2402,7 @@ mapAliases {
   xprite-editor = throw "'xprite-editor' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'pablodraw' or 'aseprite' instead"; # Added 2024-09-14
   xsd = throw "'xsd' has been removed."; # Added 2025-04-02
   xsv = throw "'xsv' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance. Please see 'xan' for a maintained alternative";
+  xsw = throw "'xsw' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-08-22
   xtrlock-pam = throw "xtrlock-pam has been removed because it is unmaintained for 10 years and doesn't support Python 3.10 or newer"; # Added 2025-01-25
   xulrunner = firefox-unwrapped; # Added 2023-11-03
   xvfb_run = throw "'xvfb_run' has been renamed to/replaced by 'xvfb-run'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3d6d78cbac2b..e9cb3198772a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15649,16 +15649,6 @@ with pkgs;
     }
   );
 
-  xsw = callPackage ../applications/misc/xsw {
-    # Enable the next line to use this in terminal.
-    # Note that it requires sixel capable terminals such as mlterm
-    # or xterm -ti 340
-    SDL = SDL_sixel;
-    SDL_gfx = SDL_gfx.override { SDL = SDL_sixel; };
-    SDL_image = SDL_image.override { SDL = SDL_sixel; };
-    SDL_ttf = SDL_ttf.override { SDL = SDL_sixel; };
-  };
-
   yamale = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication yamale;
 
   zap-chip-gui = zap-chip.override { withGui = true; };