diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-player/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-player/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 74b80a8b36cb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-player/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  alsa-lib,
-  darwin,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pkg-config,
-  protobuf,
-  rustPlatform,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "music-player";
-  version = "0.2.0-alpha.14-unstable-2024-10-02";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "tsirysndr";
-    repo = "music-player";
-    rev = "cbf03c3f2f0f9baca831b08ec27d9b31438faa3d";
-    hash = "sha256-BG0MU6IdFQX+C4BxTZlq5I7a4BQmUTvwAQALw5/UPBE=";
-  };
-
-  useFetchCargoVendor = true;
-  cargoHash = "sha256-gWLlsXFrovApYCSlo/jBxPZ7nlBCuGVeh28/Ir12MDo=";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs =
-    [
-      protobuf
-      rustPlatform.bindgenHook
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
-      pkg-config
-    ];
-
-  buildInputs =
-    lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
-      alsa-lib
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.AudioUnit
-    ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Extensible music player daemon written in Rust";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/tsirysndr/music-player";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/tsirysndr/music-player/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sigmasquadron ];
-    mainProgram = "music-player";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index e1c83796f8c8..cd471fdb0bcc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1202,6 +1202,7 @@ mapAliases {
   mrkd = throw "'mrkd' has been removed as it is unmaintained since 2021"; # Added 2024-12-21
   msp430NewlibCross = msp430Newlib; # Added 2024-09-06
   mupdf_1_17 = throw "'mupdf_1_17' has been removed due to being outdated and insecure. Consider using 'mupdf' instead."; # Added 2024-08-22
+  music-player = throw "'music-player' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'fum' or 'termusic' instead."; # Added 2025-05-02
   mustache-tcl = tclPackages.mustache-tcl; # Added 2024-10-02
   mutt-with-sidebar = mutt; # Added 2022-09-17
   mutter43 = throw "'mutter43' has been removed since it is no longer used by Pantheon."; # Added 2024-09-22