diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/thrust/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/thrust/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 22a3d67bef6d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/thrust/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  buildEnv,
-  makeWrapper,
-  glib,
-  alsa-lib,
-  dbus,
-  gtk2,
-  atk,
-  pango,
-  freetype,
-  fontconfig,
-  gdk-pixbuf,
-  cairo,
-  cups,
-  expat,
-  nspr,
-  gconf,
-  nss,
-  xorg,
-  libcap,
-  unzip,
-}:
-
-let
-  thrustEnv = buildEnv {
-    name = "env-thrust";
-    paths = [
-      stdenv.cc.cc
-      glib
-      dbus
-      gtk2
-      atk
-      pango
-      freetype
-      fontconfig
-      gdk-pixbuf
-      cairo
-      cups
-      expat
-      alsa-lib
-      nspr
-      gconf
-      nss
-      xorg.libXrender
-      xorg.libX11
-      xorg.libXext
-      xorg.libXdamage
-      xorg.libXtst
-      xorg.libXcomposite
-      xorg.libXi
-      xorg.libXfixes
-      xorg.libXrandr
-      xorg.libXcursor
-      libcap
-    ];
-  };
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "thrust";
-  version = "0.7.6";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/breach/thrust/releases/download/v${version}/thrust-v${version}-linux-x64.zip";
-    sha256 = "07rrnlj0gk500pvar4b1wdqm05p4n9yjwn911x93bd2qwc8r5ymc";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    makeWrapper
-    unzip
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [ thrustEnv ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    mkdir -p $out/libexec/thrust
-    unzip -d $out/libexec/thrust/ $src
-    patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-      $out/libexec/thrust/thrust_shell
-    wrapProgram $out/libexec/thrust/thrust_shell \
-      --prefix "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" : "${thrustEnv}/lib:${thrustEnv}/lib64"
-    ln -s $out/libexec/thrust/thrust_shell $out/bin
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Chromium-based cross-platform / cross-language application framework";
-    mainProgram = "thrust_shell";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/breach/thrust";
-    sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.osener ];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 56f14e523835..d1f9fb8d6b49 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1806,6 +1806,7 @@ mapAliases {
   tex-match = throw "'tex-match' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'hieroglyphic' instead"; # Added 2024-09-24
   texinfo5 = throw "'texinfo5' has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-09-10
   timescaledb = throw "'timescaledb' has been removed. Use 'postgresqlPackages.timescaledb' instead."; # Added 2025-07-19
+  thrust = throw "'thrust' has been removed due to lack of maintenance"; # Added 2025-08-21
   tsearch_extras = throw "'tsearch_extras' has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-12-15
 
   postgresql_12 = throw "postgresql_12 has been removed since it reached its EOL upstream"; # Added 2024-11-14
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3072866de458..81cb953302d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5891,10 +5891,6 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (ocaml-ng.ocamlPackages_4_14) buildDunePackage;
   };
 
-  thrust = callPackage ../development/tools/thrust {
-    gconf = gnome2.GConf;
-  };
-
   urweb = callPackage ../development/compilers/urweb {
     icu = icu67;
   };