diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mr/mrkd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mr/mrkd/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8193766f02f1..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mr/mrkd/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  python3,
-  fetchPypi,
-}:
-
-let
-  python = python3.override {
-    self = python;
-    packageOverrides = self: super: {
-      # https://github.com/refi64/mrkd/pull/6
-      mistune = super.mistune.overridePythonAttrs (old: rec {
-        version = "0.8.4";
-        src = fetchPypi {
-          inherit (old) pname;
-          inherit version;
-          hash = "sha256-WaNCnbU8ULXGvMigf4hIywDX3IvbQxpKtBkg0gHUdW4=";
-        };
-        meta = old.meta // {
-          knownVulnerabilities = [
-            "CVE-2022-34749"
-          ];
-        };
-      });
-    };
-  };
-in
-python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  pname = "mrkd";
-  version = "0.2.0";
-
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "456f8c1be99da268554b29c6b5383532e58119def5a65d85270bc6a0ecc26aaf";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python.pkgs; [
-    jinja2
-    mistune
-    pygments
-    setuptools
-  ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mrkd" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Write man pages using Markdown, and convert them to Roff or HTML";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/refi64/mrkd";
-    license = licenses.bsd2;
-    mainProgram = "mrkd";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4671edcddff1..ba070c77b424 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ mapAliases {
   mpd_clientlib = throw "'mpd_clientlib' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libmpdclient'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   mpdevil = plattenalbum; # Added 2024-05-22
   mpg321 = throw "'mpg321' has been removed due to it being unmaintained by upstream. Consider using mpg123 instead."; # Added 2024-05-10
+  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   mupdf_1_17 = throw "'mupdf_1_17' has been removed due to being outdated and insecure.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
   mustache-tcl = tclPackages.mustache-tcl; # Added 2024-10-02