diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libhttpseverywhere/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libhttpseverywhere/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c24eb6ab7780..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libhttpseverywhere/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  pkg-config,
-  meson,
-  ninja,
-  makeFontsConf,
-  vala,
-  fetchpatch,
-  gnome,
-  libgee,
-  glib,
-  json-glib,
-  libarchive,
-  libsoup_2_4,
-  gobject-introspection,
-}:
-
-let
-  pname = "libhttpseverywhere";
-  version = "0.8.3";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1jmn6i4vsm89q1axlq4ajqkzqmlmjaml9xhw3h9jnal46db6y00w";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    vala
-    gobject-introspection
-    meson
-    ninja
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    glib
-    libgee
-    json-glib
-    libsoup_2_4
-    libarchive
-  ];
-
-  patches = [
-    # Fixes build with vala >=0.42
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhttpseverywhere/commit/6da08ef1ade9ea267cecf14dd5cb2c3e6e5e50cb.patch";
-      sha256 = "1nwjlh8iqgjayccwdh0fbpq2g1h8bg1k1g9i324f2bhhvyhmpq8f";
-    })
-    # fix build with meson 0.60
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhttpseverywhere/-/commit/4c38b2ca25802c464f3204a62815201d8cf549fd.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-1+fmR0bpvJ9ISN2Hr+BTIQz+Bf6VfY1RdVZ/OohUlWU=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  mesonFlags = [ "-Denable_valadoc=true" ];
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  checkPhase = "(cd test && ./httpseverywhere_test)";
-
-  FONTCONFIG_FILE = makeFontsConf { fontDirectories = [ ]; };
-
-  outputs = [
-    "out"
-    "devdoc"
-  ];
-
-  passthru = {
-    updateScript = gnome.updateScript {
-      packageName = pname;
-      versionPolicy = "odd-unstable";
-    };
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Library to use HTTPSEverywhere in desktop applications";
-    homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhttpseverywhere";
-    license = licenses.lgpl3;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sternenseemann ] ++ teams.gnome.members;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b6a7fe7d5179..58291a69f8aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@ mapAliases {
   libgnome-keyring3 = libgnome-keyring; # Added 2024-06-22
   libgpgerror = throw "'libgpgerror' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libgpg-error'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   libheimdal = heimdal; # Added 2022-11-18
+  libhttpseverywhere = throw "'libhttpseverywhere' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance. It was no longer used in nixpkgs."; # Added 2025-04-17
   libiconv-darwin = darwin.libiconv;
   libixp_hg = libixp;
   libjpeg_drop = throw "'libjpeg_drop' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libjpeg_original'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17