diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libxplayer-plparser/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libxplayer-plparser/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e6c64a78d06d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libxplayer-plparser/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  meson,
-  ninja,
-  gobject-introspection,
-  gmime3,
-  libxml2,
-  libsoup_2_4,
-  pkg-config,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "xplayer-plparser";
-  version = "1.0.3";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "linuxmint";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-6GMKsIpyQdiyHPxrjWHAHvuCouJxrAcYPIo9u6TLOA4=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    meson
-    ninja
-    pkg-config
-    gobject-introspection
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    gmime3
-    libxml2
-    libsoup_2_4
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Playlist parsing library for xplayer";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/linuxmint/xplayer-plparser";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      tu-maurice
-      bobby285271
-    ];
-    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xp/xplayer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xp/xplayer/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d17b1f05b197..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xp/xplayer/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  autoreconfHook,
-  autoconf-archive,
-  clutter-gst,
-  clutter-gtk,
-  gettext,
-  glib,
-  gobject-introspection,
-  gst_all_1,
-  gtk-doc,
-  gtk3,
-  intltool,
-  itstool,
-  libpeas,
-  libxml2,
-  libxplayer-plparser,
-  pkg-config,
-  python3,
-  wrapGAppsHook3,
-  xapp,
-  yelp-tools,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "xplayer";
-  version = "2.4.4";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "linuxmint";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-o2vLNIELd1EYWG26t5gOpnamJrBJeg4P6fcLirkcmfM=";
-  };
-
-  # configure wants to find gst-inspect-1.0 via pkgconfig but
-  # the gstreamer toolsdir points to the wrong derivation output
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace configure.ac \
-                      --replace '$gst10_toolsdir/gst-inspect-1.0' '${gst_all_1.gstreamer}/bin/gst-inspect-1.0' \
-  '';
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    makeFlagsArray+=(
-      "INCLUDES=-I${glib.dev}/include/gio-unix-2.0"
-      "CFLAGS=-Wno-error" # Otherwise a lot of deprecated warnings are treated as error
-    )
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook
-    wrapGAppsHook3
-    autoconf-archive
-    gettext
-    gtk-doc
-    intltool
-    itstool
-    pkg-config
-    python3.pkgs.wrapPython
-    yelp-tools
-    gobject-introspection
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    clutter-gst
-    clutter-gtk
-    glib
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-bad
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good
-    gst_all_1.gstreamer
-    gtk3
-    libpeas
-    libxml2
-    libxplayer-plparser
-    python3
-    xapp
-    # to satisfy configure script
-    python3.pkgs.pygobject3
-  ];
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    buildPythonPath ${python3.pkgs.dbus-python}
-    patchPythonScript $out/lib/xplayer/plugins/dbus/dbusservice.py
-  '';
-
-  env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.cc.isGNU {
-    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
-      "-Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types"
-      "-Wno-error=return-mismatch"
-    ];
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Generic media player from Linux Mint";
-    license = with licenses; [
-      gpl2Plus
-      lgpl21Plus
-    ];
-    homepage = "https://github.com/linuxmint/xplayer";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      tu-maurice
-      bobby285271
-    ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8213b6880f8f..39f79cb6efe0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ mapAliases {
   libusb = throw "'libusb' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libusb1'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   libvpx_1_8 = throw "libvpx_1_8 has been removed because it is impacted by security issues and not used in nixpkgs, move to 'libvpx'"; # Added 2024-07-26
   libwnck3 = libwnck;
+  libxplayer-plparser = throw "libxplayer-plparser has been removed as the upstream project was archived"; # Added 2024-12-27
   libyamlcpp = yaml-cpp; # Added 2023-01-29
   libyamlcpp_0_3 = yaml-cpp_0_3; # Added 2023-01-29
   lightdm_gtk_greeter = lightdm-gtk-greeter; # Added 2022-08-01
@@ -1457,6 +1458,7 @@ mapAliases {
   xmake-core-sv = throw "'xmake-core-sv' has been removed, use 'libsv' instead"; # Added 2024-10-10
   xournal = throw "'xournal' has been removed due to lack of activity upstream and depending on gnome2. Consider using 'xournalpp' instead."; # Added 2024-12-06
   xonsh-unwrapped = python3Packages.xonsh; # Added 2024-06-18
+  xplayer = throw "xplayer has been removed as the upstream project was archived"; # Added 2024-12-27
   xprite-editor = throw "'xprite-editor' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'pablodraw' or 'aseprite' instead"; # Added 2024-09-14
   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