diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xo/xo/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xo/xo/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b48b7af165e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xo/xo/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  buildGoModule,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  installShellFiles,
-  buildPackages,
-  versionCheckHook,
-  nix-update-script,
-}:
-buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "xo";
-  version = "1.0.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "xo";
-    repo = "xo";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-cmSY+Et2rE+hLZ1+d2Vvwp+CX0hfLz08QKivQQd7SIQ=";
-  };
-
-  vendorHash = "sha256-aTjLoP7u2mMF1Ns/Wb9RR0xAqQCZJjjb5UzY2de6yBU=";
-
-  ldflags = [
-    "-X main.version=v${version}"
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    installShellFiles
-  ];
-
-  postInstall = lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.emulatorAvailable buildPackages) (
-    let
-      emulator = stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages;
-    in
-    ''
-      installShellCompletion --cmd xo \
-        --bash <(${emulator} $out/bin/xo completion bash) \
-        --fish <(${emulator} $out/bin/xo completion fish) \
-        --zsh <(${emulator} $out/bin/xo completion zsh)
-    ''
-  );
-
-  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
-    versionCheckHook
-  ];
-  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
-  doInstallCheck = true;
-
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Command line tool to generate idiomatic Go code for SQL databases supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/xo/xo";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/xo/xo/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ xiaoxiangmoe ];
-    mainProgram = "xo";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 236070d1d0e0..11bb616b7a88 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2695,6 +2695,7 @@ mapAliases {
   xmlroff = throw "'xmlroff' has been removed as it is unmaintained and broken"; # Added 2025-05-18
   xmr-stak = throw "xmr-stak has been removed from nixpkgs because it was broken"; # Added 2024-07-15
   xmake-core-sv = throw "'xmake-core-sv' has been removed, use 'libsv' instead"; # Added 2024-10-10
+  xo = throw "Use 'dbtpl' instead of 'xo'"; # Added 2025-09-28
   xorg-autoconf = util-macros; # Added 2025-08-18
   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