diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
index 2801a660f312..764ff6e854f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
@@ -32,18 +32,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
         ;
     };
 
-    emacs28 = callPackage (self.sources.emacs28) inheritedArgs;
-
-    emacs28-gtk3 = self.emacs28.override {
-      withGTK3 = true;
-    };
-
-    emacs28-nox = pkgs.lowPrio (
-      self.emacs28.override {
-        noGui = true;
-      }
-    );
-
     emacs29 = callPackage (self.sources.emacs29) inheritedArgs;
 
     emacs29-gtk3 = self.emacs29.override {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix
index 8d682c2ef7f4..3bfaefda164a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix
@@ -101,41 +101,6 @@ let
     };
 in
 {
-  emacs28 = import ./make-emacs.nix (mkArgs {
-    pname = "emacs";
-    version = "28.2";
-    variant = "mainline";
-    rev = "28.2";
-    hash = "sha256-4oSLcUDR0MOEt53QOiZSVU8kPJ67GwugmBxdX3F15Ag=";
-    patches = fetchpatch: [
-      # CVE-2022-45939
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/patch/?id=d48bb4874bc6cd3e69c7a15fc3c91cc141025c51";
-        hash = "sha256-TiBQkexn/eb6+IqJNDqR/Rn7S7LVdHmL/21A5tGsyJs=";
-      })
-
-      # https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-03/msg00611.html
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/emacs-patches.git/plain/emacs/28.2/10_all_org-macro-eval.patch?id=af40e12cb742510e5d40a06ffc6dfca97e340dd6";
-        hash = "sha256-OdGt4e9JGjWJPkfJhbYsmQQc6jart4BH5aIKPIbWKFs=";
-      })
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/emacs-patches.git/plain/emacs/28.2/11_all_untrusted-content.patch?id=af40e12cb742510e5d40a06ffc6dfca97e340dd6";
-        hash = "sha256-wa2bsnCt5yFx0+RAFZGBPI+OoKkbrfkkMer/KBEc/wA=";
-      })
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/emacs-patches.git/plain/emacs/28.2/12_all_org-remote-unsafe.patch?id=af40e12cb742510e5d40a06ffc6dfca97e340dd6";
-        hash = "sha256-b6WU1o3PfDV/6BTPfPNUFny6oERJCNsDrvflxX3Yvek=";
-      })
-
-      # security fix from Emacs 29.4
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/patch/?id=c645e1d8205f0f0663ec4a2d27575b238c646c7c";
-        hash = "sha256-G+gGQx5w3KuWMotR1n/sYYL8WyAABYW3fUPeffMMs38=";
-      })
-    ];
-  });
-
   emacs29 = import ./make-emacs.nix (mkArgs {
     pname = "emacs";
     version = "29.4";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 23850496a5a5..1d4a0001c0ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -412,12 +412,15 @@ mapAliases {
   elixir_ls = elixir-ls; # Added 2023-03-20
 
   # Emacs
+  emacs28 = throw "Emacs 28 is removed due to CVEs which are fixed in Emacs 30"; # Added 2025-03-03
   emacs28-gtk2 = throw "emacs28-gtk2 was removed because GTK2 is EOL; migrate to emacs28{,-gtk3,-nox} or to more recent versions of Emacs."; # Added 2024-09-20
+  emacs28-gtk3 = throw "Emacs 28 is removed due to CVEs which are fixed in Emacs 30"; # Added 2025-03-03
+  emacs28-nox = throw "Emacs 28 is removed due to CVEs which are fixed in Emacs 30"; # Added 2025-03-03
   emacs28NativeComp = emacs28; # Added 2022-06-08
   emacs28Packages = throw "'emacs28Packages' has been renamed to/replaced by 'emacs28.pkgs'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   emacs28WithPackages = throw "'emacs28WithPackages' has been renamed to/replaced by 'emacs28.pkgs.withPackages'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   emacsMacport = emacs-macport; # Added 2023-08-10
-  emacsNativeComp = emacs28NativeComp; # Added 2022-06-08
+  emacsNativeComp = emacs; # Added 2022-06-08
   emacsWithPackages = throw "'emacsWithPackages' has been renamed to/replaced by 'emacs.pkgs.withPackages'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   emacsPackages = emacs.pkgs; # Added 2025-03-02
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 30a56d60470e..29a49b95a9cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13167,10 +13167,6 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   inherit (recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs { }))
-    emacs28
-    emacs28-gtk3
-    emacs28-nox
-
     emacs29
     emacs29-gtk3
     emacs29-nox