diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/i3/i3lock-pixeled/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/i3/i3lock-pixeled/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a4010486eab..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/i3/i3lock-pixeled/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  i3lock,
-  imagemagick,
-  scrot,
-  playerctl,
-  fetchFromGitLab,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "i3lock-pixeled";
-  version = "1.2.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitLab {
-    owner = "Ma27";
-    repo = "i3lock-pixeled";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1l9yjf9say0mcqnnjkyj4z3f6y83bnx4jsycd1h10p3m8afbh8my";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    i3lock
-    imagemagick
-    scrot
-    playerctl
-  ];
-
-  makeFlags = [
-    "PREFIX=$(out)/bin"
-  ];
-
-  patchPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace i3lock-pixeled \
-       --replace i3lock    "${i3lock}/bin/i3lock" \
-       --replace convert   "${imagemagick}/bin/convert" \
-       --replace scrot     "${scrot}/bin/scrot" \
-       --replace playerctl "${playerctl}/bin/playerctl"
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Simple i3lock helper which pixels a screenshot by scaling it down and up to get a pixeled version of the screen when the lock is active";
-    mainProgram = "i3lock-pixeled";
-    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/Ma27/i3lock-pixeled";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ma27 ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index ab2536fbbed8..335b1b78a00d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ mapAliases {
   http-prompt = throw "'http-prompt' has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-11-26
   hydra_unstable = throw "'hydra_unstable' has been renamed to/replaced by 'hydra'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   i3-gaps = throw "'i3-gaps' has been renamed to/replaced by 'i3'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  i3lock-pixeled = throw "'i3lock-pixeled' has been unmaintained for several years now."; # Converted to throw 2026-01-24
   ibm-sw-tpm2 = throw "ibm-sw-tpm2 has been removed, as it was broken"; # Added 2025-08-25
   igvm-tooling = throw "'igvm-tooling' has been removed as it is poorly maintained upstream and a dependency has been marked insecure."; # Added 2025-09-03
   ikos = throw "ikos has been removed, as it does not build with supported LLVM versions"; # Added 2025-08-10