diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/se/serial-unit-testing/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/se/serial-unit-testing/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9971033ea0b6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/se/serial-unit-testing/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  rustPlatform,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pkg-config,
-  udev,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "serial-unit-testing";
-  version = "0.2.4";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "markatk";
-    repo = "serial-unit-testing";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-SLwTwEQdwbus9RFskFjU8m4fS9Pnp8HsgnKkBvTqmSI=";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-PoV2v0p0L3CTtC9VMAx2Z/ZsSAIFi2gh2TtOp64S6ZQ=";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    udev
-  ];
-
-  # tests require a serial port
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Automate testing of serial communication with any serial port device";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/markatk/serial-unit-testing";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/markatk/serial-unit-testing/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rudolfvesely ];
-    mainProgram = "sut";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index af905e1b5a9c..890b5bf179f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1228,6 +1228,7 @@ mapAliases {
   semeru-bin-16 = throw "Semeru 16 has been removed as it has reached its end of life"; # Added 2024-08-01
   semeru-jre-bin-16 = throw "Semeru 16 has been removed as it has reached its end of life"; # Added 2024-08-01
   sensu = throw "sensu has been removed as the upstream project is deprecated. Consider using `sensu-go`"; # Added 2024-10-28
+  serial-unit-testing = throw "'serial-unit-testing' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
   session-desktop-appimage = session-desktop;
   sequoia = sequoia-sq; # Added 2023-06-26
   sexp = sexpp; # Added 2023-07-03