diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
index 783363adc334..f701b955e1f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ in
 
   enlight = callPackage ./manual-packages/enlight { };
 
-  ess-R-object-popup = callPackage ./manual-packages/ess-R-object-popup { };
-
   evil-markdown = callPackage ./manual-packages/evil-markdown { };
 
   font-lock-plus = callPackage ./manual-packages/font-lock-plus { };
@@ -126,3 +124,7 @@ in
   rectMark = self.rect-mark;
   sunriseCommander = self.sunrise-commander;
 }
+### Aliases
+// lib.optionalAttrs pkgs.config.allowAliases {
+  ess-R-object-popup = throw "emacsPackages.ess-R-object-popup was deleted, since the upstream repo looks abandoned."; # Added 2024-07-15
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ess-R-object-popup/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ess-R-object-popup/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7809dcd73566..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ess-R-object-popup/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ trivialBuild
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, emacs
-, popup
-, ess
-}:
-
-trivialBuild rec {
-  pname = "ess-R-object-popup";
-  version = "1.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "myuhe";
-    repo = "ess-R-object-popup.el";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-YN8ZLXEbwTFdFfovkV2IXV9v6y/PTgCdiRQqbpRaF2E=";
-  };
-
-  packageRequires = [
-    popup
-    ess
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/myuhe/ess-R-object-popup.el";
-    description = "Popup descriptions of R objects";
-    inherit (emacs.meta) platforms;
-  };
-}