diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgrss/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgrss/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 73b22e6c9035..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgrss/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  fetchpatch,
-  pkg-config,
-  vala,
-  gobject-introspection,
-  gtk-doc,
-  docbook_xsl,
-  docbook_xml_dtd_412,
-  glib,
-  libxml2,
-  libsoup_2_4,
-  gnome,
-  buildPackages,
-  Foundation,
-  AppKit,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libgrss";
-  version = "0.7.0";
-
-  outputs = [
-    "out"
-    "dev"
-    "devdoc"
-  ];
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1nalslgyglvhpva3px06fj6lv5zgfg0qmj0sbxyyl5d963vc02b7";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "CVE-2016-20011.patch";
-      # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/merge_requests/7, not yet merged!
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/commit/2c6ea642663e2a44efc8583fae7c54b7b98f72b3.patch";
-      sha256 = "1ijvq2jl97vphcvrbrqxvszdmv6yyjfygdca9vyaijpafwyzzb18";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-    vala
-    gobject-introspection
-    gtk-doc
-    docbook_xsl
-    docbook_xml_dtd_412
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [
-      glib
-      libxml2
-      libsoup_2_4
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      Foundation
-      AppKit
-    ];
-
-  configureFlags =
-    [
-      "PKG_CONFIG=${buildPackages.pkg-config}/bin/${buildPackages.pkg-config.targetPrefix}pkg-config"
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform) [
-      "--enable-gtk-doc"
-    ];
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  passthru = {
-    updateScript = gnome.updateScript {
-      packageName = pname;
-      versionPolicy = "none";
-    };
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Glib abstaction to handle feeds in RSS, Atom and other formats";
-    homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss";
-    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = teams.gnome.members;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 58291a69f8aa..be6e15e7baeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ mapAliases {
   libgme = game-music-emu; # Added 2022-07-20
   libgnome-keyring3 = libgnome-keyring; # Added 2024-06-22
   libgpgerror = throw "'libgpgerror' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libgpg-error'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
+  libgrss = throw "'libgrss' has been removed as it was archived upstream and had no users in nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-04-17
   libheimdal = heimdal; # Added 2022-11-18
   libhttpseverywhere = throw "'libhttpseverywhere' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance. It was no longer used in nixpkgs."; # Added 2025-04-17
   libiconv-darwin = darwin.libiconv;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 17cb686be1f8..3d87089c5c08 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10104,10 +10104,6 @@ with pkgs;
     callPackage ../development/libraries/libgnome-games-support/2.0.nix
       { };
 
-  libgrss = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgrss {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks) Foundation AppKit;
-  };
-
   libiio = callPackage ../development/libraries/libiio {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CFNetwork CoreServices;
     python = python3;