diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ro/rote/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ro/rote/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b139fae6c098..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ro/rote/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  ncurses,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "rote";
-  version = "0.2.8";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    sha256 = "05v1lw99jv4cwxl7spyi7by61j2scpdsvx809x5cga7dm5dhlmky";
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/rote/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Our Own Terminal Emulation Library";
-    mainProgram = "rote-config";
-    longDescription = ''
-      ROTE is a simple C library for VT102 terminal emulation. It allows the
-      programmer to set up virtual 'screens' and send them data. The virtual
-      screens will emulate the behavior of a VT102 terminal, interpreting
-      escape sequences, control characters and such. The library supports
-      ncurses as well so that you may render the virtual screen to the real
-      screen when you need to.
-    '';
-    homepage = "https://rote.sourceforge.net/";
-    license = licenses.lgpl21;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index f79ef88e2f29..c0a8bebea550 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2131,6 +2131,7 @@ mapAliases {
   rofi-wayland = throw "'rofi-wayland' has been merged into 'rofi'"; # Added 2025-09-06
   rofi-wayland-unwrapped = throw "'rofi-wayland-unwrapped' has been merged into 'rofi-unwrapped'"; # Added 2025-09-06
   root5 = throw "root5 has been removed from nixpkgs because it's a legacy version"; # Added 2025-07-17
+  rote = throw "rote has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-09-10
   rnix-hashes = throw "'rnix-hashes' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
   rpiboot-unstable = throw "'rpiboot-unstable' has been renamed to/replaced by 'rpiboot'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   rr-unstable = rr; # Added 2022-09-17