diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neocomp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neocomp/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 31e7d7de8ec9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neocomp/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  asciidoc,
-  docbook_xml_dtd_45,
-  docbook_xsl,
-  freetype,
-  judy,
-  libGL,
-  libconfig,
-  libdrm,
-  libxml2,
-  libxslt,
-  libXcomposite,
-  libXdamage,
-  libXext,
-  libXinerama,
-  libXrandr,
-  libXrender,
-  libXres,
-  pcre,
-  pkg-config,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "neocomp";
-  version = "unstable-2021-04-06";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "DelusionalLogic";
-    repo = "NeoComp";
-    rev = "ccd340d7b2dcd3f828aff958a638cc23686aee6f";
-    sha256 = "sha256-tLLEwpAGNVTC+N41bM7pfskIli4Yvc95wH2/NT0OZ+8=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    asciidoc
-    docbook_xml_dtd_45
-    docbook_xsl
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    freetype
-    judy
-    libGL
-    libconfig
-    libdrm
-    libxml2
-    libxslt
-    libXcomposite
-    libXdamage
-    libXext
-    libXinerama
-    libXrandr
-    libXrender
-    libXres
-    pcre
-  ];
-
-  makeFlags = [
-    "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
-    "CFGDIR=${placeholder "out"}/etc/xdg/neocomp"
-    "ASTDIR=${placeholder "out"}/share/neocomp/assets"
-    "COMPTON_VERSION=${version}"
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/compton.c --replace \
-      "assets_add_path(\"./assets/\");" \
-      "assets_add_path(\"$out/share/neocomp/assets/\");"
-    substituteInPlace src/assets/assets.c --replace \
-      "#define MAX_PATH_LENGTH 64" \
-      "#define MAX_PATH_LENGTH 128"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/DelusionalLogic/NeoComp";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      twey
-      moni
-    ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    description = "Fork of Compton, a compositor for X11";
-    longDescription = ''
-      NeoComp is a (hopefully) fast and (hopefully) simple compositor
-      for X11, focused on delivering frames from the window to the
-      framebuffer as quickly as possible.
-    '';
-    mainProgram = "neocomp";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4092bcd1c6aa..cbdac0d37177 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1211,6 +1211,7 @@ mapAliases {
 
   ncdu_2 = ncdu; # Added 2022-07-22
   neocities-cli = neocities; # Added 2024-07-31
+  neocomp = throw "neocomp has been remove because it fails to build and was unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-04-28
   netbox_3_3 = throw "netbox 3.3 series has been removed as it was EOL"; # Added 2023-09-02
   netbox_3_5 = throw "netbox 3.5 series has been removed as it was EOL"; # Added 2024-01-22
   nextcloud29 = throw ''