diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pe/pell/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pe/pell/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 548a328d4006..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pe/pell/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  scsh,
-  sox,
-  libnotify,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "pell";
-  version = "0.0.4";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "ebzzry";
-    repo = "pell";
-    rev = "3b8a9a59c4a8671705805edb7be7c35b1654971f";
-    sha256 = "0k8m1lv2kyrs8fylxmbgxg3jn65g57frf2bndc82gkr5svwb554a";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    mkdir -p $out/share
-    cp pell $out/bin
-    cp resources/online.mp3 $out/share
-    cp resources/offline.mp3 $out/share
-    chmod +x $out/bin/pell
-  '';
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/pell --replace "/usr/bin/env scsh" "${scsh}/bin/scsh"
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/pell --replace "(play " "(${sox}/bin/play "
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/pell --replace "(notify-send " "(${libnotify}/bin/notify-send "
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/pell --replace "/usr/share/pell/online.mp3" "$out/share/online.mp3"
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/pell --replace "/usr/share/pell/offline.mp3" "$out/share/offline.mp3"
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/ebzzry/pell";
-    description = "Simple host availability monitor";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    mainProgram = "pell";
-  };
-
-  dontBuild = true;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index f6c6d8202003..1629f037c09d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1271,6 +1271,7 @@ mapAliases {
   pds = warnAlias "'pds' has been renamed to 'bluesky-pds'" bluesky-pds; # Added 2025-08-20
   pdsadmin = warnAlias "'pdsadmin' has been renamed to 'bluesky-pdsadmin'" bluesky-pdsadmin; # Added 2025-08-20
   peach = throw "'peach' has been renamed to/replaced by 'asouldocs'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  pell = throw "'pell' has been removed as it is unused and unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-12-18
   pentablet-driver = throw "'pentablet-driver' has been renamed to/replaced by 'xp-pen-g430-driver'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   perceptual-diff = throw "perceptual-diff was removed due to numerous vulnerabilities in freeimage"; # Added 2025-10-23
   percona-server_innovation = throw "'percona-server_innovation' has been renamed to/replaced by 'percona-server'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27