diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/gitversion/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/gitversion/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 943aa50eaa2c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/gitversion/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildDotnetGlobalTool,
-}:
-
-buildDotnetGlobalTool rec {
-  pname = "dotnet-gitversion";
-  nugetName = "GitVersion.Tool";
-  version = "6.3.0";
-
-  nugetHash = "sha256-gtkD+egl9zAfJ4ZsOwb7u82IhBabjBFxU+nv9yQ1HHQ=";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "From git log to SemVer in no time";
-    homepage = "https://gitversion.net/";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/GitTools/GitVersion/releases/tag/${version}";
-    downloadPage = "https://github.com/GitTools/GitVersion";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.windows ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ acesyde ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 159f12b66d78..1f0df83346ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1034,6 +1034,7 @@ mapAliases {
     topGit = top-git;
   }; # Added 2021-01-14
   github-copilot-cli = throw "'github-copilot-cli' has been removed because GitHub has replaced it with 'gh-copilot'."; # Added 2025-06-01
+  gitversion = throw "'gitversion' has been removed because it produced a broken build and was unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-30
   givaro_3 = throw "'givaro_3' has been removed as it is end-of-life. Consider using the up-to-date 'givaro' instead"; # Added 2025-05-07
   givaro_3_7 = throw "'givaro_3_7' has been removed as it is end-of-life. Consider using the up-to-date 'givaro' instead"; # Added 2025-05-07
   gkraken = throw "'gkraken' has been deprecated by upstream. Consider using the replacement 'coolercontrol' instead."; # Added 2024-11-22