diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/lo/loop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/lo/loop/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 805069f33e09..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/lo/loop/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  rustPlatform,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
-  pname = "loop";
-  version = "unstable-2020-07-08";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Miserlou";
-    repo = "Loop";
-    rev = "944df766ddecd7a0d67d91cc2dfda8c197179fb0";
-    sha256 = "0v61kahwk1kdy8pb40rjnzcxby42nh02nyg9jqqpx3vgdrpxlnix";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-sceS/2qxiV16VP8E3M39MYnGiCbq0rrnehsV/SuHZl4=";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "UNIX's missing `loop` command";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Miserlou/Loop";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ koral ];
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    mainProgram = "loop";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index fdcac8da6b8d..5270ccce5398 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -817,6 +817,7 @@ mapAliases {
   llvm_9 = throw "llvm_9 has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-04-08
 
   lobster-two = throw "'lobster-two' has been renamed to/replaced by 'google-fonts'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
+  loop = throw "'loop' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
   lsh = throw "lsh has been removed as it had no maintainer in Nixpkgs and hasn't seen an upstream release in over a decade"; # Added 2024-08-14
   luna-icons = throw "luna-icons has been removed as it was removed upstream"; # Added 2024-10-29
   lv_img_conv = throw "'lv_img_conv' has been removed from nixpkgs as it is broken"; # Added 2024-06-18