diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/qt-video-wlr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/qt-video-wlr/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c0b766ef817..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/qt-video-wlr/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pkg-config,
-  meson,
-  cmake,
-  ninja,
-  gst_all_1,
-  wrapQtAppsHook,
-  qtbase,
-  qtmultimedia,
-  layer-shell-qt,
-  wayland-scanner,
-}:
-let
-  gstreamerPath =
-    with gst_all_1;
-    lib.makeSearchPathOutput "lib" "lib/gstreamer-1.0" [
-      gstreamer
-      gst-plugins-base
-      gst-plugins-good
-      gst-plugins-bad
-      gst-plugins-ugly
-    ];
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "qt-video-wlr";
-  version = "2023-07-22";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "xdavidwu";
-    repo = "qt-video-wlr";
-    rev = "1373c8eeb0a5d867927ba30a9a9bb2d5b0057a87";
-    hash = "sha256-mg0ROD9kV88I5uCm+niAI5tJuhkmYC7Z8dixxrNow4c=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-    meson
-    cmake # only used for find layer-shell-qt
-    ninja
-    wrapQtAppsHook
-    wayland-scanner
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    qtbase
-    qtmultimedia
-    layer-shell-qt
-  ];
-
-  qtWrapperArgs = [
-    "--prefix PATH : $out/bin/qt-video-wlr"
-    "--prefix GST_PLUGIN_PATH : ${gstreamerPath}"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Qt pip-mode-like video player for wlroots-based wayland compositors";
-    mainProgram = "qt-video-wlr";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/xdavidwu/qt-video-wlr";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      fionera
-      rewine
-    ];
-    platforms = with platforms; linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b25fd55b9371..8b109118aa07 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1745,6 +1745,7 @@ mapAliases {
   qnial = throw "'qnial' has been removed due to failing to build and being unmaintained"; # Added 2025-06-26
   qscintilla = libsForQt5.qscintilla; # Added 2023-09-20
   qscintilla-qt6 = qt6Packages.qscintilla; # Added 2023-09-20
+  qt-video-wlr = throw "'qt-video-wlr' has been removed, as it depends on KDE Gear 5, which has reached EOL"; # Added 2025-08-20
   qt515 = qt5; # Added 2022-11-24
   qt5ct = throw "'qt5ct' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libsForQt5.qt5ct'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   qt6ct = qt6Packages.qt6ct; # Added 2023-03-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 72458ea3807a..d60379d6d759 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2084,8 +2084,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   futhark = haskell.lib.compose.justStaticExecutables haskellPackages.futhark;
 
-  qt-video-wlr = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/qt-video-wlr { };
-
   g2o = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/libraries/g2o { };
 
   inherit (go-containerregistry) crane gcrane;