diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gb/gbdfed/Makefile.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gb/gbdfed/Makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c437deca07c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gb/gbdfed/Makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git "a/Makefile.in" "b/Makefile.in"
-index b482958..472b8da 100644
---- "a/Makefile.in"
-+++ "b/Makefile.in"
-@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ MKINSTALLDIRS = ./mkinstalldirs
- CC = @CC@
- CFLAGS = @XX_CFLAGS@ @CFLAGS@
- 
--DEFINES = @DEFINES@ -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED \
--	-DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDK_PIXBUF_DISABLE_DEPRECATED \
--	-DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
-+DEFINES = @DEFINES@
- 
- SRCS = bdf.c \
-        bdfcons.c \
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gb/gbdfed/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gb/gbdfed/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ef988794e367..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gb/gbdfed/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  pkg-config,
-  freetype,
-  gtk2-x11,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  version = "1.6";
-  pname = "gbdfed";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://sofia.nmsu.edu/~mleisher/Software/gbdfed/gbdfed-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0g09k6wim58hngxncq2brr7mwjm92j3famp0vs4b3p48wr65vcjx";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    freetype
-    gtk2-x11
-  ];
-
-  patches = [ ./Makefile.patch ];
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # gcc15
-    substituteInPlace bdfgrab.c --replace-fail 'int (*old_error_handler)();' 'XErrorHandler old_error_handler;'
-    substituteInPlace hbf.c --replace-fail 'typedef	int	bool;' '// typedef	int	bool;'
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Bitmap Font Editor";
-    longDescription = ''
-      gbdfed lets you interactively create new bitmap font files or modify existing ones.
-      It allows editing multiple fonts and multiple glyphs,
-      it allows cut and paste operations between fonts and glyphs and editing font properties.
-      The editor works natively with BDF fonts.
-    '';
-    homepage = "http://sofia.nmsu.edu/~mleisher/Software/gbdfed/";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
-    mainProgram = "gbdfed";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index f8062b8ab237..4e519a3476e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -858,6 +858,7 @@ mapAliases {
   garage_1_x = warnAlias "'garage_1_x' has been renamed to 'garage_1'" garage_1; # Added 2025-06-23
   garage_2_0_0 = throw "'garage_2_0_0' has been removed. Use 'garage_2' instead."; # Added 2025-09-16
   gavrasm = throw "'gavrasm' has been removed. Use 'avra' instead."; # Added 2025-12-21
+  gbdfed = throw "'gbdfed' has been removed, as it is unmaintained upstream and depends on GTK 2. Consider using 'fontforge' instead."; # Added 2026-05-22
   gcc9 = throw "gcc9 has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2025-08-08
   gcc9Stdenv = throw "gcc9Stdenv has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2025-08-08
   gcc10 = throw "gcc10 has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2025-08-08