diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/stubs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/stubs/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 832fdc557b5b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/stubs/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  writeScriptBin,
-  runtimeShell,
-}:
-
-let
-  fake =
-    name:
-    lib.overrideDerivation
-      (writeScriptBin name ''
-        #!${runtimeShell}
-        echo >&2 "Faking call to ${name} with arguments:"
-        echo >&2 "$@"
-      '')
-      (drv: {
-        name = "${name}-stub";
-      });
-in
-
-{
-  setfile = fake "SetFile";
-  rez = fake "Rez";
-  derez = fake "DeRez";
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/darwin-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/darwin-aliases.nix
index b5517f216eec..2004fb743a96 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/darwin-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/darwin-aliases.nix
@@ -90,4 +90,8 @@ mapAliases ({
 
   ### P ###
   postLinkSignHook = throw "'darwin.postLinkSignHook' has been removed because it is obsolete"; # added 2025-02-23
+
+  ### S ###
+
+  stubs = throw "'darwin.stubs.*' have been removed as they were unused"; # added 2025-04-20
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
index 212ba54e57c4..7a5a5ed7cd99 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
@@ -204,8 +204,6 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
 
       openwith = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/openwith { };
 
-      stubs = pkgs.callPackages ../os-specific/darwin/stubs { };
-
       trash = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/trash { };
 
       inherit (self.file_cmds) xattr;