diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
index 51fed27fc619..7efd6df76b44 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ mapAliases {
   inherit (pkgs) eslint; # Added 2024-08-28
   inherit (pkgs) eslint_d; # Added 2023-05-26
   inherit (pkgs) eas-cli; # added 2025-01-08
+  esy = throw "esy was removed because it was unmaintained within nixpkgs"; # Added 2026-02-12
   expo-cli = throw "expo-cli was removed because it was deprecated upstream. Use `npx expo` or eas-cli instead."; # added 2024-12-02
   fast-cli = throw "'fast-cli' has been removed because it was unmaintainable in nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-11-17
   inherit (pkgs) fauna-shell; # Added 2025-11-27
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
index d24825f52766..2b39470183a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 , "browserify"
 , "coc-go"
 , "coc-tsserver"
-, "esy"
 , "gulp-cli"
 , "js-yaml"
 , "node2nix"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
index 75a8d830114f..d1f73d80d7c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
@@ -8306,23 +8306,6 @@ in
     bypassCache = true;
     reconstructLock = true;
   };
-  esy = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
-    name = "esy";
-    packageName = "esy";
-    version = "0.8.0";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/esy/-/esy-0.8.0.tgz";
-      sha512 = "f0f22OfNF4aFLNyFKoraIg66q0g9L0icZKEG8i8jWieTjLdUAQSji5WdgI7F5X+55WN1AlhNdcXkPyBQwRzkuQ==";
-    };
-    buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
-    meta = {
-      description = "Package builder for esy";
-      license = "BSD-2-Clause";
-    };
-    production = true;
-    bypassCache = true;
-    reconstructLock = true;
-  };
   grunt-cli = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
     name = "grunt-cli";
     packageName = "grunt-cli";