diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cw/cwiid/fix-ar.diff b/pkgs/by-name/cw/cwiid/fix-ar.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ca4b885a0a3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cw/cwiid/fix-ar.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/common/include/lib.mak.in b/common/include/lib.mak.in
-index 3afbb14..b8df9d9 100644
---- a/common/include/lib.mak.in
-+++ b/common/include/lib.mak.in
-@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static: $(STATIC_LIB)
- shared: $(SHARED_LIB)
- 
- $(STATIC_LIB): $(OBJECTS)
--	ar rcs $(STATIC_LIB) $(OBJECTS)
-+	$(AR) rcs $(STATIC_LIB) $(OBJECTS)
- 
- $(SHARED_LIB): $(OBJECTS)
- 	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SO_NAME) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(SHARED_LIB) \
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 82ca3e1..0a78283 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ if test "$YACC" != "bison -y"; then
- 	AC_MSG_ERROR([bison not found])
- fi
- 
-+AC_CHECK_TOOL([AR], [ar], [:])
-+
- AC_ARG_WITH(
- 	[python],
- 	[AS_HELP_STRING([--without-python],[compile without python support])],
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cw/cwiid/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cw/cwiid/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d7391811e6e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cw/cwiid/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  autoreconfHook,
-  bison,
-  flex,
-  bluez,
-  pkg-config,
-  gtk2,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "cwiid";
-  version = "unstable-2010-02-21";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "abstrakraft";
-    repo = "cwiid";
-    rev = "fadf11e89b579bcc0336a0692ac15c93785f3f82";
-    sha256 = "0qdb0x757k76nfj32xc2nrrdqd9jlwgg63vfn02l2iznnzahxp0h";
-  };
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--without-python" ];
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    sed -i -e '/$(LDCONFIG)/d' common/include/lib.mak.in
-  '';
-
-  patches = [
-    ./fix-ar.diff
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    bluez
-    gtk2
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook
-    pkg-config
-    bison
-    flex
-  ];
-
-  env = {
-    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types";
-    NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lbluetooth";
-  };
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    # Some programs (for example, cabal-install) have problems with the double 0
-    sed -i -e "s/0.6.00/0.6.0/" $out/lib/pkgconfig/cwiid.pc
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Linux Nintendo Wiimote interface";
-    homepage = "http://cwiid.org";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bennofs ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 6b61c67fd663..d4c2941eecfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ mapAliases {
   curlHTTP3 = warnAlias "'curlHTTP3' has been removed, as 'curl' now has HTTP/3 support enabled by default" curl; # Added 2025-08-22
   cvemap = vulnx; # Added 2026-04-19
   cwe-client-cli = throw "cwe-client-cli has been removed because it is archived and has unclear licensing"; # Added 2026-01-10
+  cwiid = throw "'cwiid' was removed because it depended on the deprecated GTK2 engine."; # Added 2026-07-22
   cyber = throw "cyber has been removed, as it does not build with supported Zig versions"; # Added 2025-08-09
   dale = throw "dale has been removed, as it does not build with supported LLVM versions"; # Added 2025-08-10
   daq = throw "'daq' has been removed as it is unmaintained and broken. Snort2 has also been removed, which depended on this"; # Added 2025-05-21