diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wa/watershot/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wa/watershot/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 51854c095e6e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wa/watershot/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  rustPlatform,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pkg-config,
-  wayland,
-  libxkbcommon,
-  fontconfig,
-  makeWrapper,
-  grim,
-}:
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "watershot";
-  version = "0.2.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Kirottu";
-    repo = "watershot";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-l9CPSB8TCw901ugl5FLVZDkp2rLha0yXMewK7LxXIiE=";
-  };
-
-  useFetchCargoVendor = true;
-  cargoHash = "sha256-ETyz2fmcDPvrYA08ZrDuIE9ve8T74mBn//lU5ZNQt1A=";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-    wayland
-    makeWrapper
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    wayland
-    fontconfig
-    libxkbcommon
-  ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/watershot \
-      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ grim ]}
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    platforms = with platforms; linux;
-    description = "Simple wayland native screenshot tool";
-    mainProgram = "watershot";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Kirottu/watershot";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lord-valen ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 1b2cc27a6519..8d5c09860a35 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2023,6 +2023,7 @@ mapAliases {
   wal_e = throw "wal_e was removed as it is unmaintained upstream and depends on the removed boto package; upstream recommends using wal-g or pgbackrest"; # Added 2024-09-22
   wapp = tclPackages.wapp; # Added 2024-10-02
   wasm-bindgen-cli = wasm-bindgen-cli_0_2_100;
+  watershot = throw "'watershot' has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream and no longer works"; # Added 2025-06-01
   wayfireApplications-unwrapped = throw ''
     'wayfireApplications-unwrapped.wayfire' has been renamed to/replaced by 'wayfire'
     'wayfireApplications-unwrapped.wayfirePlugins' has been renamed to/replaced by 'wayfirePlugins'