diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libzim/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libzim/package.nix
index 288eb8eab8dc..4e2981096b21 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libzim/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libzim/package.nix
@@ -60,11 +60,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Dtest_data_dir=none"
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Reference implementation of the ZIM specification";
     homepage = "https://github.com/openzim/libzim";
     changelog = "https://github.com/openzim/libzim/releases/tag/${version}";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      fab
+      greg
+    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/zi/zimlib/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/zi/zimlib/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f1ab313018dd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/zi/zimlib/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchzip,
-  meson,
-  ninja,
-  pkg-config,
-  python3,
-  icu,
-  libuuid,
-  xapian,
-  xz,
-  zstd,
-  gtest,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "zimlib";
-  version = "9.1.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "openzim";
-    repo = "libzim";
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-yWnW/+CaQwbemrNLzvQpXw5yvW2Q6LtwDgvA58+fVUs=";
-  };
-
-  testData = fetchzip rec {
-    passthru.version = "0.5";
-    url = "https://github.com/openzim/zim-testing-suite/releases/download/v${passthru.version}/zim-testing-suite-${passthru.version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-hCIFT1WPDjhoZMlsR2cFbt4NhmIJ4DX1H/tDCIv4NjQ=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    meson
-    pkg-config
-    ninja
-    python3
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    icu
-    libuuid
-    xapian
-    xz
-    zstd
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs scripts
-  '';
-
-  mesonFlags = [ "-Dtest_data_dir=${testData}" ];
-
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString (
-    lib.optionals (stdenv.cc.isGNU) [
-      "-Wno-error=mismatched-new-delete"
-    ]
-  );
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    gtest
-  ];
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Library for reading and writing ZIM files";
-    homepage = "https://www.openzim.org/wiki/Zimlib";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ greg ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 76be3c4173d4..a9f0013a555c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1664,6 +1664,7 @@ mapAliases {
   zfs_2_1 = throw "zfs 2.1 has been removed as it is EOL. Please upgrade to a newer version"; # Added 2024-12-25
   zig_0_9 = throw "zig 0.9 has been removed, upgrade to a newer version instead"; # Added 2025-01-24
   zig_0_10 = throw "zig 0.10 has been removed, upgrade to a newer version instead"; # Added 2025-01-24
+  zimlib = throw "'zimlib' has been removed because it was an outdated and unused version of 'libzim'"; # Added 2025-03-07
   zinc = zincsearch; # Added 2023-05-28
   zk-shell = throw "zk-shell has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-08-10
   zkg = throw "'zkg' has been replaced by 'zeek'";