diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-client.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-client.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index baaba9164769..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-client.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, autoreconfHook
-, boost, libbitcoin, libbitcoin-protocol }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libbitcoin-client";
-  version = "3.8.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "libbitcoin";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-5qbxixaozHFsOcBxnuGEfNJyGL8UaYCOPwPakfc0bAg=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libbitcoin libbitcoin-protocol ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-tests=no"
-    "--with-boost=${boost.dev}"
-    "--with-boost-libdir=${boost.out}/lib"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Bitcoin client query library";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-client";
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-
-    # AGPL with a lesser clause
-    license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f14c19e0e474..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, autoreconfHook
-, boost, libbitcoin-client, libbitcoin-network }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libbitcoin-explorer";
-  version = "3.8.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "libbitcoin";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-NUAtjrfRbZg5ewQo4PZ1HEoG8GRrsPcNb78UYMHqdyo=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ libbitcoin-client libbitcoin-network ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-tests=no"
-    "--with-boost=${boost.dev}"
-    "--with-boost-libdir=${boost.out}/lib"
-    "--with-bash-completiondir=$out/share/bash-completion/completions"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Bitcoin command line tool";
-    mainProgram = "bx";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer";
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ asymmetric ];
-
-    # AGPL with a lesser clause
-    license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-network.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-network.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bc4186c9b8e7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-network.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, autoreconfHook
-, boost, libbitcoin, zeromq }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libbitcoin-network";
-  version = "3.8.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "libbitcoin";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-zDT92bvA779mzTodpKugCoxapB6vY2jCMSGZEkJLTXQ=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ libbitcoin zeromq ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-tests=no"
-    "--with-boost=${boost.dev}"
-    "--with-boost-libdir=${boost.out}/lib"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Bitcoin P2P Network Library";
-    homepage = "https://libbitcoin.info/";
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ asymmetric ];
-
-    # AGPL with a lesser clause
-    license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-protocol.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-protocol.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6014c6c5c779..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-protocol.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, autoreconfHook
-, boost, libbitcoin, secp256k1, zeromq }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libbitcoin-protocol";
-  version = "3.8.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "libbitcoin";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-xf0qQQnZ8h6ent1sgkVTo55+9drZM8Zbx0deYZnLBho=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ libbitcoin secp256k1 ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zeromq ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-tests=no"
-    "--with-boost=${boost.dev}"
-    "--with-boost-libdir=${boost.out}/lib"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Bitcoin Blockchain Query Protocol";
-    homepage = "https://libbitcoin.info/";
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ asymmetric ];
-
-    # AGPL with a lesser clause
-    license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b7162ede7e5a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, autoreconfHook
-, boost, secp256k1 }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libbitcoin";
-  version = "3.8.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = pname;
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-7fxj2hnuGRUS4QSQ1w0s3looe9pMvE2U50/yhNyBMf0=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ secp256k1 ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-tests=no"
-    "--with-boost=${boost.dev}"
-    "--with-boost-libdir=${boost.out}/lib"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "C++ library for building bitcoin applications";
-    homepage = "https://libbitcoin.info/";
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    # AGPL with a lesser clause
-    license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4efab55ea533..1344501bb529 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -622,6 +622,11 @@ mapAliases {
   libbencodetools = bencodetools; # Added 2022-07-30
   libbpf_1 = libbpf; # Added 2022-12-06
   libbson = mongoc; # Added 2024-03-11
+  libbitcoin = throw "libbitcoin has been removed as it required an obsolete version of Boost and had no maintainer in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-11-24
+  libbitcoin-client = throw "libbitcoin-client has been removed as it required an obsolete version of Boost and had no maintainer in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-11-24
+  libbitcoin-explorer = throw "libbitcoin-explorer has been removed as it required an obsolete version of Boost and had no maintainer in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-11-24
+  libbitcoin-network = throw "libbitcoin-network has been removed as it required an obsolete version of Boost and had no maintainer in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-11-24
+  libbitcoin-protocol = throw "libbitcoin-protocol has been removed as it required an obsolete version of Boost and had no maintainer in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-11-24
   libgme = game-music-emu; # Added 2022-07-20
   libgnome-keyring3 = libgnome-keyring; # Added 2024-06-22
   libgpgerror = throw "'libgpgerror' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libgpg-error'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5fc418283c33..1bd1c0259b95 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13415,22 +13415,6 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;
   };
 
-  libbitcoin = callPackage ../tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin.nix {
-    boost = boost175; # fatal error: 'boost/interprocess/detail/posix_time_types_wrk.hpp' file not found
-  };
-  libbitcoin-protocol = callPackage ../tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-protocol.nix {
-    boost = boost175;
-  };
-  libbitcoin-client   = callPackage ../tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-client.nix {
-    boost = boost175;
-  };
-  libbitcoin-network  = callPackage ../tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-network.nix {
-    boost = boost175;
-  };
-  libbitcoin-explorer = callPackage ../tools/misc/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer.nix {
-    boost = boost175;
-  };
-
   ausweisapp = qt6Packages.callPackage ../applications/misc/ausweisapp { };
 
   avidemux = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/avidemux { };