diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fl/fluxus/fix-build.patch b/pkgs/by-name/fl/fluxus/fix-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b44327520e65..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fl/fluxus/fix-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-scons does not use os environment by default:
-  https://scons.org/doc/2.1.0/HTML/scons-user/x1750.html
-
-nixpkgs' cc-wrapper on the other hand relies on various NIX_* variables
-to be passed through like NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE_BEFORE.
-
-While at it ported to python3-style print().
---- a/SConstruct
-+++ b/SConstruct
-@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
- # application, then calls the sconscripts for libfluxus and
- # the fluxus Racket modules
- 
--import os, os.path, sys, commands, subprocess
-+import os, os.path, sys, subprocess
- 
- MajorVersion = "0"
- MinorVersion = "19"
-@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ IncludePaths = [
- paranoid = ' -W -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith -Wconversion -Wredundant-decls -Wunreachable-code -Winline -Wlarger-than-256'
- 
- env = Environment(CCFLAGS = '-ggdb -pipe -Wall -O3 -ffast-math -Wno-unused -fPIC -pthread',
-+                  ENV = os.environ,
-                   VERSION_NUM = FluxusVersion)
- env.MergeFlags(ARGUMENTS.get('CCFLAGS', '').split())
- env.MergeFlags(ARGUMENTS.get('LDFLAGS', '').split())
-@@ -229,9 +230,9 @@ if env['PLATFORM'] == 'posix':
- # Make sure we have these libraries availible
- 
- if not GetOption('clean'):
--        print '--------------------------------------------------------'
--        print 'Fluxus: Configuring Build Environment'
--        print '--------------------------------------------------------'
-+        print('--------------------------------------------------------')
-+        print('Fluxus: Configuring Build Environment')
-+        print('--------------------------------------------------------')
-         # detect ode precision
-         if not GetOption('clean'):
-           try:
-@@ -240,27 +241,27 @@ if not GetOption('clean'):
-             if isinstance(ode_str[0], str):
-               env.MergeFlags(ode_str[0])
-           except:
--            print 'WARNING: unable to run ode-config, cannot detect ODE precision'
-+            print('WARNING: unable to run ode-config, cannot detect ODE precision')
- 
-         conf = Configure(env)
- 
-         # check Racket and OpenAL frameworks on osx
-         if env['PLATFORM'] == 'darwin':
-                 if not conf.CheckHeader('scheme.h'):
--                        print "ERROR: 'racket3m' must be installed!"
-+                        print("ERROR: 'racket3m' must be installed!")
-                         Exit(1)
-                 if racket_framework:
-                   LibList = filter(lambda x: x[0] != 'racket3m', LibList)
-                 # OpenAL should be installed everywhere
-                 if not conf.CheckHeader('OpenAL/al.h'):
--                        print "ERROR: 'OpenAL' must be installed!"
-+                        print("ERROR: 'OpenAL' must be installed!")
-                         Exit(1)
- 
-         # all libraries are required, and some of them require each other,
-         # hence the order is important, and autoadd=1
-         for (lib,headers) in LibList:
-                 if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader(lib, headers, 'C', autoadd = 1):
--                        print "ERROR: '%s' must be installed!" % (lib)
-+                        print("ERROR: '%s' must be installed!" % (lib))
-                         Exit(1)
- 
-         if not conf.CheckFunc("dInitODE2"):
-@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ if not GetOption('clean'):
- 			])
- 
- 	if raco_status != 0:
--		print "ERROR: Failed to run command 'raco'"
-+		print("ERROR: Failed to run command 'raco'")
- 		Exit(1)
- 
- 
-@@ -377,8 +378,8 @@ if not GetOption('clean') and static_modules:
- 
- 		app_env['LIBS'].remove("pthread")
- 		app_env['LIBS'].remove("dl")
--                app_env['LIBS'].remove("ode")
--                app_env['LIBS'].remove("sndfile")
-+		app_env['LIBS'].remove("ode")
-+		app_env['LIBS'].remove("sndfile")
- 
- 		# now go through the rest of the libs, removing them from
- 		# the environment at the same time
-@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ SConscript(dirs = build_dirs,
- if not GetOption('clean'):
-     helpmap_status = subprocess.call(["racket", "makehelpmap.scm"], cwd="docs/helpmap")
-     if helpmap_status != 0:
--        print "ERROR: Failed to build 'docs/helpmap'"
-+        print("ERROR: Failed to build 'docs/helpmap'")
-         Exit(1)
- 
- ################################################################################
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fl/fluxus/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fl/fluxus/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index dfa518c5c574..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fl/fluxus/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitLab
-, alsa-lib
-, fftw
-, libglut
-, freetype
-, glew
-, libjack2
-, libjpeg
-, liblo
-, libsndfile
-, libtiff
-, ode
-, openal
-, openssl
-, racket_7_9
-, scons
-}:
-let
-  racket = racket_7_9;
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "fluxus";
-  version = "0.19";
-  src = fetchFromGitLab {
-    owner = "nebogeo";
-    repo = "fluxus";
-    rev = "ba9aee218dd4a9cfab914ad78bdb6d59e9a37400";
-    sha256 = "0mwghpgq4n1khwlmgscirhmcdhi6x00c08q4idi2zcqz961bbs28";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    alsa-lib
-    fftw
-    libglut
-    freetype
-    glew
-    libjack2
-    libjpeg
-    liblo
-    libsndfile
-    libtiff
-    ode
-    openal
-    openssl
-    racket_7_9
-  ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ scons ];
-
-  patches = [ ./fix-build.patch ];
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/Unicode.cpp \
-      --replace "(byte)" "(unsigned char)"
-  '';
-  sconsFlags = [
-    "RacketPrefix=${racket}"
-    "RacketInclude=${racket}/include/racket"
-    "RacketLib=${racket}/lib/racket"
-    "DESTDIR=build"
-  ];
-  configurePhase = ''
-    sconsFlags+=" Prefix=$out"
-  '';
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out
-    cp -r build$out/* $out/
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Livecoding environment for 3D graphics, sound, and games";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    homepage = "http://www.pawfal.org/fluxus/";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.brainrape ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 61f8f88d0745..7008fdc51075 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ mapAliases {
   flutter316 = throw "flutter316 has been removed because it isn't updated anymore, and no packages in nixpkgs use it. If you still need it, use flutter.mkFlutter to get a custom version"; # Added 2024-10-05
   flutter322 = throw "flutter322 has been removed because it isn't updated anymore, and no packages in nixpkgs use it. If you still need it, use flutter.mkFlutter to get a custom version"; # Added 2024-10-05
   flutter323 = throw "flutter323 has been removed because it isn't updated anymore, and no packages in nixpkgs use it. If you still need it, use flutter.mkFlutter to get a custom version"; # Added 2024-10-05
+  fluxus = throw "fluxus has been removed because it hasn't been updated in 9 years and depended on insecure Racket 7.9"; # Added 2024-12-06
   foldingathome = throw "'foldingathome' has been renamed to/replaced by 'fahclient'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   forgejo-actions-runner = forgejo-runner; # Added 2024-04-04