diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gtk2fontsel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gtk2fontsel/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f55e32baebf8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gtk2fontsel/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, gtk2 }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.1";
-  pname = "gtk2fontsel";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/gtk2fontsel/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0s2sj19n8ys92q9832hkn36ld91bb4qavicc6nygkry6qdpkkmjw";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ gtk2 ];
-
-  preferLocalBuild = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Font selection program for X11 using the GTK 2 toolkit";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Font selection tool similar to xfontsel implemented using GTK 2.
-      Trivial, but useful nonetheless.
-    '';
-    homepage = "https://gtk2fontsel.sourceforge.net/";
-    downloadPage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/gtk2fontsel/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.prikhi ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    mainProgram = "gtk2fontsel";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a403b1600e0b..b69a1f10a57d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ mapAliases {
   gringo = clingo; # added 2022-11-27
   grub2_full = grub2; # Added 2022-11-18
   gtetrinet = throw "'gtetrinet' has been removed because it depends on GNOME 2 libraries"; # Added 2024-06-27
+  gtk2fontsel = throw "'gtk2fontsel' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. GTK now has a built-in font chooser so it's no longer needed for newer apps"; # Added 2024-10-19
   gtkcord4 = dissent; # Added 2024-03-10
   gtkperf = throw "'gtkperf' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream"; # Added 2024-09-14
   guardian-agent = throw "'guardian-agent' has been removed, as it hasn't been maintained upstream in years and accumulated many vulnerabilities"; # Added 2024-06-09
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7b68d1d177ca..18fe92471160 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29687,8 +29687,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gst123 = callPackage ../applications/audio/gst123 { };
 
-  gtk2fontsel = callPackage ../applications/misc/gtk2fontsel { };
-
   gtklock = callPackage ../tools/wayland/gtklock { };
 
   gtklock-playerctl-module = callPackage ../tools/wayland/gtklock/playerctl-module.nix { };