diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f618b257387..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeDesktopItem
-, ghostscript, atk, gtk2, glib, fontconfig, freetype
-, libgnomecanvas
-, pango, libX11, xorgproto, zlib, poppler
-, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config}:
-
-let
-  isGdkQuartzBackend = (gtk2.gdktarget == "quartz");
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.4.8.2016";
-  pname = "xournal";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/xournal/xournal-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "09i88v3wacmx7f96dmq0l3afpyv95lh6jrx16xzm0jd1szdrhn5j";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    ghostscript atk gtk2 glib fontconfig freetype
-    libgnomecanvas
-    pango libX11 xorgproto zlib poppler
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pkg-config ];
-
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lz"
-    + lib.optionalString (!isGdkQuartzBackend) " -lX11";
-
-  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
-    name = "xournal-${version}";
-    exec = "xournal";
-    icon = "xournal";
-    desktopName = "Xournal";
-    comment = meta.description;
-    categories = [ "Office" "Graphics" ];
-    mimeTypes = [ "application/pdf" "application/x-xoj" ];
-    genericName = "PDF Editor";
-  };
-
-  postInstall=''
-      mkdir --parents $out/share/mime/packages
-      cat << EOF > $out/share/mime/packages/xournal.xml
-      <mime-info xmlns='http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info'>
-         <mime-type type="application/x-xoj">
-          <comment>Xournal Document</comment>
-          <glob pattern="*.xoj"/>
-         </mime-type>
-      </mime-info>
-      EOF
-      cp --recursive ${desktopItem}/share/applications $out/share
-      mkdir --parents $out/share/icons
-      cp $out/share/xournal/pixmaps/xournal.png $out/share/icons
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://xournal.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "Note-taking application (supposes stylus)";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.guibert ];
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
-    mainProgram = "xournal";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a3e0509514e2..924424ebad10 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1410,6 +1410,7 @@ mapAliases {
   xmlada = gnatPackages.xmlada; # Added 2024-02-25
   xmr-stak = throw "xmr-stak has been removed from nixpkgs because it was broken"; # Added 2024-07-15
   xmake-core-sv = throw "'xmake-core-sv' has been removed, use 'libsv' instead"; # Added 2024-10-10
+  xournal = throw "'xournal' has been removed due to lack of activity upstream and depending on gnome2. Consider using 'xournalpp' instead."; # Added 2024-12-06
   xonsh-unwrapped = python3Packages.xonsh; # Added 2024-06-18
   xprite-editor = throw "'xprite-editor' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'pablodraw' or 'aseprite' instead"; # Added 2024-09-14
   xulrunner = firefox-unwrapped; # Added 2023-11-03
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eab95fa0321c..ea5a92dd4be6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16234,10 +16234,6 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (gnome2) libglade GConf;
   };
 
-  xournal = callPackage ../applications/graphics/xournal {
-    inherit (gnome2) libgnomecanvas;
-  };
-
   xournalpp = darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../applications/graphics/xournalpp {
     lua = lua5_3;
   };