diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/df/dfilemanager/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/df/dfilemanager/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 74d65f0ecc16..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/df/dfilemanager/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  cmake,
-  libsForQt5,
-  file,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "dfilemanager";
-  version = "unstable-2021-02-20";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "probonopd";
-    repo = "dfilemanager";
-    rev = "61179500a92575e05cf9a71d401c388726bfd73d";
-    hash = "sha256-BHd2dZDVxy82vR6PyXIS5M6zBGJ4bQfOhdBCdOww4kc=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    libsForQt5.wrapQtAppsHook
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    libsForQt5.qtbase
-    libsForQt5.qttools
-    libsForQt5.solid
-    file
-  ];
-
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DQT5BUILD=true" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/probonopd/dfilemanager";
-    description = "File manager written in Qt/C++";
-    mainProgram = "dfm";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 162b19d07af5..e6a346b9a192 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ mapAliases {
 
   demjson = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication demjson; # Added 2022-01-18
   devdash = throw "'devdash' has been removed as the upstream project was archived"; # Added 2025-03-27
+  dfilemanager = throw "'dfilemanager' has been dropped as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2025-06-03
   dgsh = throw "'dgsh' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # added 2024-05-09
   dibbler = throw "dibbler was removed because it is not maintained anymore"; # Added 2024-05-14
   dillong = throw "'dillong' has been removed, as upstream is abandoned since 2021-12-13. Use either 'dillo' or 'dillo-plus'. The latter integrates features from dillong."; # Added 2024-10-07