diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/om/omxplayer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/om/omxplayer/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e7291f65f169..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/om/omxplayer/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchurl,
-  raspberrypifw,
-  pcre,
-  boost,
-  freetype,
-  zlib,
-}:
-
-let
-  ffmpeg = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-    pname = "ffmpeg";
-    version = "1.1.3";
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "http://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-${version}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "03s1zsprz5p6gjgwwqcf7b6cvzwwid6l8k7bamx9i0f1iwkgdm0j";
-    };
-
-    configurePlatforms = [ ];
-    configureFlags = [
-      "--arch=${stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name}"
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32 [
-      # TODO be better with condition
-      "--cpu=arm1176jzf-s"
-    ]
-    ++ [
-      "--disable-muxers"
-      "--enable-muxer=spdif"
-      "--enable-muxer=adts"
-      "--disable-encoders"
-      "--enable-encoder=ac3"
-      "--enable-encoder=aac"
-      "--disable-decoder=mpeg_xvmc"
-      "--disable-devices"
-      "--disable-ffprobe"
-      "--disable-ffplay"
-      "--disable-ffserver"
-      "--disable-ffmpeg"
-      "--enable-shared"
-      "--disable-doc"
-      "--enable-postproc"
-      "--enable-gpl"
-      "--enable-protocol=http"
-      "--enable-pthreads"
-      "--disable-runtime-cpudetect"
-      "--enable-pic"
-      "--disable-armv5te"
-      "--disable-neon"
-      "--enable-armv6t2"
-      "--enable-armv6"
-      "--enable-hardcoded-tables"
-      "--disable-runtime-cpudetect"
-      "--disable-debug"
-      "--arch=${stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name}"
-      "--target_os=${stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.name}"
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) [
-      "--cross-prefix=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}"
-      "--enable-cross-compile"
-    ];
-
-    enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = "http://www.ffmpeg.org/";
-      description = "Complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video";
-    };
-  };
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "omxplayer";
-  version = "0-unstable-2013-03-28";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "huceke";
-    repo = "omxplayer";
-    rev = "fbee325dc20441138d04d8d2022ad85956302e97";
-    sha256 = "0fkvv8il7ffqxki2gp8cxa5shh6sz9jsy5vv3f4025g4gss6afkg";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i 1d Makefile
-    export INCLUDES="-I${raspberrypifw}/include/interface/vcos/pthreads -I${raspberrypifw}/include/interface/vmcs_host/linux/"
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp omxplayer.bin $out/bin
-  '';
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    raspberrypifw
-    ffmpeg
-    pcre
-    boost
-    freetype
-    zlib
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/huceke/omxplayer";
-    description = "Commandline OMX player for the Raspberry Pi";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.arm;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 9d55f467d73f..1e50ef0cadbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1728,6 +1728,7 @@ mapAliases {
   oil = throw "'oil' has been renamed to/replaced by 'oils-for-unix'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   olaris-server = throw "'olaris-server' has been removed as it failed to build since 2024"; # Added 2026-01-15
   olive-editor = throw "'olive-editor' has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream and broken"; # Added 2026-05-22
+  omxplayer = throw "'omxplayer' has been removed because it depends on a severely outdated upstream, a severely outdated FFmpeg, and the new upstream was deprecated since 2020. Please use 'vlc' instead."; # Added 2026-07-24
   oneDNN = onednn; # Added 2026-02-08
   oneDNN_2 = onednn_2; # Added 2026-02-08
   onevpl-intel-gpu = throw "'onevpl-intel-gpu' has been renamed to/replaced by 'vpl-gpu-rt'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27