diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ci/ci-edit/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ci/ci-edit/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 02963c7e382c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ci/ci-edit/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  python3,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-}:
-
-python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
-  pname = "ci-edit";
-  version = "51-unstable-2023-04-11";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "google";
-    repo = "ci_edit";
-    # Last build iteration is v51 from 2021, but there are some recent
-    # additions of syntax highlighting and dictionary files.
-    rev = "2976f01dc6421b5639505292b335212d413d044f";
-    hash = "sha256-DwVNNotRcYbvJX6iXffSQyZMFTxQexIhfG8reFmozN8=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-    setuptools
-  ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    ln -s $out/bin/ci.py $out/bin/ci_edit
-    ln -s $out/bin/ci.py $out/bin/we
-    install -Dm644 $src/app/*.words $out/${python3.sitePackages}/app/
-  '';
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "app" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Terminal text editor with mouse support and ctrl+Q to quit";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/google/ci_edit";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ katexochen ];
-    mainProgram = "ci_edit";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 7731ef1b3906..afc0a3b14538 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ mapAliases {
   citra = throw "citra has been removed from nixpkgs, as it has been taken down upstream"; # added 2024-03-04
   citra-nightly = throw "citra-nightly has been removed from nixpkgs, as it has been taken down upstream"; # added 2024-03-04
   citra-canary = throw "citra-canary has been removed from nixpkgs, as it has been taken down upstream"; # added 2024-03-04
+  ci-edit = throw "'ci-edit' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream"; # Added 2025-08-26
   cloog = throw "cloog has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2024-09-13
   cloog_0_18_0 = throw "cloog_0_18_0 has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2024-09-13
   cloogppl = throw "cloogppl has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2024-09-13