diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/givaro/3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/givaro/3.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 605ce04e7d2a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/givaro/3.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  automake,
-  autoconf,
-  libtool,
-  autoreconfHook,
-  gmpxx,
-}:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "givaro";
-  version = "3.8.0";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://forge.imag.fr/frs/download.php/592/givaro-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1822ksv8653a84hvcz0vxl3nk8dqz7d41ys8rplq0zjjmvb2i5yq";
-  };
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook
-    autoconf
-    automake
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    libtool
-    gmpxx
-  ];
-  meta = {
-    description = "C++ library for arithmetic and algebraic computations";
-    license = lib.licenses.cecill-b;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.raskin ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 3dd551710eec..9d3442291e19 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ mapAliases {
     svn_all_fast_export = svn-all-fast-export;
     topGit = top-git;
   }; # Added 2021-01-14
-
+  givaro_3 = throw "'givaro_3' has been removed as it is end-of-life. Consider using the up-to-date 'givaro' instead"; # Added 2025-05-07
   givaro_3_7 = throw "'givaro_3_7' has been removed as it is end-of-life. Consider using the up-to-date 'givaro' instead"; # Added 2025-05-07
   gkraken = throw "'gkraken' has been deprecated by upstream. Consider using the replacement 'coolercontrol' instead."; # Added 2024-11-22
   glew-egl = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'glew-egl' is now provided by 'glew' directly" glew; # Added 2024-08-11
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 60bf1145d9ba..c37be36c62f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8190,7 +8190,6 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   givaro = callPackage ../development/libraries/givaro { };
-  givaro_3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/givaro/3.nix { };
 
   ghp-import = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication ghp-import;