diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/rs/rs-git-fsmonitor/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/rs/rs-git-fsmonitor/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 77ebac70578a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/rs/rs-git-fsmonitor/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  rustPlatform,
-  makeWrapper,
-  watchman,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "rs-git-fsmonitor";
-  version = "0.1.3";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "jgavris";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "021vdk5i7yyrnh4apn0gnsh6ycnx15wm3g2jrfsg7fycnq8167wc";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-Vi8PUy6Qgp03SghtCneDxwE8vbt7uGClfOCayDq0pUM=";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  fixupPhase = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/rs-git-fsmonitor --prefix PATH ":" "${lib.makeBinPath [ watchman ]}" ;
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Fast git core.fsmonitor hook written in Rust";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/jgavris/rs-git-fsmonitor";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    mainProgram = "rs-git-fsmonitor";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index af905e1b5a9c..633487d47193 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1196,6 +1196,7 @@ mapAliases {
   rockbox_utility = rockbox-utility; # Added 2022-03-17
   rpiboot-unstable = throw "'rpiboot-unstable' has been renamed to/replaced by 'rpiboot'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   rr-unstable = rr; # Added 2022-09-17
+  rs-git-fsmonitor = throw "'rs-git-fsmonitor' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
   rtx = mise; # Added 2024-01-05
   runCommandNoCC = runCommand;
   runCommandNoCCLocal = runCommandLocal;