diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/un/unicap/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/un/unicap/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f47bf22a7a8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/un/unicap/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  libusb-compat-0_1,
-  libraw1394,
-  dcraw,
-  intltool,
-  perl,
-  v4l-utils,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libunicap";
-  version = "0.9.12";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.unicap-imaging.org/downloads/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "05zcnnm4dfc6idihfi0fq5xka6x86zi89wip2ca19yz768sd33s9";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ intltool ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    libusb-compat-0_1
-    libraw1394
-    dcraw
-    perl
-    v4l-utils
-  ];
-
-  patches = [
-    # Debian has a patch that fixes the build.
-    (fetchurl {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.net/data/main/u/unicap/0.9.12-2/debian/patches/1009_v4l1.patch";
-      sha256 = "1lgypmhdj681m7d1nmzgvh19cz8agj2f31wlnfib0ha8i3g5hg5w";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    find . -type f -exec sed -e '/linux\/types\.h/d' -i '{}' ';'
-    sed -e 's@/etc/udev@'"$out"'/&@' -i data/Makefile.*
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Universal video capture API";
-    homepage = "https://www.unicap-imaging.org/";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index deac7f00c89d..d31267a5cd39 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1897,6 +1897,7 @@ mapAliases {
   ubuntu_font_family = ubuntu-classic; # Added 2024-02-19
   uclibc = uclibc-ng; # Added 2022-06-16
   uclibcCross = uclibc-ng; # Added 2022-06-16
+  unicap = "'unicap' has been removed because it is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-05-17
   unicorn-emu = throw "'unicorn-emu' has been renamed to/replaced by 'unicorn'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   uniffi-bindgen = throw "uniffi-bindgen has been removed since upstream no longer provides a standalone package for the CLI";
   unifi-poller = unpoller; # Added 2022-11-24