diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/do/downonspot/Cargo.lock.patch b/pkgs/by-name/do/downonspot/Cargo.lock.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 692c03967b88..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/do/downonspot/Cargo.lock.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
-index cccafd9..75d2a85 100644
---- a/Cargo.lock
-+++ b/Cargo.lock
-@@ -1655,7 +1655,8 @@ dependencies = [
- [[package]]
- name = "librespot"
- version = "0.4.2"
--source = "git+ssh://git@github.com/oSumAtrIX/free-librespot.git#f28fa264528dc85f8f325c18e8461b0f2b43dca1"
-+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-+checksum = "ea4c9952ef48968f8184a4a87f8576982426ebe623342d5a28f7d9c4978e4a44"
- dependencies = [
-  "base64 0.13.1",
-  "env_logger",
-@@ -1681,7 +1682,8 @@ dependencies = [
- [[package]]
- name = "librespot-audio"
- version = "0.4.2"
--source = "git+ssh://git@github.com/oSumAtrIX/free-librespot.git#f28fa264528dc85f8f325c18e8461b0f2b43dca1"
-+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-+checksum = "c176a31355e1ea8e0b9c4ced19df4947bfe4770661c25c142b6fba2365940d9d"
- dependencies = [
-  "aes-ctr",
-  "byteorder",
-@@ -1696,7 +1698,8 @@ dependencies = [
- [[package]]
- name = "librespot-connect"
- version = "0.4.2"
--source = "git+ssh://git@github.com/oSumAtrIX/free-librespot.git#f28fa264528dc85f8f325c18e8461b0f2b43dca1"
-+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-+checksum = "4ffafb6a443e9445ccb3d5d591573b5b1da3c89a9b8846c63ba2c3710210d3ec"
- dependencies = [
-  "form_urlencoded",
-  "futures-util",
-@@ -1716,7 +1719,8 @@ dependencies = [
- [[package]]
- name = "librespot-core"
- version = "0.4.2"
--source = "git+ssh://git@github.com/oSumAtrIX/free-librespot.git#f28fa264528dc85f8f325c18e8461b0f2b43dca1"
-+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-+checksum = "046349f25888e644bf02d9c5de0164b2a493d29aa4ce18e1ad0b756da9b55d6d"
- dependencies = [
-  "aes",
-  "base64 0.13.1",
-@@ -1756,7 +1760,8 @@ dependencies = [
- [[package]]
- name = "librespot-discovery"
- version = "0.4.2"
--source = "git+ssh://git@github.com/oSumAtrIX/free-librespot.git#f28fa264528dc85f8f325c18e8461b0f2b43dca1"
-+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-+checksum = "2aa877d18f6150364012cb4be5682d62d7c712c88bae2d0d01720fd7c15e2f06"
- dependencies = [
-  "aes-ctr",
-  "base64 0.13.1",
-@@ -1777,7 +1782,8 @@ dependencies = [
- [[package]]
- name = "librespot-metadata"
- version = "0.4.2"
--source = "git+ssh://git@github.com/oSumAtrIX/free-librespot.git#f28fa264528dc85f8f325c18e8461b0f2b43dca1"
-+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-+checksum = "6b80361fcbcb5092056fd47c08c34d5d51b08385d8efb6941c0d3e46d032c21c"
- dependencies = [
-  "async-trait",
-  "byteorder",
-@@ -1790,7 +1796,8 @@ dependencies = [
- [[package]]
- name = "librespot-playback"
- version = "0.4.2"
--source = "git+ssh://git@github.com/oSumAtrIX/free-librespot.git#f28fa264528dc85f8f325c18e8461b0f2b43dca1"
-+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-+checksum = "5190a0b9bcc7f70ee4196a6b4a1c731d405ca130d4a6fcd4c561cfdde8b7cfb7"
- dependencies = [
-  "byteorder",
-  "cpal",
-@@ -1815,7 +1822,8 @@ dependencies = [
- [[package]]
- name = "librespot-protocol"
- version = "0.4.2"
--source = "git+ssh://git@github.com/oSumAtrIX/free-librespot.git#f28fa264528dc85f8f325c18e8461b0f2b43dca1"
-+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-+checksum = "5d6d3ac6196ac0ea67bbe039f56d6730a5d8b31502ef9bce0f504ed729dcb39f"
- dependencies = [
-  "glob",
-  "protobuf 2.28.0",
-diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
-index c7e2fe2..28e895a 100644
---- a/Cargo.toml
-+++ b/Cargo.toml
-@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ reqwest = "0"
- colored = "2"
- lame = "0"
- aspotify = "0"
--librespot = { git = "ssh://git@github.com/oSumAtrIX/free-librespot.git" }
-+librespot = "0.4.2"
- async-std = { version = "1", features = ["attributes", "tokio1"] }
- serde_json = "1"
- async-stream = "0"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/do/downonspot/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/do/downonspot/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d9e05f8efe8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/do/downonspot/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  rustPlatform,
-  pkg-config,
-  makeWrapper,
-  alsa-lib,
-  lame,
-  openssl,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "downonspot";
-  version = "0.6.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "oSumAtrIX";
-    repo = "DownOnSpot";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-h/BKVFzvPq9FhX4wZzlIzoegK8nPEt+mR7oKpRC5eV0=";
-  };
-
-  # Use official public librespot version
-  cargoPatches = [ ./Cargo.lock.patch ];
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-2oPpi9MgQpvvjMJ5G+OkL8Gyemx82IHLjuAz+S8tI3E=";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-    makeWrapper
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    openssl
-    alsa-lib
-    lame
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Spotify downloader written in rust";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/oSumAtrIX/DownOnSpot";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ onny ];
-    mainProgram = "down_on_spot";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 79dc5dd6a318..af905e1b5a9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ mapAliases {
   dotnet-sdk_2 = throw "'dotnet-sdk_2' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dotnetCorePackages.sdk_2_1'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   dotnet-sdk_3 = throw "'dotnet-sdk_3' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dotnetCorePackages.sdk_3_1'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   dotnet-sdk_5 = throw "'dotnet-sdk_5' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dotnetCorePackages.sdk_5_0'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
+  downonspot = throw "'downonspot' was removed because upstream has been taken down by a cease and desist"; # Added 2025-01-25
   dstat = throw "'dstat' has been removed because it has been unmaintained since 2020. Use 'dool' instead."; # Added 2025-01-21
   drush = throw "drush as a standalone package has been removed because it's no longer supported as a standalone tool";
   dtv-scan-tables_linuxtv = dtv-scan-tables; # Added 2023-03-03