diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/default.nix
index 6652781c75fc..05a4272a053f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/default.nix
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (
 
     purple-plugin-pack = callPackage ./purple-plugin-pack { };
 
-    purple-signald = callPackage ./purple-signald { };
-
     purple-slack = callPackage ./purple-slack { };
 
     purple-vk-plugin = callPackage ./purple-vk-plugin { };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/purple-signald/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/purple-signald/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ed295055c2be..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/purple-signald/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pidgin,
-  json-glib,
-  signald,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "purple-signald";
-  version = "0.11.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "hoehermann";
-    repo = "libpurple-signald";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-2LiHjVRBwdPbfravIVM+gvsh3Gq4bhjtRD6eWAbkWmc=";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    pidgin
-    json-glib
-    signald
-  ];
-
-  PKG_CONFIG_PURPLE_PLUGINDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/purple-2";
-  PKG_CONFIG_PURPLE_DATADIR = "${placeholder "out"}/share";
-  PKG_CONFIG_PIDGIN_DATADIR = "${placeholder "out"}/share";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/hoehermann/libpurple-signald";
-    description = "Signal support for Pidgin / libpurple";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hufman ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b7dba31e48ea..1e5b8486409d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1561,6 +1561,7 @@ mapAliases {
   psensor = throw "'psensor' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'mission-center', 'resources' or 'monitorets' instead"; # Added 2024-09-14
   psstop = throw "'psstop' has been removed because the upstream repo has been archived"; # Added 2025-05-10
   ptask = throw "'ptask' has been removed because its upstream is unavailable"; # Added 2025-05-10
+  purple-signald = throw "'purple-signald' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-05-17
   pwndbg = throw "'pwndbg' has been removed due to dependency version incompatibilities that are infeasible to maintain in nixpkgs. Use the downstream flake that pwndbg provides instead: https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg"; # Added 2025-02-09
   pxlib = throw "pxlib has been removed due to failing to build and lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-04-28
   pxview = throw "pxview has been removed due to failing to build and lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-04-28
@@ -2107,7 +2108,6 @@ mapAliases {
     purple-matrix
     purple-mm-sms
     purple-plugin-pack
-    purple-signald
     purple-slack
     purple-vk-plugin
     purple-xmpp-http-upload