diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gg/ggobi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gg/ggobi/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 14c7748c3b5b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gg/ggobi/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  pkg-config,
-  libxml2,
-  gtk2,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.1.11";
-  pname = "ggobi";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.ggobi.org/downloads/ggobi-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "2c4ddc3ab71877ba184523e47b0637526e6f3701bd9afb6472e6dfc25646aed7";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    libxml2
-    gtk2
-  ];
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-all-plugins" ];
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Visualization program for exploring high-dimensional data";
-    homepage = "http://www.ggobi.org/";
-    license = licenses.cpl10;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.michelk ];
-    mainProgram = "ggobi";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 80aaf47901f0..680f0bf29a4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ mapAliases {
   gfortran7 = throw "gfortran7 has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2024-11-20
   gfortran8 = throw "gfortran8 has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2024-11-20
   gg = go-graft; # Added 2025-03-07
+  ggobi = throw "'ggobi' has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and broken"; # Added 2025-05-18
   ghostwriter = makePlasma5Throw "ghostwriter"; # Added 2023-03-18
   git-codeowners = throw "'git-codeowners' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
   gmni = throw "gmni has been removed as it is no longer maintained upstream"; # Added 2025-05-02