diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sg/sgrep/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sg/sgrep/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c93b1b6954e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sg/sgrep/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  sgrep,
-  fetchurl,
-  runCommand,
-  lib,
-  m4,
-  makeWrapper,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "sgrep";
-  version = "1.94a";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/pub/Software/Local/Sgrep/sgrep-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-1bFkeOOrRHNeJCg9LYldLJyAE5yVIo3zvbKsRGOV+vk=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/sgrep \
-      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ m4 ]}
-  '';
-
-  passthru.tests.smokeTest = runCommand "test-sgrep" { } ''
-    expr='"<foo>" __ "</foo>"'
-    data="<foo>1</foo><bar>2</bar>"
-    ${sgrep}/bin/sgrep "$expr" <<<$data >$out
-    read result <$out
-    [[ $result = 1 ]]
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/jjaakkol/sgrep.html";
-    description = "Grep for structured text formats such as XML";
-    mainProgram = "sgrep";
-    longDescription = ''
-      sgrep (structured grep) is a tool for searching and indexing text,
-      SGML, XML and HTML files and filtering text streams using
-      structural criteria.
-    '';
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eigengrau ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 34a31aee185b..8357d7f13432 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1687,6 +1687,7 @@ mapAliases {
   session-desktop-appimage = session-desktop;
   sequoia = sequoia-sq; # Added 2023-06-26
   sexp = sexpp; # Added 2023-07-03
+  sgrep = throw "'sgrep' has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream since 1998 and broken with gcc 14"; # Added 2025-05-17
   shallot = throw "'shallot' has been removed as it is broken and the upstream repository was removed. Consider using 'mkp224o'"; # Added 2025-03-16
   inherit (libsForQt5.mauiPackages) shelf; # added 2022-05-17
   shell-hist = throw "'shell-hist' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25