diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xx/xxv/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xx/xxv/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c5a5515f9613..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xx/xxv/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  rustPlatform,
-  ncurses ? null,
-  darwin ? null,
-}:
-
-let
-  useNcurses = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows;
-in
-
-assert useNcurses -> ncurses != null;
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "xxv";
-  version = "0.1.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "chrisvest";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0ppfsgdigza2jppbkg4qanjhlkpnq7p115c4471vc6vpikpfrlk3";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-S8IKBXREJ+0z4Qz9i3RH52btg1Mpk6GjKIJf4ivdt14=";
-
-  buildInputs =
-    lib.optionals useNcurses [ ncurses ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [ Security ]);
-
-  # I'm picking pancurses for Windows simply because that's the example given in Cursive's
-  # documentation for picking an alternative backend. We could just as easily pick crossterm.
-  buildNoDefaultFeatures = !useNcurses;
-  buildFeatures = lib.optional (!useNcurses) "pancurses-backend";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Visual hex viewer for the terminal";
-    longDescription = ''
-      XXV is a terminal hex viewer with a text user interface, written in 100% safe Rust.
-    '';
-    homepage = "https://chrisvest.github.io/xxv/";
-    license = with licenses; [ gpl3 ];
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    mainProgram = "xxv";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index af905e1b5a9c..8288f6b7704c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1503,6 +1503,7 @@ mapAliases {
   xulrunner = firefox-unwrapped; # Added 2023-11-03
   xvfb_run = throw "'xvfb_run' has been renamed to/replaced by 'xvfb-run'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   xwaylandvideobridge = libsForQt5.xwaylandvideobridge; # Added 2024-09-27
+  xxv = throw "'xxv' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
 
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