diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/th/thiefmd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/th/thiefmd/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 45ecb8651d6d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/th/thiefmd/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  meson,
-  ninja,
-  vala,
-  pkg-config,
-  wrapGAppsHook3,
-  desktop-file-utils,
-  discount,
-  glib,
-  gtk3,
-  gtksourceview4,
-  gtkspell3,
-  json-glib,
-  libarchive,
-  libgee,
-  libhandy,
-  libsecret,
-  libxml2,
-  link-grammar,
-  webkitgtk_4_1,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "thiefmd";
-  version = "0.2.7";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "kmwallio";
-    repo = "ThiefMD";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-noNfGFMeIyKhAgiovJDn91TLELAOQ4nD/5QlQfsKTII=";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    meson
-    ninja
-    vala
-    pkg-config
-    wrapGAppsHook3
-    desktop-file-utils
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    discount # libmarkdown
-    glib
-    gtk3
-    gtksourceview4
-    gtkspell3
-    json-glib
-    libarchive
-    libgee
-    libhandy
-    libsecret
-    libxml2
-    link-grammar
-    webkitgtk_4_1
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Markdown & Fountain editor that helps with organization and management";
-    homepage = "https://thiefmd.com";
-    downloadPage = "https://github.com/kmwallio/ThiefMD";
-    mainProgram = "com.github.kmwallio.thiefmd";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aleksana ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index aa8a674da1a0..1b8e81bac8bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1462,6 +1462,7 @@ mapAliases {
   termplay = throw "'termplay' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream"; # Added 2025-01-25
   testVersion = testers.testVersion; # Added 2022-04-20
   tfplugindocs = terraform-plugin-docs; # Added 2023-11-01
+  thiefmd = throw "'thiefmd' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream and incompatible with newer Pandoc. Please use 'apostrophe' or 'folio' instead"; # Added 2025-02-20
   invalidateFetcherByDrvHash = testers.invalidateFetcherByDrvHash; # Added 2022-05-05
   tijolo = throw "'tijolo' has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2024-12-27
   timescale-prometheus = throw "'timescale-prometheus' has been renamed to/replaced by 'promscale'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17