diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/uq/uq/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/uq/uq/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 794105920955..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/uq/uq/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  rustPlatform,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "uq";
-  version = "unstable-2018-05-27";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "lostutils";
-    repo = "uq";
-    rev = "118bc2f3b1cf292afdffbc1cb4415d150b323165";
-    sha256 = "1qqqmdk0v1d3ckasmmw5lbrkvhkv0nws4bzi9cfi1ndhrbvbkbxb";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-hBV+mqN4rnHGKAVRtlk2VFml/T9YQxzGTvGK2jcCwNw=";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Simple, user-friendly alternative to sort | uniq";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/lostutils/uq";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      doronbehar
-      matthiasbeyer
-    ];
-    mainProgram = "uq";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a7e0306c346f..00636d7e59c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1416,6 +1416,7 @@ mapAliases {
   unifiStable = throw "'unifiStable' has been removed since UniFi no longer has LTS and stable releases. Use `pkgs.unifi` instead."; # Converted to throw 2024-04-11
   unl0kr = throw "'unl0kr' is now included with buffybox. Use `pkgs.buffybox` instead."; # Removed 2024-12-20
   untrunc = throw "'untrunc' has been renamed to/replaced by 'untrunc-anthwlock'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
+  uq = throw "'uq' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
   urxvt_autocomplete_all_the_things = throw "'urxvt_autocomplete_all_the_things' has been renamed to/replaced by 'rxvt-unicode-plugins.autocomplete-all-the-things'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   urxvt_bidi = throw "'urxvt_bidi' has been renamed to/replaced by 'rxvt-unicode-plugins.bidi'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   urxvt_font_size = throw "'urxvt_font_size' has been renamed to/replaced by 'rxvt-unicode-plugins.font-size'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17