diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/sandboxfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/sandboxfs/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f306a904fd8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/sandboxfs/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, lib
-, rustPlatform
-, fetchCrate
-, pkg-config
-, installShellFiles
-, fuse
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "sandboxfs";
-  version = "0.2.0";
-
-  src = fetchCrate {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-nrrkFYAf7HqaGFruolNTkXzy4ID6/vipxd+fOCKYARM=";
-  };
-
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-izz10ePmEt2xxOyR4NODIMAcY9d4ODo677mq+DVf4RI=";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config installShellFiles ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ fuse ];
-
-  postInstall = "installManPage man/sandboxfs.1";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-    description = "Virtual file system for sandboxing";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/sandboxfs";
-    license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jeremyschlatter ];
-    mainProgram = "sandboxfs";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index cbb5d593f1ae..dda87ccd84cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1182,6 +1182,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ### S ###
 
   s2n = s2n-tls; # Added 2021-03-03
+  sandboxfs = throw "'sandboxfs' has been removed due to being unmaintained, consider using linux namespaces for sandboxing instead"; # Added 2024-06-06
   sane-backends-git = sane-backends; # Added 2021-02-19
   scantailor = scantailor-advanced; # Added 2022-05-26
   schildichat-web = throw ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 169e0f6bc72c..ee187a63a63e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12690,8 +12690,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   sanctity = callPackage ../tools/misc/sanctity { };
 
-  sandboxfs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/sandboxfs { };
-
   sanjuuni = callPackage ../tools/graphics/sanjuuni { };
 
   sasquatch = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/sasquatch { };