diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sm/smbnetfs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sm/smbnetfs/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e41c7b3ac2a6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sm/smbnetfs/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  fuse,
-  samba,
-  pkg-config,
-  glib,
-  autoconf,
-  attr,
-  libsecret,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "smbnetfs";
-  version = "0.6.3";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/smbnetfs/smbnetfs/SMBNetFS-${finalAttrs.version}/smbnetfs-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "sha256-6sN7l2n76cP0uvPrZMYaa1mtTyqgXf3culoaxK301WA=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-    autoconf
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    fuse
-    samba
-    glib
-    attr
-    libsecret
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "FUSE FS for mounting Samba shares";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ raskin ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
-    downloadPage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/smbnetfs/files/smbnetfs";
-    homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/smbnetfs/";
-    mainProgram = "smbnetfs";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4696e97fff75..2a1bb9b67108 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2103,6 +2103,7 @@ mapAliases {
   slrn = throw "'slrn' has been removed because it is unmaintained upstream and broken."; # Added 2025-06-11
   slurm-llnl = throw "'slurm-llnl' has been renamed to/replaced by 'slurm'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   smartgithg = throw "'smartgithg' has been renamed to/replaced by 'smartgit'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  smbnetfs = throw "'smbnetfs' has been removed as it was unmaintained. Consider migrating to gvfs"; # Added 2026-07-20
   smtube = throw "'smtube' has been removed as it depends on insecure&unmaintained qtwebkit"; # Added 2026-04-26
   snapcraft = throw "snapcraft was removed in Sep 25 following removal of LXD from nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-09-18
   snort2 = throw "snort2 has been removed as it is deprecated and unmaintained by upstream. Consider using snort (snort3) package instead."; # 2025-05-21