diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ar/arc-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ar/arc-icon-theme/package.nix
index 7a8c95558754..7cd2608a5df5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ar/arc-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ar/arc-icon-theme/package.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   gtk3,
   adwaita-icon-theme,
   moka-icon-theme,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
 }:
 
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     moka-icon-theme
     adwaita-icon-theme
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/be/beauty-line-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/be/beauty-line-icon-theme/package.nix
index b8ba0688b122..109b2f301a78 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/be/beauty-line-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/be/beauty-line-icon-theme/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenvNoCC,
   fetchFromGitLab,
   gtk3,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
   mint-x-icons,
   pantheon,
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   # ubuntu-mono is also required but missing in ubuntu-themes (please add it if it is packaged at some point)
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     kdePackages.breeze-icons
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
     mint-x-icons
     pantheon.elementary-icon-theme
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/canta-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/canta-theme/package.nix
index b4b9c5bed454..73f0eabef4f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/canta-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/canta-theme/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   gtk-engine-murrine,
   gtk3,
   adwaita-icon-theme,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   numix-icon-theme-circle,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
 }:
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     adwaita-icon-theme
-    gnome-icon-theme
     numix-icon-theme-circle
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/el/elementary-xfce-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/elementary-xfce-icon-theme/package.nix
index de04b461617b..01a77c7e19a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/el/elementary-xfce-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/elementary-xfce-icon-theme/package.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   gtk3,
   pantheon,
   adwaita-icon-theme,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
 }:
 
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pantheon.elementary-icon-theme
     adwaita-icon-theme
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fa/faba-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fa/faba-icon-theme/package.nix
index 5e0091e8c078..0b8e881584ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fa/faba-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fa/faba-icon-theme/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   python3,
   gtk3,
   pantheon,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
 }:
 
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pantheon.elementary-icon-theme
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fa/faba-mono-icons/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fa/faba-mono-icons/package.nix
index b8f6cfb216f4..7f045755bdd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fa/faba-mono-icons/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fa/faba-mono-icons/package.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   gtk3,
   moka-icon-theme,
   faba-icon-theme,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
 }:
 
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     moka-icon-theme
     faba-icon-theme
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flat-remix-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flat-remix-icon-theme/package.nix
index 410a02fe5734..cbfccd16b3f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flat-remix-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flat-remix-icon-theme/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   gtk3,
   pantheon,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
   kdePackages,
 }:
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     kdePackages.breeze-icons
     pantheon.elementary-icon-theme
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-icon-theme/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a14f5cdd51a5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  pkg-config,
-  intltool,
-  iconnamingutils,
-  gtk2,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "gnome-icon-theme";
-  version = "3.12.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-icon-theme/${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}/gnome-icon-theme-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0fjh9qmmgj34zlgxb09231ld7khys562qxbpsjlaplq2j85p57im";
-  };
-
-  depsBuildBuild = [
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    intltool
-    iconnamingutils
-    gtk2
-  ];
-
-  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
-
-  postInstall = lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) ''
-    # remove a tree of dirs with no files within
-    rm -r "$out/share/locale"
-  '';
-
-  allowedReferences = [ ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Collection of icons for the GNOME 2 desktop";
-    homepage = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-icon-theme/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.romildo ];
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin; # never built on Hydra https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/gnome-icon-theme.x86_64-darwin
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/gruvbox-dark-icons-gtk/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gr/gruvbox-dark-icons-gtk/package.nix
index 2dc7bfc5e29c..055423d191cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gr/gruvbox-dark-icons-gtk/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gr/gruvbox-dark-icons-gtk/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenvNoCC,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   gtk3,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
   kdePackages,
 }:
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     kdePackages.breeze-icons
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ic/iconpack-jade/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ic/iconpack-jade/package.nix
index 7d666f6b1bfc..80c79eaa46be 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ic/iconpack-jade/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ic/iconpack-jade/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenvNoCC,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   gtk3,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
 }:
 
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ic/iconpack-obsidian/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ic/iconpack-obsidian/package.nix
index 10f67db203f6..fb98d26a137f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ic/iconpack-obsidian/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ic/iconpack-obsidian/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenvNoCC,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   gtk3,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   mint-x-icons,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
 }:
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    gnome-icon-theme
     mint-x-icons
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/la/la-capitaine-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/la/la-capitaine-icon-theme/package.nix
index c8cc7dba86ca..3ef31243151d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/la/la-capitaine-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/la/la-capitaine-icon-theme/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenvNoCC,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
   pantheon,
   kdePackages,
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     kdePackages.breeze-icons
     pantheon.elementary-icon-theme
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mi/mint-l-icons/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mi/mint-l-icons/package.nix
index b9f47cc644b4..eb3bab302a85 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mi/mint-l-icons/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mi/mint-l-icons/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   adwaita-icon-theme,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
   gtk3,
 }:
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     adwaita-icon-theme
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mi/mint-x-icons/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mi/mint-x-icons/package.nix
index b87c9c1d04bd..641a08730ac4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mi/mint-x-icons/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mi/mint-x-icons/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenvNoCC,
   adwaita-icon-theme,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
   gtk3,
   humanity-icon-theme,
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     adwaita-icon-theme
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
     humanity-icon-theme
     ubuntu-themes # provides ubuntu-mono-dark
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mi/mint-y-icons/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mi/mint-y-icons/package.nix
index 475e1917b942..7c9c0bfe673a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mi/mint-y-icons/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mi/mint-y-icons/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenvNoCC,
   adwaita-icon-theme,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
   gtk3,
 }:
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     adwaita-icon-theme
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nu/numix-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nu/numix-icon-theme/package.nix
index 8a47d2c4bd56..79f14391d796 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nu/numix-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nu/numix-icon-theme/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   gtk3,
   adwaita-icon-theme,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
   gitUpdater,
   kdePackages,
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     adwaita-icon-theme
     kdePackages.breeze-icons
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-icon-theme/package.nix
index bf8d473e08c8..ce2079de64b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-icon-theme/package.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   ninja,
   gtk3,
   adwaita-icon-theme,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
   jdupes,
 }:
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     adwaita-icon-theme
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/papirus-maia-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/papirus-maia-icon-theme/package.nix
index dfe02f4359f5..1b6fc0b29ad3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/papirus-maia-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/papirus-maia-icon-theme/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   cmake,
   gtk3,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   papirus-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
   kdePackages,
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     kdePackages.breeze-icons
-    gnome-icon-theme
     papirus-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tango-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tango-icon-theme/package.nix
index 4e430bcbd5a7..0822c50530b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tango-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tango-icon-theme/package.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   imagemagick,
   librsvg,
   gtk3, # any version
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
 }:
 
@@ -33,12 +32,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     librsvg
     imagemagick
     iconnamingutils
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    gnome-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
   # still missing parent icon themes: cristalsvg
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ub/ubuntu-themes/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ub/ubuntu-themes/package.nix
index 18be38a93b4d..0ef6f404c263 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ub/ubuntu-themes/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ub/ubuntu-themes/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   adwaita-icon-theme,
   gtk-engine-murrine,
   gtk3,
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    gnome-icon-theme
     adwaita-icon-theme
     humanity-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-icon-theme/package.nix
index 1f8e47c51021..8ceed76758dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-icon-theme/package.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   pkg-config,
   intltool,
   gtk3,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   tango-icon-theme,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
   httpTwoLevelsUpdater,
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    gnome-icon-theme
     tango-icon-theme
     hicolor-icon-theme
     # missing parent icon theme Industrial
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/za/zafiro-icons/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/za/zafiro-icons/package.nix
index 8217a45db1ab..7e6bda36ab83 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/za/zafiro-icons/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/za/zafiro-icons/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   gtk3,
   kdePackages,
-  gnome-icon-theme,
   numix-icon-theme,
   numix-icon-theme-circle,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     kdePackages.breeze-icons
-    gnome-icon-theme
     numix-icon-theme
     numix-icon-theme-circle
     hicolor-icon-theme
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index ca0fcada40bf..3928e58e314f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -971,6 +971,7 @@ mapAliases {
   gnaural = throw "'gnaural' has been removed due to lack of maintainance and relying on gtk2. Consider using 'sbagen' instead"; # Added 2026-05-22
   gnome-bluetooth_1_0 = throw "'gnome-bluetooth_1_0' has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2026-03-09
   gnome-firmware-updater = throw "'gnome-firmware-updater' has been renamed to/replaced by 'gnome-firmware'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  gnome-icon-theme = throw "'gnome-icon-theme' has been removed because it is unmaintained upstream and depends on GTK 2."; # Added 2026-07-22
   gnome-passwordsafe = throw "'gnome-passwordsafe' has been renamed to/replaced by 'gnome-secrets'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   gnome-recipes = throw "'gnome-recipes' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance and dependency on insecure libraries"; # Added 2025-09-06
   gnome-resources = throw "'gnome-resources' has been renamed to/replaced by 'resources'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27