diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ro/romdirfs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ro/romdirfs/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cda3bf8a81e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ro/romdirfs/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  gccStdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  cmake,
-  pkg-config,
-  fuse,
-}:
-
-gccStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "romdirfs";
-  version = "1.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "mlafeldt";
-    repo = "romdirfs";
-    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-5wHNL/9RcAVMUMyme9p25YkfyV/7V2wQLp/5TOetesk=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [ fuse ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace-fail "CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "FUSE for access Playstation 2 IOP IOPRP images and BIOS dumps";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/mlafeldt/romdirfs";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    mainProgram = "romdirfs";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 31094392cd6e..3966ddd276a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1911,6 +1911,7 @@ mapAliases {
   rofi-emoji-wayland = throw "'rofi-emoji-wayland' has been merged into `rofi-emoji as 'rofi-wayland' has been merged into 'rofi'"; # Added 2025-09-06
   rofi-wayland = throw "'rofi-wayland' has been merged into 'rofi'"; # Added 2025-09-06
   rofi-wayland-unwrapped = throw "'rofi-wayland-unwrapped' has been merged into 'rofi-unwrapped'"; # Added 2025-09-06
+  romdirfs = throw "'romdirfs' has been removed as it is unmaintained, and depends on fuse2"; # Added 2026-05-05
   root5 = throw "root5 has been removed from nixpkgs because it's a legacy version"; # Added 2025-07-17
   rote = throw "rote has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-09-10
   rott = throw "'rott' has been dropped in favor of its maintained fork 'taradino'"; # Added 2026-01-25