diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtkspell2/gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtkspell2/gettext-0.25.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index abe8c5446508..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtkspell2/gettext-0.25.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index e926833..667a8e6 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(gtkspell/gtkspell.c)
- AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(AC_PACKAGE_NAME, AC_PACKAGE_VERSION)
- AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
- 
-+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
-+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.25])
-+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
-+
- SPELLER_LIB=-lenchant
-       
- AC_SUBST(SPELLER_LIB)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtkspell2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtkspell2/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ceab5f828149..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtkspell2/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchurl,
-  fetchpatch,
-  autoreconfHook,
-  docbook_xsl,
-  gtk-doc,
-  intltool,
-  pkg-config,
-  aspell,
-  enchant,
-  gtk2,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "gtkspell";
-  version = "2.0.16";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/gtkspell/gtkspell-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "00hdv28bp72kg1mq2jdz1sdw2b8mb9iclsp7jdqwpck705bdriwg";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Fix build with gettext 0.25
-    ./gettext-0.25.patch
-    # Build with enchant 2
-    # https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/tree/packages/gtkspell/trunk
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/raw/17fb30b5196db378c18e7c115f28e97b962b95ff/trunk/enchant-2.diff";
-      sha256 = "0d9409bnapwzwhnfpz3dvl6qalskqa4lzmhrmciazsypbw3ry5rf";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook
-    docbook_xsl
-    gtk2 # GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
-    gtk-doc
-    intltool
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    aspell
-    enchant
-    gtk2
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Word-processor-style highlighting and replacement of misspelled words";
-    homepage = "https://gtkspell.sourceforge.net";
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 9d55f467d73f..2225511c7724 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1019,6 +1019,7 @@ mapAliases {
   gtkgnutella = gtk-gnutella; # Added 2026-05-21
   gtklp = throw "'gtklp' has been removed, as it depended on GTK 2. Consider using 'system-config-printer' instead."; # Added 2026-05-22
   gtkradiant = throw "'gtkradiant' has been removed, as it relies on gtk2"; # Added 2026-06-18
+  gtkspell2 = throw "'gtkspell2' has been removed as it depended on the deprecated GTK2 engine. Consider using 'gtkspell3' instead"; # Added 2026-07-23
   gtuber = throw "'gtuber' has been removed due to being discontinued by upstream."; # Added 2025-12-12
   gui-for-clash = throw "'gui-for-clash' has been removed, as it is unmaintained"; # Added 2026-05-28
   guile-disarchive = throw "'guile-disarchive' has been renamed to/replaced by 'disarchive'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27