diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nip2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nip2/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f20cef494d57..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nip2/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
-  autoreconfHook,
-  pkg-config,
-  glib,
-  libxml2,
-  flex,
-  bison,
-  vips,
-  gtk2,
-  fftw,
-  gsl,
-  goffice,
-  libgsf,
-  makeWrapper,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "nip2";
-  version = "8.9.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "libvips";
-    repo = "nip2";
-    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-SemlINqrqzWa7/sU6KnWiDJW8FLSYVZnCDtJNE0wjhg=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "do-not-redeclare-statfs.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/libvips/nip2/commit/045268a78c40d7f546220504f971c728aebc00be.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-A17+/Vmjf0l1Jpl22VL11gj5m6oFB8DnvkH2EHiRTw8=";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "declare-function-arguments-for-function-pointer.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/libvips/nip2/commit/8c60c517b59f806da84d57cb1d083a213b811151.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-o5OHNSbUORGquhyCYCtGQTY74IfroByaa0UAXYsP484=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook
-    bison
-    flex
-    pkg-config
-    makeWrapper
-    glib
-  ];
-
-  preAutoreconf = ''
-    glib-gettextize --force --copy
-  '';
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    glib
-    libxml2
-    vips
-    gtk2
-    fftw
-    gsl
-    goffice
-    libgsf
-  ];
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/nip2 --set VIPSHOME "$out"
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/libvips/nip2";
-    description = "Graphical user interface for VIPS image processing system";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ kovirobi ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    mainProgram = "nip2";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 9e05954c49bf..73efb15c4bc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1724,6 +1724,7 @@ mapAliases {
   nim_2_0 = throw "'nim_2_0' has been upgraded and removed, please use 'nim'"; # Added 2026-03-06
   nim_2_2 = throw "'nim_2_2' has been upgraded and removed, please use 'nim'"; # Added 2026-03-06
   nimbo = throw "'nimbo' has been removed due to being archived upstream."; # Added 2026-01-18
+  nip2 = throw "'nip2' has been removed due to lack of maintenance and relying on gtk2.";
   nitrokey-fido2-firmware = throw "'nitrokey-fido2-firmware' has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained upstream since 2022"; # Added 2026-03-23
   nix-direnv-flakes = throw "'nix-direnv-flakes' has been renamed to/replaced by 'nix-direnv'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   nix-ld-rs = throw "'nix-ld-rs' has been renamed to/replaced by 'nix-ld'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27