diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/w_/w_scan/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/w_/w_scan/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e55ea3762775..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/w_/w_scan/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "w_scan";
-  version = "20170107";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_scan/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1zkgnj2sfvckix360wwk1v5s43g69snm45m0drnzyv7hgf5g7q1q";
-  };
-
-  # Workaround build failure on -fno-common toolchains:
-  #   ld: char-coding.o:/build/w_scan-20170107/si_types.h:117: multiple definition of
-  #     `service_t'; countries.o:/build/w_scan-20170107/si_types.h:117: first defined here
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fcommon";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Small CLI utility to scan DVB and ATSC transmissions";
-    homepage = "http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_scan/index_en.html";
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.nico202 ];
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    mainProgram = "w_scan";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 58e7cf890438b..f1ba106c41e5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2413,6 +2413,7 @@ mapAliases {
   vwm = throw "'vwm' was removed as it is broken and not maintained upstream"; # Added 2025-05-17
 
   ### W ###
+  w_scan = throw "'w_scan' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-08-29
   wakatime = wakatime-cli; # 2024-05-30
   wal_e = throw "wal_e was removed as it is unmaintained upstream and depends on the removed boto package; upstream recommends using wal-g or pgbackrest"; # Added 2024-09-22
   wapp = tclPackages.wapp; # Added 2024-10-02