diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/electronplayer/electronplayer.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/electronplayer/electronplayer.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a11c8555e76cf..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/electronplayer/electronplayer.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{
-  appimageTools,
-  lib,
-  fetchurl,
-}:
-let
-  pname = "electronplayer";
-  version = "2.0.8";
-
-  #TODO: remove the -rc4 from the tag in the url when possible
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/oscartbeaumont/ElectronPlayer/releases/download/v${version}-rc4/${pname}-${version}.AppImage";
-    sha256 = "wAsmSFdbRPnYnDyWQSbtyj+GLJLN7ibksUE7cegfkhI=";
-  };
-
-  appimageContents = appimageTools.extractType2 { inherit pname version src; };
-in
-appimageTools.wrapType2 {
-  inherit pname version src;
-
-  extraInstallCommands = ''
-    install -m 444 -D ${appimageContents}/${pname}.desktop $out/share/applications/${pname}.desktop
-    substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/${pname}.desktop \
-      --replace 'Exec=AppRun' 'Exec=ElectronPlayer'
-    cp -r ${appimageContents}/usr/share/icons $out/share
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Electron based web video services player";
-    mainProgram = "electronplayer";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/oscartbeaumont/ElectronPlayer";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ extends ];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8bcab1c543e93..ede470dc69624 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ mapAliases {
 
   edUnstable = throw "edUnstable was removed; use ed instead"; # Added 2024-07-01
   elasticsearch7Plugins = elasticsearchPlugins;
+  electronplayer = throw "'electronplayer' has been removed as it had been discontinued upstream since October 2024"; # Added 2024-12-17
 
   element-desktop-wayland = throw "element-desktop-wayland has been removed. Consider setting NIXOS_OZONE_WL=1 via 'environment.sessionVariables' instead"; # Added 2024-12-17
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6c83fa3e94c33..deefeb06c4cf7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2277,8 +2277,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   eddy = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/graphics/eddy { };
 
-  electronplayer = callPackage ../applications/video/electronplayer/electronplayer.nix { };
-
   element-web = callPackage ../by-name/el/element-web/package.nix {
     conf = config.element-web.conf or { };
   };