diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/aumix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/aumix/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ef0560fdc2ad..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/aumix/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
-, gettext
-, ncurses
-, gtkGUI ? false
-, pkg-config
-, gtk2
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "aumix";
-  version = "2.9.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.jpj.net/~trevor/aumix/releases/aumix-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0a8fwyxnc5qdxff8sl2sfsbnvgh6pkij4yafiln0fxgg6bal7knj";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Pull Gentoo fix for -fno-common toolchains. Upstream does not
-    # seem to have the contacts
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fno-common.patch";
-      url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/media-sound/aumix/files/aumix-2.9.1-fno-common.patch?id=496c9ec7355f06f6d1d19be780a6981503e6df1f";
-      sha256 = "0qwylhx1hawsmx1pc7ykrjq9phksc73dq9rss6ggq15n3ggnc95y";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals gtkGUI [ pkg-config ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ gettext ncurses ]
-    ++ lib.optionals gtkGUI [ gtk2 ];
-
-  configureFlags = lib.optionals (!gtkGUI) ["--without-gtk"];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Audio mixer for X and the console";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Aumix adjusts an audio mixer from X, the console, a terminal,
-      the command line or a script.
-    '';
-    homepage = "http://www.jpj.net/~trevor/aumix.html";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c62857b2c216..4dba8d534b76 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   atomPackages = throw "'atomPackages' has been removed because 'atom' is discontinued and deprecated. Consider using 'pulsar', a maintained fork"; # Added 2023-10-01
   audaciousQt5 = throw "'audaciousQt5' has been removed, since audacious is built with Qt 6 now"; # Added 2024-07-06
   auditBlasHook = throw "'auditBlasHook' has been removed since it never worked"; # Added 2024-04-02
+  aumix = throw "'aumix' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'pamixer' for CLI or 'pavucontrol' for GUI"; # Added 2024-09-14
   authy = throw "'authy' has been removed since it reached end of life"; # Added 2024-04-19
   avldrums-lv2 = x42-avldrums; # Added 2020-03-29
   avrlibcCross = avrlibc; # Added 2024-09-06
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4458f5e4120b..32e83cb21e68 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28822,10 +28822,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   armcord = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/armcord { };
 
-  aumix = callPackage ../applications/audio/aumix {
-    gtkGUI = false;
-  };
-
   autopanosiftc = callPackage ../applications/graphics/autopanosiftc { };
 
   ausweisapp = qt6Packages.callPackage ../applications/misc/ausweisapp { };