diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/colorpicker/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/colorpicker/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b45da17626c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/colorpicker/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, gtk2 }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "colorpicker";
-  version = "unstable-2017-09-01";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Jack12816";
-    repo = "colorpicker";
-    rev = "a4455b92fde1dfbac81e7852f171093932154a30";
-    sha256 = "z2asxTIP8WcsWcePmIg0k4bOF2JwkqOxNqSpQv4/a40=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ gtk2 ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -Dt $out/bin colorpicker
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Click on a pixel on your screen and print its color value in RGB";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Jack12816/colorpicker";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jb55 ];
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    mainProgram = "colorpicker";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b69a1f10a57d..beb3c5c040f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ mapAliases {
   clwrapperFunction = throw "Lisp packages have been redesigned. See 'lisp-modules' in the nixpkgs manual."; # Added 2024-05-07
   CoinMP = coinmp; # Added 2024-06-12
   collada-dom = opencollada; # added 2024-02-21
+  colorpicker = throw "'colorpicker' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'gcolor3' or 'eyedropper' instead"; # Added 2024-10-19
   coriander = throw "'coriander' has been removed because it depends on GNOME 2 libraries"; # Added 2024-06-27
   corretto19 = throw "Corretto 19 was removed as it has reached its end of life"; # Added 2024-08-01
   cosmic-tasks = tasks; # Added 2024-07-04
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 18fe92471160..3e409e7916fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -496,8 +496,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   colorpanes = callPackage ../tools/misc/colorpanes { };
 
-  colorpicker = callPackage ../tools/misc/colorpicker { };
-
   colorstorm = callPackage ../applications/misc/colorstorm { };
 
   comedilib = callPackage ../development/libraries/comedilib {  };