diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pdf2xml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pdf2xml/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c45a8e03fd16..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pdf2xml/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, libxpdf, libxml2}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "pdf2xml";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-      url = "http://tarballs.nixos.org/pdf2xml.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "04rl7ppxqgnvxvvws669cxp478lnrdmiqj0g3m4p69bawfjc4z3w";
-  };
-  sourceRoot = "pdf2xml/pdf2xml";
-
-  buildInputs = [libxml2 libxpdf];
-
-  patches = [./pdf2xml.patch];
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    cp Makefile.linux Makefile
-
-    sed -i 's|/usr/include/libxml2|${libxml2.dev}/include/libxml2|' Makefile
-    sed -i 's|-lxml2|-lxml2 -L${libxml2.out}/lib|' Makefile
-    sed -i 's|XPDF = xpdf_3.01|XPDF = ${libxpdf}/lib|' Makefile
-
-    mkdir exe
-
-    buildFlags+=" CXX=$CXX"
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp exe/* $out/bin
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "PDF to XML converter";
-    homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/pdf2xml/";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pdf2xml/pdf2xml.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/pdf2xml/pdf2xml.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 596a3aea6749..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pdf2xml/pdf2xml.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-diff -rc pdf2xml/pdf2xml/Makefile.linux pdf2xml-new/pdf2xml/Makefile.linux
-*** pdf2xml/Makefile.linux	2008-02-07 17:43:10.000000000 +0100
---- pdf2xml-new/Makefile.linux	2010-08-25 15:41:23.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 30,36 ****
-  
-  
-  # Executable name
-! PDFTOXMLEXE=pdftoxml.exe
-  
-  # Main target
-  all: pdftoxmlEXE
---- 30,36 ----
-  
-  
-  # Executable name
-! PDFTOXMLEXE=pdftoxml
-  
-  # Main target
-  all: pdftoxmlEXE
-diff -rc pdf2xml/pdf2xml/src/pdftoxml.cc pdf2xml-new/pdf2xml/src/pdftoxml.cc
-*** pdf2xml/src/pdftoxml.cc	2010-04-26 10:58:01.000000000 +0200
---- pdf2xml-new/src/pdftoxml.cc	2010-08-25 15:36:15.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 11,21 ****
-  //
-  //===========================================================================
-  
-  #include <aconf.h>
-- #include <stdio.h>
-  #include <stdlib.h>
-  #include <stddef.h>
-! #include <string.h>
-  #include "parseargs.h"
-  #include "GString.h"
-  #include "gmem.h"
---- 11,21 ----
-  //
-  //===========================================================================
-  
-+ #include <string.h>
-  #include <aconf.h>
-  #include <stdlib.h>
-  #include <stddef.h>
-! #include <cstdio>
-  #include "parseargs.h"
-  #include "GString.h"
-  #include "gmem.h"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c1d23ad8fba7..d399c8ee659c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -652,6 +652,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   paper-note = throw "paper-note has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2023-05-03
   parity = openethereum; # Added 2020-08-01
   pash = throw "'pash' has been removed: abandoned by upstream. Use 'powershell' instead"; # Added 2023-09-16
+  pdf2xml = throw "'pdf2xml' was removed: abandoned for years."; # Added 2023-10-22
   peach = asouldocs; # Added 2022-08-28
   pentablet-driver = xp-pen-g430-driver; # Added 2022-06-23
   perldevel = throw "'perldevel' has been dropped due to lack of updates in nixpkgs and lack of consistent support for devel versions by 'perl-cross' releases, use 'perl' instead";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7d9a91929d27..65292b677128 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24486,8 +24486,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pdal = callPackage ../development/libraries/pdal { };
 
-  pdf2xml = callPackage ../development/libraries/pdf2xml { };
-
   pdfhummus = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/libraries/pdfhummus { };
 
   pe-parse = callPackage ../development/libraries/pe-parse { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix
index 37ef0a50c260..a8ef5bc49667 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ with import ./release-lib.nix { inherit supportedSystems nixpkgsArgs; };
   openssl = all;
   pan = linux;
   pciutils = linux;
-  pdf2xml = all;
   perl = all;
   pkg-config = all;
   pmccabe = linux;