diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/aliases.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/aliases.nix
index cf62982f0c04..299faf7222c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/aliases.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ mapAliases (with prev; {
   coffeeScript        = vim-coffee-script; # backwards compat, added 2014-10-18
   Solarized           = vim-colors-solarized;
   solarized           = vim-colors-solarized;
+  spacevim            = throw "this distribution was unmaintained for the last 6 years, please use top-level 'spacevim'"; # added 2024-11-27
+  SpaceVim            = throw "this distribution didn't work properly in vimPlugins, please use top-level 'spacevim' instead"; # added 2024-11-27
   colors-solarized    = vim-colors-solarized;
   caw                 = caw-vim;
   chad                = chadtree;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/generated.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/generated.nix
index 7ff10d1b4d68..385f1050b1bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/generated.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/generated.nix
@@ -411,18 +411,6 @@ final: prev:
     meta.homepage = "https://github.com/jaredgorski/SpaceCamp/";
   };
 
-  SpaceVim = buildVimPlugin {
-    pname = "SpaceVim";
-    version = "2024-11-05";
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "SpaceVim";
-      repo = "SpaceVim";
-      rev = "08719ccab2073b4c12f2c6b318eba63b87e35180";
-      sha256 = "0fr7vhs5gi054nn9z3hqcgf4y3w7nx00d94f7nd9g2jg7x2zzfyp";
-    };
-    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/SpaceVim/SpaceVim/";
-  };
-
   SudoEdit-vim = buildVimPlugin {
     pname = "SudoEdit.vim";
     version = "2023-04-25";
@@ -11470,18 +11458,6 @@ final: prev:
     meta.homepage = "https://github.com/FireIsGood/spaceman.nvim/";
   };
 
-  spacevim = buildVimPlugin {
-    pname = "spacevim";
-    version = "2018-03-29";
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "ctjhoa";
-      repo = "spacevim";
-      rev = "30142a518ba77feb22791b5cb2387d88b70c58f2";
-      sha256 = "0m389cnpg17ca8s7vb9yrs40sxb56zg32lcpilnd63zfi7awgscg";
-    };
-    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/ctjhoa/spacevim/";
-  };
-
   sparkup = buildVimPlugin {
     pname = "sparkup";
     version = "2012-06-11";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/vim-plugin-names b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/vim-plugin-names
index 08d8a46ab67a..3fe82d7b813f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/vim-plugin-names
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/vim-plugin-names
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ https://github.com/vim-scripts/ShowMultiBase/,,
 https://github.com/tmhedberg/SimpylFold/,,
 https://github.com/vim-scripts/SmartCase/,,
 https://github.com/jaredgorski/SpaceCamp/,,
-https://github.com/SpaceVim/SpaceVim/,,
 https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/,,
 https://github.com/hsitz/VimOrganizer/,,
 https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim/,,
@@ -953,7 +952,6 @@ https://github.com/sQVe/sort.nvim/,HEAD,
 https://github.com/chikatoike/sourcemap.vim/,,
 https://github.com/liuchengxu/space-vim/,,
 https://github.com/FireIsGood/spaceman.nvim/,HEAD,
-https://github.com/ctjhoa/spacevim/,,
 https://github.com/chrisgeo/sparkup/,,
 https://github.com/cxwx/specs.nvim/,HEAD,
 https://github.com/lewis6991/spellsitter.nvim/,HEAD,