diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/litecoin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/litecoin/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f923fb8f6b8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/litecoin/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, mkDerivation, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, fetchpatch2
-, pkg-config, autoreconfHook
-, openssl, db48, boost, zlib, miniupnpc
-, glib, protobuf, util-linux, qrencode
-, AppKit
-, withGui ? true, libevent
-, qtbase, qttools
-, zeromq
-, fmt
-}:
-
-mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "litecoin" + lib.optionalString (!withGui) "d";
-  version = "0.21.2.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "litecoin-project";
-    repo = "litecoin";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-TuDc47TZOEQA5Lr4DQkEhnO/Szp9h71xPjaBL3jFWuM=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "boost1770.patch";
-      url = "https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/boost1770.patch?h=litecoin-qt&id=dc75ad854af123f375b5b683be64aa14573170d7";
-      hash = "sha256-PTkYQRA8n5a9yR2AvpzH5natsXT2W6Xjo0ONCPJx78k=";
-    })
-
-    # Fix gcc-13 build by adding missing headers:
-    #   https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/pull/929
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "gcc-13.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/commit/6d1adb19aa79a8e8e140582759515bbd76816aa0.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-1y4Iz2plMw5HMAjl9x50QQpYrYaUd2WKrrAcUnQmlBY=";
-    })
-
-    # net: add compatibility for miniupnpc 2.2.8
-    # https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/pull/971
-    (fetchpatch2 {
-      url = "https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/commit/5dddffa3e1bbcc7a3e6963b4860ba2d675ca847b.patch?full_index=1";
-      hash = "sha256-F5GcL1RM91l04WrS3qYlV5zEcwyXrcRdmLLCqu1Hop0=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config autoreconfHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ openssl db48 boost zlib zeromq fmt
-                  miniupnpc glib protobuf util-linux libevent ]
-                  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ AppKit ]
-                  ++ lib.optionals withGui [ qtbase qttools qrencode ];
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-boost-libdir=${boost.out}/lib" ]
-                   ++ lib.optionals withGui [
-                      "--with-gui=qt5"
-                      "--with-qt-bindir=${qtbase.dev}/bin:${qttools.dev}/bin" ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  doCheck = true;
-  checkPhase = ''
-    ./src/test/test_litecoin
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    broken = (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64) || stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
-    description = "Lite version of Bitcoin using scrypt as a proof-of-work algorithm";
-    longDescription= ''
-      Litecoin is a peer-to-peer Internet currency that enables instant payments
-      to anyone in the world. It is based on the Bitcoin protocol but differs
-      from Bitcoin in that it can be efficiently mined with consumer-grade hardware.
-      Litecoin provides faster transaction confirmations (2.5 minutes on average)
-      and uses a memory-hard, scrypt-based mining proof-of-work algorithm to target
-      the regular computers and GPUs most people already have.
-      The Litecoin network is scheduled to produce 84 million currency units.
-    '';
-    homepage = "https://litecoin.org/";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4efab55ea533..24707fc05a9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -659,6 +659,8 @@ mapAliases {
   lispPackages_new = throw "Lisp packages have been redesigned. See 'lisp-modules' in the nixpkgs manual."; # Added 2024-05-07
   lispPackages = throw "Lisp packages have been redesigned. See 'lisp-modules' in the nixpkgs manual."; # Added 2024-05-07
   lispPackagesFor = throw "Lisp packages have been redesigned. See 'lisp-modules' in the nixpkgs manual."; # Added 2024-05-07
+  litecoin = throw "litecoin has been removed as nobody was maintaining it and the packaged version had known vulnerabilities"; # Added 2024-11-24
+  litecoind = throw "litecoind has been removed as nobody was maintaining it and the packaged version had known vulnerabilities"; # Added 2024-11-24
   Literate = literate; # Added 2024-06-12
   llama = walk; # Added 2023-01-23
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dd04b025b7eb..95a117b9d9d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16626,12 +16626,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ledger-agent = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication ledger-agent;
 
-  litecoin  = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/blockchains/litecoin {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit;
-    boost = pkgs.boost177;
-  };
-  litecoind = litecoin.override { withGui = false; };
-
   monero-cli = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/monero-cli {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreData IOKit;
   };