diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/input-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/input-utils/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 36a203a47c76..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/input-utils/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, linuxHeaders }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "input-utils";
-  version = "1.3";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.kraxel.org/releases/input/input-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "11w0pp20knx6qpgzmawdbk1nj2z3fzp8yd6nag6s8bcga16w6hli";
-  };
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    # Use proper include path for kernel include files.
-    substituteInPlace ./name.sh --replace "/usr/include/linux/" "${linuxHeaders}/include/linux/"
-    substituteInPlace ./lirc.sh --replace "/usr/include/linux/" "${linuxHeaders}/include/linux/"
-  '';
-
-  makeFlags = [
-    "prefix=$(out)"
-    "STRIP="
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Input layer utilities, includes lsinput";
-    homepage    = "https://www.kraxel.org/blog/linux/input/";
-    license     = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ samueldr ];
-    platforms   = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4361c58e4437..4c9b67d31afc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   imlib = throw "imlib has been dropped due to the lack of maintenance from upstream since 2004"; # Added 2023-01-04
   indiepass-desktop = throw "indiepass-desktop has been dropped because it does not work with recent Electron versions"; # Added 2024-03-14
   indigenous-desktop = throw "'indigenous-desktop' has been renamed to/replaced by 'indiepass-desktop'"; # Added 2023-11-08
+  input-utils = throw "The input-utils package was dropped since it was unmaintained."; # Added 2024-06-21
   instead-launcher = throw "instead-launcher has been removed, because it depended on qt4"; # Added 2023-07-26
   insync-v3 = throw "insync-v3 has been merged into the insync package; use insync instead"; #Added 2023-05-13
   index-fm = libsForQt5.mauiPackages.index; # added 2022-05-17
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0902a31d9712..4f819c253c2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9124,8 +9124,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   input-remapper = python3Packages.callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/input-remapper { };
 
-  input-utils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/input-utils { };
-
   inql = callPackage ../tools/security/inql { };
 
   intel-media-sdk = callPackage ../development/libraries/intel-media-sdk { };