diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/maligned/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/maligned/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ae38fdc91e3d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/maligned/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildGoModule
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, go
-}:
-
-buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "maligned";
-  version = "unstable-2022-02-04";
-  rev = "d7cd9a96ae47d02b08234503b54709ad4ae82105";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "mdempsky";
-    repo = "maligned";
-    inherit rev;
-    sha256 = "sha256-exljmDNtVhjJkvh0EomcbBXSsmQx4I59MHDfMWSQyKk=";
-  };
-
-  vendorHash = "sha256-q/0lxZWk3a7brMsbLvZUSZ8XUHfWfx79qxjir1Vygx4=";
-
-  allowGoReference = true;
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ go ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Tool to detect Go structs that would take less memory if their fields were sorted";
-    mainProgram = "maligned";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/mdempsky/maligned";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index e69221372232..19370114b51d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   mariadb-client = hiPrio mariadb.client; #added 2019.07.28
   markdown-pp = throw "markdown-pp was removed from nixpkgs, because the upstream archived it on 2021-09-02"; # Added 2023-07-22
   markmind = throw "markmind has been removed from nixpkgs, because it depended on an old version of electron"; # Added 2023-09-12
+  maligned = throw "maligned was deprecated upstream in favor of x/tools/go/analysis/passes/fieldalignment"; # Added 20204-08-24
   marwaita-manjaro = lib.warn "marwaita-manjaro has been renamed to marwaita-teal" marwaita-teal; # Added 2024-07-08
   marwaita-peppermint = lib.warn "marwaita-peppermint has been renamed to marwaita-red" marwaita-red; # Added 2024-07-01
   marwaita-ubuntu = lib.warn "marwaita-ubuntu has been renamed to marwaita-orange" marwaita-orange; # Added 2024-07-08
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 004007fb0b72..e960fce97949 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28442,8 +28442,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   hasklig = callPackage ../data/fonts/hasklig { };
 
-  maligned = callPackage ../development/tools/maligned { };
-
   inter = callPackage ../data/fonts/inter { };
 
   open-fonts = callPackage ../data/fonts/open-fonts { };