diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/semver-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/semver-cpp/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 966f170eaad0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/semver-cpp/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenvNoCC
-, fetchFromGitHub
-}:
-
-stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "semver-cpp";
-  version = "0.3.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Neargye";
-    repo = "semver";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-nRWmY/GJtSkPJIW7i7/eIr/YtfyvYhJVZBRIDXUC7xg=";
-  };
-
-  # Header-only library.
-  dontBuild = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir "$out"
-    cp -r include "$out"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Semantic Versioning for modern C++";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Neargye/semver";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aidalgol ];
-    license = licenses.mit;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 40b99c7df1a5..f2adb4c80f31 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -948,6 +948,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   schildichat-desktop-wayland = schildichat-web;
   sdlmame = throw "'sdlmame' has been renamed to/replaced by 'mame'"; # Converted to throw 2023-09-10
   searx = throw "'searx' has been removed as it is unmaintained. Please switch to searxng"; # Added 2023-10-03
+  semver-cpp = throw "'semver-cpp' was removed because no packages in nixpkgs use it anymore"; # Added 2024-02-14
   session-desktop-appimage = session-desktop;
   setupcfg2nix = throw "'setupcfg2nix' has been removed. Please switch to buildPythonPackage"; # Added 2023-12-12
   sequoia = sequoia-sq; # Added 2023-06-26
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f5010ad910b8..8870da5e9506 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24938,8 +24938,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   seasocks = callPackage ../development/libraries/seasocks { };
 
-  semver-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/semver-cpp { };
-
   serd = callPackage ../development/libraries/serd { };
 
   serf = callPackage ../development/libraries/serf { };