diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/0.2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/0.2.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bcacad37dc9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/0.2.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkg-config, doxygen, graphviz
-, glib, dbus, gst_all_1, alsa-lib, ffmpeg_4, libjack2, udev, libva, xorg
-, sbc, SDL2, makeFontsConf
-}:
-
-let
-  fontsConf = makeFontsConf {
-    fontDirectories = [ ];
-  };
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "pipewire";
-  version = "0.2.7";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "PipeWire";
-    repo = "pipewire";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1q5wrqnhhs6r49p8yvkw1pl0cnsd4rndxy4h5lvdydwgf1civcwc";
-  };
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "doc" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    meson ninja pkg-config doxygen graphviz
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    glib dbus gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base gst_all_1.gstreamer
-    alsa-lib ffmpeg_4 libjack2 udev libva xorg.libX11 sbc SDL2
-  ];
-
-  # Workaround build on gcc-10+ and clang11+:
-  #  spa/plugins/bluez5/libspa-bluez5.so.p/bluez5-monitor.c.o:(.bss+0x0):
-  #    multiple definition of `spa_a2dp_sink_factory'
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [ "-fcommon" ];
-
-  mesonFlags = [
-    "-Ddocs=true"
-    "-Dgstreamer=enabled"
-  ];
-
-  PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_SYSTEMDUSERUNITDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/user";
-
-  FONTCONFIG_FILE = fontsConf; # Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines";
-    homepage = "https://pipewire.org/";
-    license = licenses.lgpl21;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 35d8138fdfa4..00156240f10e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1120,6 +1120,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   php80Packages = php80; # Added 2023-06-21
   php80Extensions = php80; # Added 2023-06-21
 
+  pipewire_0_2 = throw "pipewire_0_2 has been removed as it is outdated and no longer used"; # Added 2024-07-28
   pipewire-media-session = throw "pipewire-media-session is no longer maintained and has been removed. Please use Wireplumber instead.";
   pkgconfig = throw "'pkgconfig' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pkg-config'"; # Converted to throw 2023-09-10
   pleroma-otp = pleroma; # Added 2021-07-10
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 94c74d914ebd..497719a598d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17198,7 +17198,6 @@ with pkgs;
     ffmpeg = ffmpeg-headless;
   };
 
-  pipewire_0_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/pipewire/0.2.nix { };
   wireplumber = callPackage ../development/libraries/pipewire/wireplumber.nix { };
 
   pw-volume = callPackage ../tools/audio/pw-volume { };