diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/greetd/dlm.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/greetd/dlm.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a73a96c779a8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/greetd/dlm.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, rustPlatform
-, fetchFromSourcehut
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "dlm";
-  version = "2020-01-07";
-
-  src = fetchFromSourcehut {
-    owner = "~kennylevinsen";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "6b0e11c4f453b1a4d7a32019227539a980b7ce66";
-    sha256 = "1r3w7my0g3v2ya317qnvjx8wnagjahpj7yx72a65hf2pjbf5x42p";
-  };
-
-  cargoSha256 = "01a8k60qnx2pgxb2adgw30c2hjb60w6230khm5hyqgmp7z4rm8k8";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Stupid simple graphical login manager";
-    mainProgram = "dlm";
-    homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/dlm";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ luc65r ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e74e5060f2e7..fb1087f2778f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30532,7 +30532,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   greetd = recurseIntoAttrs {
-    dlm = callPackage ../applications/display-managers/greetd/dlm.nix { };
+    dlm = throw "greetd.dlm has been removed as it is broken and abandoned upstream"; #Added 2024-07-15
     greetd = callPackage ../applications/display-managers/greetd { };
     gtkgreet = callPackage ../applications/display-managers/greetd/gtkgreet.nix { };
     regreet = callPackage ../applications/display-managers/greetd/regreet.nix { };