diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/viper4linux-gui/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/viper4linux-gui/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 769a0e445f790a..00000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/viper4linux-gui/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  copyDesktopItems,
-  pkg-config,
-  qtbase,
-  qtsvg,
-  qtmultimedia,
-  qmake,
-  gst_all_1,
-  libpulseaudio,
-  makeDesktopItem,
-  viper4linux,
-  wrapQtAppsHook,
-}:
-let
-  gstPluginPath = lib.makeSearchPathOutput "lib" "lib/gstreamer-1.0" (
-    with gst_all_1;
-    [
-      gstreamer
-      gst-plugins-viperfx
-      gst-plugins-base
-      gst-plugins-good
-    ]
-  );
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "viper4linux-gui";
-  version = "unstable-2022-04-23";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Audio4Linux";
-    repo = "Viper4Linux-GUI";
-    rev = "2d0c84d7dda76c59e31c850e38120002eb779b7a";
-    sha256 = "sha256-5YlLCF598i/sldczPEgCB+1KJDA7jqM964QDSNjgTKM=";
-  };
-
-  desktopItems = [
-    (makeDesktopItem {
-      name = pname;
-      exec = "viper-gui";
-      icon = "viper";
-      desktopName = "viper4linux";
-      genericName = "Equalizer";
-      comment = meta.description;
-      categories = [
-        "AudioVideo"
-        "Audio"
-      ];
-      startupNotify = false;
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    qmake
-    pkg-config
-    wrapQtAppsHook
-    copyDesktopItems
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    qtbase
-    qtmultimedia
-    qtsvg
-    gst_all_1.gstreamer
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-bad
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-viperfx
-    libpulseaudio
-    viper4linux
-  ];
-
-  qmakeFlags = [ "V4L_Frontend.pro" ];
-
-  qtWrapperArgs = [
-    "--prefix PATH : ${
-      lib.makeBinPath [
-        viper4linux
-        gst_all_1.gstreamer
-      ]
-    }"
-    "--prefix GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0 : ${gstPluginPath}"
-  ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    install -D V4L_Frontend $out/bin/viper-gui
-    install -D icons/viper.png $out/share/icons/viper.png
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Official UI for Viper4Linux2";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Audio4Linux/Viper4Linux-GUI";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rewine ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libviperfx/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libviperfx/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a6d3b877054ec8..00000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libviperfx/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libviperfx";
-  version = "unstable-2018-01-15";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "vipersaudio";
-    repo = "viperfx_core_binary";
-    rev = "6f7d0da725affe854f083baf5d90c70e172e4488";
-    sha256 = "sha256-hfX46Kk91eQgiO3uhew91I6eEHxazhdGwSkhfNZ+HvQ=";
-  };
-
-  dontBuild = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    install -D libviperfx_x64_linux.so $out/lib/libviperfx.so
-    install -D README.md $out/share/licenses/libviperfx/LICENSE
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/vipersaudio/viperfx_core_binary";
-    description = "ViPER FX core";
-    license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rewine ];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-    sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/viper4linux/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/viper4linux/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4beaf47ef7b639..00000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/viper4linux/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  gst_all_1,
-  libviperfx,
-  makeWrapper,
-}:
-let
-  gstPluginPath = lib.makeSearchPathOutput "lib" "lib/gstreamer-1.0" (
-    with gst_all_1;
-    [
-      gstreamer
-      gst-plugins-viperfx
-      gst-plugins-base
-      gst-plugins-good
-    ]
-  );
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "viper4linux";
-  version = "unstable-2022-03-13";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Audio4Linux";
-    repo = "Viper4Linux";
-    rev = "5da25644824f88cf0db24378d2c84770ba4f6816";
-    sha256 = "sha256-CJNVr/1ehJzX45mxunXcRAypBBGEBdswOzAVG2H+ayg=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    gst_all_1.gstreamer
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-viperfx
-    libviperfx
-  ];
-
-  dontBuild = true;
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace viper --replace "/etc/viper4linux" "$out/etc/viper4linux"
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    install -D viper -t $out/bin
-    mkdir -p $out/etc/viper4linux
-    cp -r viper4linux/* $out/etc/viper4linux
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/viper" \
-      --prefix PATH : $out/bin:${lib.makeBinPath [ gst_all_1.gstreamer ]} \
-      --prefix GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0 : ${gstPluginPath} \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ libviperfx ]}
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Adaptive Digital Sound Processor";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Audio4Linux/Viper4Linux";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rewine ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
index 20331b598bc7f7..efbd8692b622e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {
+  config,
+  lib,
   stdenv,
   callPackage,
   AVFoundation,
@@ -47,8 +49,6 @@
 
   gst-plugins-ugly = callPackage ./ugly { inherit CoreFoundation DiskArbitration IOKit; };
 
-  gst-plugins-viperfx = callPackage ./viperfx { };
-
   gst-plugins-rs = callPackage ./rs { inherit Security SystemConfiguration; };
 
   gst-rtsp-server = callPackage ./rtsp-server { };
@@ -70,4 +70,6 @@
   };
 
   # note: gst-python is in ../../python-modules/gst-python - called under python3Packages
+} // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
+  gst-plugins-viperfx = throw "'gst_all_1.gst-plugins-viperfx' was removed as it is broken and not maintained upstream"; # Added 2024-12-16
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/viperfx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/viperfx/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fe8ad109c0882..00000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/viperfx/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pkg-config,
-  wrapGAppsHook3,
-  gst_all_1,
-  cmake,
-}:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "gst-plugins-viperfx";
-  version = "unstable-2020-9-20";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Audio4Linux";
-    repo = "gst-plugin-viperfx";
-    rev = "a5c1b03dfe1ab0822b717a5f9392e9f1237fdba0";
-    sha256 = "sha256-0so4jV56nl3tZHuZpvtyMrpOZ4tNJ59Pyj6zbV5bJ5Y=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    pkg-config
-    wrapGAppsHook3
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    gst_all_1.gstreamer
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
-  ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    install -D libgstviperfx.so $out/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstviperfx.so
-    install -D $src/COPYING $out/share/licenses/gst-plugins-viperfx/LICENSE
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "ViPER FX core wrapper plug-in for GStreamer1";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Audio4Linux/gst-plugin-viperfx";
-    license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rewine ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index d0bb7e1c31b4ed..1098a1e88484ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1360,6 +1360,9 @@ mapAliases {
   vim_configurable = vim-full; # Added 2022-12-04
   vinagre = throw "'vinagre' has been removed as it has been archived upstream. Consider using 'gnome-connections' or 'remmina' instead"; # Added 2024-09-14
   vinegar = throw "'vinegar' was removed due to being blocked by Roblox, rendering the package useless"; # Added 2024-08-23
+  libviperfx = throw "'libviperfx' was removed as it is broken and not maintained upstream"; # Added 2024-12-16
+  viper4linux-gui = throw "'viper4linux-gui' was removed as it is broken and not maintained upstream"; # Added 2024-12-16
+  viper4linux = throw "'viper4linux' was removed as it is broken and not maintained upstream"; # Added 2024-12-16
   virtscreen = throw "'virtscreen' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-10-17
   vkBasalt = vkbasalt; # Added 2022-11-22
   vkdt-wayland = vkdt; # Added 2024-04-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 14214d2b14bb20..bb336ccddfe8bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15996,8 +15996,6 @@ with pkgs;
       else null;
   };
 
-  viper4linux-gui = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/viper4linux-gui { };
-
   vlc-bin-universal = vlc-bin.override { variant = "universal"; };
 
   libvlc = vlc.override {