diff --git a/pkgs/applications/search/xlsxgrep/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/search/xlsxgrep/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c6ea6c54d60..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/search/xlsxgrep/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, python3Packages, fetchPypi }:
-
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  pname = "xlsxgrep";
-  version = "0.0.29";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-vgHNu7MVDjULoBiTkk74W8ZLJ02eds60XshTX3iLJGI=";
-  };
-
-  pythonPath = with python3Packages; [ xlrd ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ felixscheinost ];
-    description = "CLI tool to search text in XLSX and XLS files. It works similarly to Unix/GNU Linux grep";
-    mainProgram = "xlsxgrep";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/zazuum/xlsxgrep";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index fcbe89709280..cfbc05fa7739 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1299,6 +1299,7 @@ mapAliases {
   xenPackages = throw "The attributes in the xenPackages set have been promoted to the top-level. (xenPackages.xen_4_19 -> xen)";
   xineLib = throw "'xineLib' has been renamed to/replaced by 'xine-lib'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   xineUI = throw "'xineUI' has been renamed to/replaced by 'xine-ui'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
+  xlsxgrep = throw "'xlsxgrep' has been dropped due to lack of maintenance."; # Added 2024-11-01
   xmlada = gnatPackages.xmlada; # Added 2024-02-25
   xmr-stak = throw "xmr-stak has been removed from nixpkgs because it was broken"; # Added 2024-07-15
   xmake-core-sv = throw "'xmake-core-sv' has been removed, use 'libsv' instead"; # Added 2024-10-10
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 84907eb22fbb..2ae20f332ec2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -33497,8 +33497,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xfractint = callPackage ../applications/graphics/xfractint { };
 
-  xlsxgrep = callPackage ../applications/search/xlsxgrep { };
-
   xmind = callPackage ../applications/misc/xmind { };
 
   xneur = callPackage ../applications/misc/xneur { };