diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tex-match/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tex-match/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 18dffb657c89f..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tex-match/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, pkg-config, glib, lib }:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "tex-match";
-  version = "1.2.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "zoeyfyi";
-    repo = "TeX-Match";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1yb81j7mbqqb8jcn78dx4ydp7ncbzvaczkli6cqay5jf5j6dbk1z";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config glib ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-Vgcfir7Mg0mTpN6nx2P2gGcXSoB7iBRVkGTpO1nmMI4=";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Search through over 1000 different LaTeX symbols by sketching. A desktop version of detexify";
-    mainProgram = "tex-match";
-    homepage = "https://tex-match.zoey.fyi/";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.bootstrap-prime ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c3d7c1692386f..d1d639ee3af94 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1277,6 +1277,7 @@ mapAliases {
   pgtap = postgresqlPackages.pgtap;
   plv8 = postgresqlPackages.plv8;
   postgis = postgresqlPackages.postgis;
+  tex-match = throw "'tex-match' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'hieroglyphic' instead"; # Added 2024-09-24
   texinfo5 = throw "'texinfo5' has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-09-10
   timescaledb = postgresqlPackages.timescaledb;
   tsearch_extras = postgresqlPackages.tsearch_extras;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8969bbbac0e8f..fc2668e5d1166 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5000,8 +5000,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tetex = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/tetex { libpng = libpng12; };
 
-  tex-match = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/tex-match { };
-
   texFunctions = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/nix pkgs;
 
   # TeX Live; see https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-language-texlive