diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sp/sparkle/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sp/sparkle/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8af81c16c516..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sp/sparkle/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  autoPatchelfHook,
-  dpkg,
-  alsa-lib,
-  at-spi2-atk,
-  cairo,
-  cups,
-  dbus,
-  expat,
-  glib,
-  gtk3,
-  libGL,
-  libgbm,
-  libxkbcommon,
-  musl,
-  nspr,
-  nss,
-  pango,
-  udev,
-  xorg,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "sparkle";
-  version = "1.6.15";
-
-  src =
-    let
-      selectSystem =
-        attrs:
-        attrs.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or (throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}");
-      arch = selectSystem {
-        x86_64-linux = "amd64";
-        aarch64-linux = "arm64";
-      };
-    in
-    fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/xishang0128/sparkle/releases/download/${finalAttrs.version}/sparkle-linux-${finalAttrs.version}-${arch}.deb";
-      hash = selectSystem {
-        x86_64-linux = "sha256-6WGMFmsUr/17lxZd+Q2Ellgs8ftn2YRb/lwmSR7uqLE=";
-        aarch64-linux = "sha256-lo19xwSqNgTxBxZuNIV7cq2qE93xtbxnsn7K3vROmrc=";
-      };
-    };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoPatchelfHook
-    dpkg
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    alsa-lib
-    at-spi2-atk
-    cairo
-    cups
-    dbus
-    expat
-    glib
-    gtk3
-    libGL
-    libgbm
-    libxkbcommon
-    musl
-    nspr
-    nss
-    pango
-    udev
-    xorg.libX11
-    xorg.libXcomposite
-    xorg.libXdamage
-    xorg.libXext
-    xorg.libXfixes
-    xorg.libXrandr
-    xorg.libxcb
-    (lib.getLib stdenv.cc.cc)
-  ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp -r opt $out/opt
-    substituteInPlace usr/share/applications/sparkle.desktop \
-      --replace-fail "/opt/sparkle/sparkle" "sparkle"
-    cp -r usr/share $out/share
-    ln -s $out/opt/sparkle/sparkle $out/bin/sparkle
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  preFixup = ''
-    patchelf --add-needed libGL.so.1 $out/opt/sparkle/sparkle
-  '';
-
-  passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Another Mihomo GUI";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/xishang0128/sparkle";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    mainProgram = "sparkle";
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = [
-      "aarch64-linux"
-      "x86_64-linux"
-    ];
-    sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sp/sparkle/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/sp/sparkle/update.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c7e559d34660..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sp/sparkle/update.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p bash nix curl coreutils common-updater-scripts nix-update jq
-
-currentVersion=$(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; sparkle.version or (lib.getVersion sparkle)" | tr -d '"')
-latestVersion=$(curl ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+-u ":$GITHUB_TOKEN"} -sL https://api.github.com/repos/xishang0128/sparkle/releases/latest | jq --raw-output .tag_name)
-
-echo "latest  version: $latestVersion"
-echo "current version: $currentVersion"
-
-if [[ "$latestVersion" == "$currentVersion" ]]; then
-    echo "package is up-to-date"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-nix-update sparkle --version $latestVersion --system x86_64-linux
-hash=$(nix --extra-experimental-features nix-command hash convert --to sri --hash-algo sha256 $(nix-prefetch-url $(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; sparkle.src.url" --system aarch64-linux | tr -d '"')))
-update-source-version sparkle $latestVersion $hash --system=aarch64-linux --ignore-same-version
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 3dbf40cc5018..92877308c287 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1532,6 +1532,7 @@ mapAliases {
   SPAdes = throw "'SPAdes' has been renamed to/replaced by 'spades'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   spago = spago-legacy; # Added 2025-09-23, pkgs.spago should become spago@next which hasn't been packaged yet
   spark2014 = throw "'spark2014' has been renamed to/replaced by 'gnatprove'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  sparkle = throw "'sparkle' has been removed because upstream repository source code has been deleted"; # Added 2025-12-29
   spidermonkey_91 = throw "'spidermonkey_91 is EOL since 2022/09"; # Added 2025-08-26
   spoof = throw "'spoof' has been removed, as it is broken with the latest MacOS versions and is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-11-14
   spotify-unwrapped = throw "'spotify-unwrapped' has been renamed to/replaced by 'spotify'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27