diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index a82932ce66262..57b6f86d4efd0 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
   2.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/docs/containerd-2.0.md) documentation for more
   details.
 
+- `nodePackages.stackdriver-statsd-backend` has been removed, as the StackDriver service has been discontinued by Google, and therefore the package no longer works.
+
 - the notmuch vim plugin now lives in a separate output of the `notmuch`
   package. Installing `notmuch` will not bring the notmuch vim package anymore,
   add `vimPlugins.notmuch-vim` to your (Neo)vim configuration if you want the
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix
index 814d00fadc3ba..e0bd332e2418a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ in
         "console"
         "repeater"
         "statsd-librato-backend"
-        "stackdriver-statsd-backend"
         "statsd-influxdb-backend"
       ];
       type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
index a65be6e33ae71..79219f25a2a7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ mapAliases {
   inherit (pkgs) sql-formatter; # added 2024-06-29
   "@squoosh/cli" = throw "@squoosh/cli was removed because it was abandoned upstream"; # added 2023-09-02
   ssb-server = throw "ssb-server was removed because it was broken"; # added 2023-08-21
+  stackdriver-statsd-backend = throw "stackdriver-statsd-backend was removed because Stackdriver is now discontinued"; # added 2024-12-02
   stf = throw "stf was removed because it was broken"; # added 2023-08-21
   inherit (pkgs) stylelint; # added 2023-09-13
   surge = pkgs.surge-cli; # Added 2023-09-08
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
index 24a13c5541035..ff18d4e9380fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@
 , "smartdc"
 , "socket.io"
 , "speed-test"
-, "stackdriver-statsd-backend"
 , "svelte-check"
 , "svgo"
 , "tailwindcss"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
index e7c23ab18931f..58d3098abf0b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
@@ -79713,24 +79713,6 @@ in
     bypassCache = true;
     reconstructLock = true;
   };
-  stackdriver-statsd-backend = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
-    name = "stackdriver-statsd-backend";
-    packageName = "stackdriver-statsd-backend";
-    version = "0.2.3";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/stackdriver-statsd-backend/-/stackdriver-statsd-backend-0.2.3.tgz";
-      sha512 = "IqzSTHJ4EBwlhFyuWFyfecyhPEQFPzFL3/txi/VVxsMPLVt+YJm/bEkTlTPfn95/rYW1VyCfwSkdDb0HxqDwxw==";
-    };
-    buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
-    meta = {
-      description = "Send metric data from statsd to Stackdriver";
-      homepage = "https://www.stackdriver.com";
-      license = "MIT";
-    };
-    production = true;
-    bypassCache = true;
-    reconstructLock = true;
-  };
   svelte-check = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
     name = "svelte-check";
     packageName = "svelte-check";