diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/darwin.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/darwin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 629d5e4dc392e..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/darwin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/toolchain/gcc_toolchain.gni b/toolchain/gcc_toolchain.gni
-index 80e2a362a..df138c87b 100644
---- a/build/toolchain/gcc_toolchain.gni
-+++ b/build/toolchain/gcc_toolchain.gni
-@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ template("gcc_toolchain") {
-         # AIX does not support either -D (deterministic output) or response
-         # files.
-         command = "$ar -X64 {{arflags}} -r -c -s {{output}} {{inputs}}"
-+      } else if (current_os == "mac") {
-+        command = "$ar {{arflags}} -r -c -s {{output}} {{inputs}}"
-       } else {
-         rspfile = "{{output}}.rsp"
-         rspfile_content = "{{inputs}}"
-@@ -546,7 +548,7 @@ template("gcc_toolchain") {
- 
-       start_group_flag = ""
-       end_group_flag = ""
--      if (current_os != "aix") {
-+      if (current_os != "aix" && current_os != "mac") {
-         # the "--start-group .. --end-group" feature isn't available on the aix ld.
-         start_group_flag = "-Wl,--start-group"
-         end_group_flag = "-Wl,--end-group "
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 335c6fd4f6c69..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,226 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchgit,
-  gn,
-  ninja,
-  python3,
-  glib,
-  pkg-config,
-  icu,
-  xcbuild,
-  fetchpatch,
-  llvmPackages,
-  symlinkJoin,
-}:
-
-# Use update.sh to update all checksums.
-
-let
-  version = "9.7.106.18";
-  v8Src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0cb3w733w1xn6zq9dsr43nx6llcg9hrmb2dkxairarj9c0igpzyh";
-  };
-
-  git_url = "https://chromium.googlesource.com";
-
-  # This data is from the DEPS file in the root of a V8 checkout.
-  deps = {
-    "base/trace_event/common" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/base/trace_event/common.git";
-      rev = "7f36dbc19d31e2aad895c60261ca8f726442bfbb";
-      sha256 = "01b2fhbxznqbakxv42ivrzg6w8l7i9yrd9nf72d6p5xx9dm993j4";
-    };
-    "build" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/build.git";
-      rev = "cf325916d58a194a935c26a56fcf6b525d1e2bf4";
-      sha256 = "1ix4h1cpx9bvgln8590xh7lllhsd9w1hd5k9l1gx5yxxrmywd3s4";
-    };
-    "third_party/googletest/src" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/external/github.com/google/googletest.git";
-      rev = "16f637fbf4ffc3f7a01fa4eceb7906634565242f";
-      sha256 = "11012k3c3mxzdwcw2iparr9lrckafpyhqzclsj26hmfbgbdi0rrh";
-    };
-    "third_party/icu" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/deps/icu.git";
-      rev = "eedbaf76e49d28465d9119b10c30b82906e606ff";
-      sha256 = "0mppvx7wf9zlqjsfaa1cf06brh1fjb6nmiib0lhbb9hd55mqjdjj";
-    };
-    "third_party/zlib" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/third_party/zlib.git";
-      rev = "6da1d53b97c89b07e47714d88cab61f1ce003c68";
-      sha256 = "0v7ylmbwfwv6w6wp29qdf77kjjnfr2xzin08n0v1yvbhs01h5ppy";
-    };
-    "third_party/jinja2" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/third_party/jinja2.git";
-      rev = "ee69aa00ee8536f61db6a451f3858745cf587de6";
-      sha256 = "1fsnd5h0gisfp8bdsfd81kk5v4mkqf8z368c7qlm1qcwc4ri4x7a";
-    };
-    "third_party/markupsafe" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/third_party/markupsafe.git";
-      rev = "1b882ef6372b58bfd55a3285f37ed801be9137cd";
-      sha256 = "1jnjidbh03lhfaawimkjxbprmsgz4snr0jl06630dyd41zkdw5kr";
-    };
-  };
-
-  # See `gn_version` in DEPS.
-  gnSrc = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://gn.googlesource.com/gn";
-    rev = "8926696a4186279489cc2b8d768533e61bba73d7";
-    sha256 = "1084lnyb0a1khbgjvak05fcx6jy973wqvsf77n0alxjys18sg2yk";
-  };
-
-  myGn = gn.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-    version = "for-v8";
-    src = gnSrc;
-  });
-
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "v8";
-  inherit version;
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  patches = [
-    ./darwin.patch
-
-    # gcc-13 build fix for mixxign <cstdint> includes
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "gcc-13.patch";
-      url = "https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8/+/c2792e58035fcbaa16d0cb70998852fbeb5df4cc^!?format=TEXT";
-      decode = "base64 -d";
-      hash = "sha256-hoPAkSaCmzXflPFXaKUwVPLECMpt6N6/8m8mBSTAHbU=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  src = v8Src;
-
-  postUnpack = ''
-    ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
-      lib.mapAttrsToList (n: v: ''
-        mkdir -p $sourceRoot/${n}
-        cp -r ${v}/* $sourceRoot/${n}
-      '') deps
-    )}
-    chmod u+w -R .
-  '';
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    ${lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 ''
-      substituteInPlace build/toolchain/linux/BUILD.gn \
-        --replace 'toolprefix = "aarch64-linux-gnu-"' 'toolprefix = ""'
-    ''}
-    ${lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-      substituteInPlace build/config/compiler/compiler.gni \
-        --replace 'strip_absolute_paths_from_debug_symbols = true' \
-                  'strip_absolute_paths_from_debug_symbols = false'
-      substituteInPlace build/config/compiler/BUILD.gn \
-        --replace 'current_toolchain == host_toolchain || !use_xcode_clang' \
-                  'false'
-    ''}
-    ${lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-      substituteInPlace build/config/compiler/BUILD.gn \
-        --replace "-Wl,-fatal_warnings" ""
-    ''}
-    touch build/config/gclient_args.gni
-    sed '1i#include <utility>' -i src/heap/cppgc/prefinalizer-handler.h # gcc12
-  '';
-
-  llvmCcAndBintools = symlinkJoin {
-    name = "llvmCcAndBintools";
-    paths = [
-      stdenv.cc
-      llvmPackages.llvm
-    ];
-  };
-
-  gnFlags =
-    [
-      "use_custom_libcxx=false"
-      "is_clang=${lib.boolToString stdenv.cc.isClang}"
-      "use_sysroot=false"
-      # "use_system_icu=true"
-      "clang_use_chrome_plugins=false"
-      "is_component_build=false"
-      "v8_use_external_startup_data=false"
-      "v8_monolithic=true"
-      "is_debug=true"
-      "is_official_build=false"
-      "treat_warnings_as_errors=false"
-      "v8_enable_i18n_support=true"
-      "use_gold=false"
-      # ''custom_toolchain="//build/toolchain/linux/unbundle:default"''
-      ''host_toolchain="//build/toolchain/linux/unbundle:default"''
-      ''v8_snapshot_toolchain="//build/toolchain/linux/unbundle:default"''
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.cc.isClang ''clang_base_path="${llvmCcAndBintools}"''
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''use_lld=false'';
-
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString (
-    [
-      "-O2"
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isClang [
-      "-Wno-error=enum-constexpr-conversion"
-    ]
-  );
-  FORCE_MAC_SDK_MIN = stdenv.hostPlatform.sdkVer or "10.12";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs =
-    [
-      myGn
-      ninja
-      pkg-config
-      python3
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      xcbuild
-      llvmPackages.llvm
-      python3.pkgs.setuptools
-    ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    glib
-    icu
-  ];
-
-  ninjaFlags = [
-    ":d8"
-    "v8_monolith"
-  ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -D d8 $out/bin/d8
-    install -D -m644 obj/libv8_monolith.a $out/lib/libv8.a
-    install -D -m644 icudtl.dat $out/share/v8/icudtl.dat
-    ln -s libv8.a $out/lib/libv8_monolith.a
-    cp -r ../../include $out
-
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/pkgconfig
-    cat > $out/lib/pkgconfig/v8.pc << EOF
-    Name: v8
-    Description: V8 JavaScript Engine
-    Version: ${version}
-    Libs: -L$out/lib -lv8 -pthread
-    Cflags: -I$out/include
-    EOF
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://v8.dev/";
-    description = "Google's open source JavaScript engine";
-    mainProgram = "d8";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      proglodyte
-      matthewbauer
-    ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    knownVulnerabilities = [ "Severely outdated with multiple publicly known vulnerabilities" ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/update.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/update.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c3fbab6faf198..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/update.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i bash -p curl -p nix-prefetch-git -p jq
-VERSION_OVERVIEW=https://omahaproxy.appspot.com/all?os=linux
-TARGET_CHANNEL=stable
-
-set -eo pipefail
-
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  v8_version="$1"
-  shift
-else
-  v8_version=$(curl -s "$VERSION_OVERVIEW" | awk -F "," "\$2 ~ /${TARGET_CHANNEL}/ { print \$11 }")
-fi
-
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  file_path="$1"
-else
-  file_path=default.nix
-fi
-
-echo "Using V8 version --> $v8_version"
-
-prefetched=$(nix-prefetch-git --no-deepClone https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8 "refs/tags/${v8_version}")
-
-path=$(echo "$prefetched" | jq -r .path)
-sha256=$(echo "$prefetched" | jq -r .sha256)
-sed -e "s#\\(version = \\)\"[0-9\.]*\"#\1\"$v8_version\"#" -i ${file_path}
-sed -e "/v8Src = fetchgit/ { n; n; n; s/\".*\"/\"${sha256}\"/  }" -i ${file_path}
-
-deps="$path/DEPS"
-
-echo "$deps"
-
-echo "Processing gn"
-gn_rev=$(sed -ne "s/.*'gn_version': 'git_revision:\([^']*\).*/\1/p" < "$deps")
-gn_sha256=$(nix-prefetch-git --no-deepClone https://gn.googlesource.com/gn "$gn_rev" 2>/dev/null | jq -r .sha256)
-sed -e "/gnSrc = fetchgit/ { n; n; s/\".*\"/\"${gn_rev}\"/; n; s/\".*\"/\"${gn_sha256}\"/  }" -i ${file_path}
-
-sed -ne '/" = fetchgit {/ { s/.*"\(.*\)".*/\1/; p }' < ${file_path} | while read dep; do
-    echo "Processing dependency --> $dep"
-    escaped_dep=$(echo "$dep" | sed -e 's#/#\\/#g')
-    dep_rev=$(sed -ne "/'${escaped_dep}':/ { n; s#.*+ '##; s#'.*##;  p }" "$deps")
-
-    if [ "$dep_rev" = "" ]; then
-        echo "Failed to resolve dependency $dep, not listed in DEPS file"
-        rm -f "$deps"
-        exit 2
-    fi
-
-    repo_url=$(sed -ne "/\"${escaped_dep}\" = fetchgit/ { n; s/.*\"\(.*\)\".*/\1/; s#\${git_url}#https://chromium.googlesource.com#; p }"  ${file_path})
-    sha256=$(nix-prefetch-git --no-deepClone "$repo_url" "$dep_rev" 2>/dev/null | jq -r .sha256)
-
-    if [ "$sha256" = "" ]; then
-        echo "Failed to get sha256 via nix-prefetch-git $repo_url $dep_rev"
-        rm -f "$deps"
-        exit 2
-    fi
-
-    sed -e "/\"${escaped_dep}\" = fetchgit/ { n; n; s/\".*\"/\"${dep_rev}\"/; n; s/\".*\"/\"${sha256}\"/  }" -i ${file_path}
-done
-
-echo done.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 51c1de71827ba..05c5d2924793b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1364,6 +1364,7 @@ mapAliases {
 
   ### V ###
 
+  v8 = throw "`v8` has been removed as it's unmaintained for several years and has vulnerabilites. Please migrate to `nodejs.libv8`"; # Added 2024-12-21
   validphys2 = throw "validphys2 has been removed, since it has a broken dependency that was removed"; # Added 2024-08-21
   vamp = { vampSDK = vamp-plugin-sdk; }; # Added 2020-03-26
   vaapiIntel = intel-vaapi-driver; # Added 2023-05-31
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e1cf6857c57a8..854752910dd75 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10894,10 +10894,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   unixODBCDrivers = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackages ../development/libraries/unixODBCDrivers { });
 
-  v8 = callPackage ../development/libraries/v8 {
-    stdenv = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then overrideSDK stdenv "11.0" else stdenv;
-  };
-
   valeStyles = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackages ../by-name/va/vale/styles.nix { });
 
   valhalla = callPackage ../development/libraries/valhalla {