diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-asm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-asm/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f8cd24e153d3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-asm/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  rustPlatform,
-  Security,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "cargo-asm";
-  version = "2019-12-24";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "gnzlbg";
-    repo = "cargo-asm";
-    rev = "577f890ebd4a09c8265710261e976fe7bfce8668";
-    sha256 = "1f6kzsmxgdms9lq5z9ynnmxymk9k2lzlp3caa52wqjvdw1grw0rb";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-QsaOFman+VBSIAbCalW63I3QXY0uECZy9+ufOKhSQrA=";
-
-  buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin Security;
-
-  # Test checks against machine code output, which fails with some
-  # LLVM/compiler versions.
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Display the assembly or LLVM-IR generated for Rust source code";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/gnzlbg/cargo-asm";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index ba7e24ce2c86..2775290c81ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ mapAliases {
   calculix = calculix-ccx; # Added 2024-12-18
   calligra = kdePackages.calligra; # Added 2024-09-27
   callPackage_i686 = pkgsi686Linux.callPackage;
+  cargo-asm = throw "'cargo-asm' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance. Consider 'cargo-show-asm' as an alternative.";
   cask = emacs.pkgs.cask; # Added 2022-11-12
   canonicalize-jars-hook = stripJavaArchivesHook; # Added 2024-03-17
   cargo-deps = throw "cargo-deps has been removed as the repository is deleted"; # Added 2024-04-09
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e12ea2e5424a..9ef803cc022c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6653,9 +6653,6 @@ with pkgs;
   cargo-tarpaulin = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/cargo-tarpaulin {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };
-  cargo-asm = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-asm {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
-  };
   cargo-bazel = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-bazel {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };