diff --git a/pkgs/development/idris-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/idris-modules/default.nix
index 59069d878996..6ab2c28be399 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/idris-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/idris-modules/default.nix
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@
 
     refined = callPackage ./refined.nix {};
 
-    sdl = callPackage ./sdl.nix {};
-
+    sdl = throw "'idrisPackages.sdl' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # added 2024-05-09
     sdl2 = callPackage ./sdl2.nix {};
 
     semidirect = callPackage ./semidirect.nix {};
diff --git a/pkgs/development/idris-modules/sdl.nix b/pkgs/development/idris-modules/sdl.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 59e3ac916e4f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/idris-modules/sdl.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ build-idris-package
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, effects
-, lib
-, SDL
-, SDL_gfx
-}:
-build-idris-package  {
-  pname = "sdl";
-  version = "2017-03-24";
-
-  idrisDeps = [ effects ];
-
-  extraBuildInputs = [ SDL SDL_gfx ];
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "edwinb";
-    repo = "SDL-idris";
-    rev = "095ce70da7ea9f163b018b690105edf375f1befe";
-    sha256 = "0nryssnaqfq2pvz2mbl2kkx6mig310f9dpgrbcx788nxi0qzsig6";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "SDL-idris framework for Idris";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/edwinb/SDL-idris";
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.brainrape ];
-    # Can't find file sdlrun.o
-    broken = true;
-  };
-}