diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
index 593298af9fd..85a6d4599fb 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
 
 - The default `kops` version is now 1.27.0 and support for 1.24 and older has been dropped.
 
+- `pharo` has been updated to latest stable (PharoVM 10.0.5), which is compatible with the latest stable and oldstable images (Pharo 10 and 11). The VM in question is the 64bit Spur. The 32bit version has been dropped due to lack of maintenance. The Cog VM has been deleted because it is severily outdated. Finally, the `pharo-launcher` package has been deleted because it was not compatible with the newer VM, and due to lack of maintenance.
+
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-23.11-notable-changes}
 
 - The Cinnamon module now enables XDG desktop integration by default. If you are experiencing collisions related to xdg-desktop-portal-gtk you can safely remove `xdg.portal.extraPortals = [ pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk ];` from your NixOS configuration.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e83a31d5dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/pharo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+{ cairo
+, cmake
+, fetchurl
+, freetype
+, gcc
+, git
+, gnumake
+, lib
+, libffi
+, libgit2
+, libpng
+, libuuid
+, makeBinaryWrapper
+, openssl
+, pixman
+, runtimeShell
+, SDL2
+, stdenv
+, unzip
+}:
+let
+  inherit (lib.strings) makeLibraryPath;
+  pharo-sources = fetchurl {
+    # It is necessary to download from there instead of from the repository because that archive
+    # also contains artifacts necessary for the bootstrapping.
+    url = "https://files.pharo.org/vm/pharo-spur64-headless/Linux-x86_64/source/PharoVM-10.0.5-2757766-Linux-x86_64-c-src.zip";
+    hash = "sha256-i6WwhdVdyzmqGlx1Fn12mCq5+HnRORT65HEiJo0joCE=";
+  };
+  library_path = makeLibraryPath [
+    libgit2
+    SDL2
+    cairo
+    "$out"
+  ];
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "pharo";
+  version = "10.0.5";
+  src = pharo-sources;
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cairo
+    libgit2
+    libpng
+    pixman
+    SDL2
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    freetype
+    gcc
+    git
+    gnumake
+    libffi
+    libuuid
+    makeBinaryWrapper
+    openssl
+    pixman
+    SDL2
+    unzip
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    # Necessary to perform the bootstrapping without already having Pharo available.
+    "-DGENERATED_SOURCE_DIR=."
+    "-DGENERATE_SOURCES=OFF"
+    # Prevents CMake from trying to download stuff.
+    "-DBUILD_BUNDLE=OFF"
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    cmake --build . --target=install
+    mkdir -p "$out/lib"
+    mkdir "$out/bin"
+    cp build/vm/*.so* "$out/lib/"
+    cp build/vm/pharo "$out/bin/pharo"
+    patchelf --allowed-rpath-prefixes /nix/store --shrink-rpath "$out/bin/pharo"
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/pharo" --set LD_LIBRARY_PATH "${library_path}"
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Clean and innovative Smalltalk-inspired environment";
+    homepage = "https://pharo.org";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    longDescription = ''
+      Pharo's goal is to deliver a clean, innovative, free open-source
+      Smalltalk-inspired environment. By providing a stable and small core
+      system, excellent dev tools, and maintained releases, Pharo is an
+      attractive platform to build and deploy mission critical applications.
+    '';
+    maintainers = [ ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/launcher/default.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/launcher/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d8d3bcb2cdd..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/launcher/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, bash, pharo, unzip, makeDesktopItem }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2017.02.28";
-  pname = "pharo-launcher";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://files.pharo.org/platform/launcher/PharoLauncher-user-stable-${version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "1hfwjyx0c47s6ivc1zr2sf5mk1xw2zspsv0ns8mj3kcaglzqwiq0";
-  };
-
-  executable-name = "pharo-launcher";
-
-  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
-    name = "Pharo";
-    exec = executable-name;
-    icon = "pharo";
-    comment = "Launcher for Pharo distributions";
-    desktopName = "Pharo";
-    genericName = "Pharo";
-    categories = [ "Development" ];
-  };
-
-  # because upstream tarball has no top-level directory.
-  sourceRoot = ".";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
-  buildInputs = [ bash pharo ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $prefix/share/pharo-launcher
-    mkdir -p $prefix/bin
-
-    mv PharoLauncher.image $prefix/share/pharo-launcher/pharo-launcher.image
-    mv PharoLauncher.changes $prefix/share/pharo-launcher/pharo-launcher.changes
-
-    mkdir -p $prefix/share/applications
-    cp "${desktopItem}/share/applications/"* $out/share/applications
-
-    cat > $prefix/bin/${executable-name} <<EOF
-    #!${bash}/bin/bash
-    exec "${pharo}/bin/pharo" $prefix/share/pharo-launcher/pharo-launcher.image
-    EOF
-    chmod +x $prefix/bin/${executable-name}
-  '';
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    # Launcher should be able to run for a few seconds without crashing.
-    (set +e
-     export HOME=. # Pharo will try to create files here
-     secs=5
-     echo -n "Running headless Pharo for $secs seconds to check for a crash... "
-     timeout $secs \
-       "${pharo}/bin/pharo" --nodisplay PharoLauncher.image --no-quit eval 'true'
-     test "$?" == 124 && echo "ok")
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Launcher for Pharo distributions";
-    homepage = "https://pharo.org";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Pharo's goal is to deliver a clean, innovative, free open-source
-      Smalltalk-inspired environment. By providing a stable and small
-      core system, excellent dev tools, and maintained releases, Pharo
-      is an attractive platform to build and deploy mission critical
-      applications.
-
-      The Pharo Launcher is a cross-platform application that
-        - lets you manage your Pharo images (launch, rename, copy and delete);
-        - lets you download image templates (i.e., zip archives) from many
-          different sources (e.g., Jenkins, files.pharo.org);
-        - lets you create new images from any template.
-
-      The idea behind the Pharo Launcher is that you should be able to
-      access it very rapidly from your OS application launcher. As a
-      result, launching any image is never more than 3 clicks away.
-    '';
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = pharo.meta.platforms;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 12de7e84dbc..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, cmake
-, bash
-, unzip
-, glibc
-, openssl
-, gcc
-, libGLU
-, libGL
-, freetype
-, xorg
-, alsa-lib
-, cairo
-, libuuid
-, libnsl
-, makeWrapper
-, ... }:
-
-{ name, src, ... }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-
-  inherit name src;
-
-  pharo-share = import ./share.nix { inherit lib stdenv fetchurl unzip; };
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" "pic" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip cmake gcc makeWrapper ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ bash glibc openssl libGLU libGL freetype
-                  xorg.libX11 xorg.libICE xorg.libSM alsa-lib cairo pharo-share libnsl ];
-
-  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = lib.makeLibraryPath
-    [ cairo libGLU libGL freetype openssl libuuid alsa-lib
-      xorg.libICE xorg.libSM ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    cd build/
-  '';
-
-  # -fcommon is a workaround build failure on -fno-common toolchains like upstream
-  # gcc-10. Otherwise build fails as:
-  #   ld: CMakeFiles/pharo.dir/build/pharo-vm-2016.02.18/src/vm/gcc3x-cointerp.c.o:(.bss+0x88): multiple definition of
-  #     `sendTrace'; CMakeFiles/pharo.dir/build/pharo-vm-2016.02.18/src/vm/cogit.c.o:(.bss+0x84): first defined here
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fcommon";
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p "$prefix/lib/$name"
-
-    cd ../../results
-
-    mv vm-display-null vm-display-null.so
-    mv vm-display-X11 vm-display-X11.so
-    mv vm-sound-null vm-sound-null.so
-    mv vm-sound-ALSA vm-sound-ALSA.so
-    mv pharo pharo-vm
-
-    cp * "$prefix/lib/$name"
-
-    mkdir $prefix/bin
-
-    chmod u+w $prefix/bin
-    cat > $prefix/bin/pharo-cog <<EOF
-    #!${bash}/bin/bash
-    # disable parameter expansion to forward all arguments unprocessed to the VM
-    set -f
-    exec $prefix/lib/$name/pharo-vm "\$@"
-    EOF
-
-    chmod +x $prefix/bin/pharo-cog
-
-    # Add cairo library to the library path.
-    wrapProgram $prefix/bin/pharo-cog --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
-
-    ln -s "${pharo-share}/lib/"*.sources $prefix/lib/$name
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Clean and innovative Smalltalk-inspired environment";
-    homepage = "https://pharo.org";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Pharo's goal is to deliver a clean, innovative, free open-source
-      Smalltalk-inspired environment. By providing a stable and small core
-      system, excellent dev tools, and maintained releases, Pharo is an
-      attractive platform to build and deploy mission critical applications.
-
-      This package provides the executable VM. You should probably not care
-      about this package (which represents a packaging detail) and have a
-      look at the pharo-vm-core package instead.
-
-      Please fill bug reports on http://bugs.pharo.org under the 'Ubuntu
-      packaging (ppa:pharo/stable)' project.
-    '';
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.lukego ];
-    # Pharo VM sources are packaged separately for darwin (OS X)
-    platforms = lib.filter
-      (system: with lib.systems.elaborate { inherit system; };
-         isUnix && !isDarwin)
-      lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index fe61061ca6e..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,179 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, bash
-, unzip
-, glibc
-, openssl
-, libgit2
-, libGLU, libGL
-, freetype
-, xorg
-, alsa-lib
-, cairo
-, libuuid
-, autoreconfHook
-, gcc48
-, runtimeShell
-, ... }:
-
-{ name, src, version, source-date, source-url, ... }:
-
-# Build the Pharo VM
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  inherit name src;
-
-  # Command line invocation name.
-  # Distinct name for 64-bit builds because they only work with 64-bit images.
-  cmd = if stdenv.is64bit then "pharo-spur64" else "pharo-spur";
-
-  # Choose desired VM sources. Separate for 32-bit and 64-bit VM.
-  # (Could extent to building more VM variants e.g. SpurV3, Sista, etc.)
-  vm = if stdenv.is64bit then "spur64src" else "spursrc";
-
-  # Choose target platform name in the format used by the vm.
-  flavor =
-    if      stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isi686    then "linux32x86"
-    else if stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isx86_64  then "linux64x64"
-    else if stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isi686   then "macos32x86"
-    else if stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isx86_64 then "macos64x64"
-    else throw "Unsupported platform: only Linux/Darwin x86/x64 are supported.";
-
-  # Shared data (for the sources file)
-  pharo-share = import ./share.nix { inherit lib stdenv fetchurl unzip; };
-
-  # Note: -fPIC causes the VM to segfault.
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" "pic"
-                       # while the VM depends on <= gcc48:
-                       "stackprotector" ];
-
-  # gcc 4.8 used for the build:
-  #
-  # gcc5 crashes during compilation; gcc >= 4.9 produces a
-  # binary that crashes when forking a child process. See:
-  # http://forum.world.st/OSProcess-fork-issue-with-Debian-built-VM-td4947326.html
-  #
-  # (stack protection is disabled above for gcc 4.8 compatibility.)
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook unzip ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    bash
-    glibc
-    openssl
-    gcc48
-    libGLU libGL
-    freetype
-    xorg.libX11
-    xorg.libICE
-    xorg.libSM
-    alsa-lib
-    cairo
-    pharo-share
-    libuuid
-  ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  # Regenerate the configure script.
-  # Unnecessary? But the build breaks without this.
-  autoreconfPhase = ''
-    pushd platforms/unix/config
-    make
-    popd
-  '';
-
-  # Configure with options modeled on the 'mvm' build script from the vm.
-  configureScript = "platforms/unix/config/configure";
-  configureFlags = [ "--without-npsqueak"
-                     "--with-vmversion=5.0"
-                     "--with-src=${vm}" ];
-
-  # -fcommon is a workaround build failure on -fno-common toolchains like upstream
-  # gcc-10. Otherwise build fails as:
-  #   ld: vm/vm.a(cogit.o):/build/source/spur64src/vm/cointerp.h:358: multiple definition of `checkAllocFiller';
-  #     vm/vm.a(gcc3x-cointerp.o):/build/source/spur64src/vm/cointerp.h:358: first defined here
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fcommon";
-
-  CFLAGS = "-DPharoVM -DIMMUTABILITY=1 -msse2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCOGMTVM=0 -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -DDEBUGVM=0";
-  LDFLAGS = "-Wl,-z,now";
-
-  # VM sources require some patching before build.
-  prePatch = ''
-    patchShebangs build.${flavor}
-    # Fix hard-coded path to /bin/rm in a script
-    sed -i -e 's:/bin/rm:rm:' platforms/unix/config/mkmf
-    # Fill in mandatory metadata about the VM source version
-    sed -i -e 's!\$Date\$!$Date: ${source-date} $!' \
-           -e 's!\$Rev\$!$Rev: ${version} $!' \
-           -e 's!\$URL\$!$URL: ${source-url} $!' \
-           platforms/Cross/vm/sqSCCSVersion.h
-  '';
-
-  # Note: --with-vmcfg configure option is broken so copy plugin specs to ./
-  preConfigure = ''
-    cp build."${flavor}"/pharo.cog.spur/plugins.{ext,int} .
-  '';
-
-  # (No special build phase.)
-
-  installPhase = let
-    libs = [
-      cairo
-      libgit2
-      libGLU libGL
-      freetype
-      openssl
-      libuuid
-      alsa-lib
-      xorg.libICE
-      xorg.libSM
-    ];
-  in ''
-    # Install in working directory and then copy
-    make install-squeak install-plugins prefix=$(pwd)/products
-
-    # Copy binaries & rename from 'squeak' to 'pharo'
-    mkdir -p "$out"
-    cp products/lib/squeak/5.0-*/squeak "$out/pharo"
-    cp -r products/lib/squeak/5.0-*/*.so "$out"
-    ln -s "${pharo-share}/lib/"*.sources "$out"
-
-    # Create a shell script to run the VM in the proper environment.
-    #
-    # These wrapper puts all relevant libraries into the
-    # LD_LIBRARY_PATH. This is important because various C code in the VM
-    # and Smalltalk code in the image will search for them there.
-    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
-
-    # Note: include ELF rpath in LD_LIBRARY_PATH for finding libc.
-    libs=$out:$(patchelf --print-rpath "$out/pharo"):${lib.makeLibraryPath libs}
-
-    # Create the script
-    cat > "$out/bin/${cmd}" <<EOF
-    #!${runtimeShell}
-    set -f
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$libs" exec $out/pharo "\$@"
-    EOF
-    chmod +x "$out/bin/${cmd}"
-    ln -s ${libgit2}/lib/libgit2.so* "$out/"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Clean and innovative Smalltalk-inspired environment";
-    homepage = "https://pharo.org";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Pharo's goal is to deliver a clean, innovative, free open-source
-      Smalltalk-inspired environment. By providing a stable and small core
-      system, excellent dev tools, and maintained releases, Pharo is an
-      attractive platform to build and deploy mission critical applications.
-
-      This package provides the executable VM. You should probably not care
-      about this package (which represents a packaging detail) and have a
-      look at the pharo-vm-core package instead.
-
-      Please fill bug reports on http://bugs.pharo.org under the 'Ubuntu
-      packaging (ppa:pharo/stable)' project.
-    '';
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.lukego ];
-    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a60afcd59ed..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, callPackage, pkgsi686Linux, ...}:
-
-let
-  i686    = pkgsi686Linux.callPackage ./vms.nix {};
-  native  = callPackage ./vms.nix {};
-in
-
-rec {
-  cog32 = i686.cog;
-  spur32 = i686.spur;
-  spur64 = if stdenv.is64bit then native.spur else "none";
-  multi-vm-wrapper  = callPackage ../wrapper { inherit cog32 spur32 spur64; };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/share.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/share.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a2a55f2eb43..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/share.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, unzip }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.0";
-  pname = "pharo-share";
-
-  dontUnpack = true;
-
-  sources10Zip = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://files.pharo.org/sources/PharoV10.sources.zip";
-    sha256 = "0aijhr3w5w3jzmnpl61g6xkwyi2l1mxy0qbvr9k3whz8zlrsijh2";
-  };
-
-  sources20Zip = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://files.pharo.org/sources/PharoV20.sources.zip";
-    sha256 = "1xsc0p361pp8iha5zckppw29sbapd706wbvzvgjnkv2n6n1q5gj7";
-  };
-
-  sources30Zip = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://files.pharo.org/sources/PharoV30.sources.zip";
-    sha256 = "08d9a7gggwpwgrfbp7iv5896jgqz3vgjfrq19y3jw8k10pva98ak";
-  };
-
-  sources40Zip = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://files.pharo.org/sources/PharoV40.sources.zip";
-    sha256 = "1xq1721ql19hpgr8ir372h92q7g8zwd6k921b21dap4wf8djqnpd";
-  };
-
-  sources50Zip = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://files.pharo.org/sources/PharoV50.sources.zip";
-    sha256 = "1vmcah03zacvj1r2x27vdp63g6rcbz3prjd5sjy1z0a9xsjmqp25";
-  };
-
-  sources60Zip = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://files.pharo.org/sources/PharoV60.sources.zip";
-    sha256 = "0xbdi679ryb2zg412xy6zkh22l20pmbl92m3qhfgzjvgybna8z2a";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $prefix/lib
-
-    unzip ${sources10Zip} -d $prefix/lib/
-    unzip ${sources20Zip} -d $prefix/lib/
-    unzip ${sources30Zip} -d $prefix/lib/
-    unzip ${sources40Zip} -d $prefix/lib/
-    unzip ${sources50Zip} -d $prefix/lib/
-    unzip ${sources60Zip} -d $prefix/lib/
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Shared files for Pharo";
-    homepage = "https://pharo.org";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/vms.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/vms.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a51366820a9..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/vms.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-{ cmake
-, lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, bash
-, unzip
-, glibc
-, openssl
-, gcc
-, libgit2
-, libGLU, libGL
-, freetype
-, xorg
-, alsa-lib
-, cairo
-, libuuid
-, autoreconfHook
-, gcc48
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, makeWrapper
-, runtimeShell
-, libnsl
-} @args:
-
-let
-  pharo-vm-build = import ./build-vm.nix args;
-  pharo-vm-build-legacy = import ./build-vm-legacy.nix args;
-in
-
-let suffix = if stdenv.is64bit then "64" else "32"; in
-
-{
-  # Build the latest VM
-  spur = pharo-vm-build rec {
-    name = "pharo-spur${suffix}";
-    version = "git.${revision}";
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "pharo-project";
-      repo = "pharo-vm";
-      rev = revision;
-      sha256 = "0dkiy5fq1xn2n93cwf767xz24c01ic0wfw94jk9nvn7pmcfj7m62";
-    };
-    # This metadata will be compiled into the VM and introspectable
-    # from Smalltalk. This has been manually extracted from 'git log'.
-    #
-    # The build would usually generate this automatically using
-    # opensmalltalk-vm/.git_filters/RevDateURL.smudge but that script
-    # is too impure to run from nix.
-    revision = "6a63f68a3dd4deb7c17dd2c7ac6e4dd4b0b6d937";
-    source-date = "Tue May 30 19:41:27 2017 -0700";
-    source-url  = "https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm";
-  };
-
-  # Build an old ("legacy") CogV3 VM for running pre-spur images.
-  # (Could be nicer to build the latest VM in CogV3 mode but this is
-  # not supported on the Pharo VM variant at the moment.)
-  cog = pharo-vm-build-legacy rec {
-    version = "2016.02.18";
-    name = "pharo-cog${suffix}";
-    base-url = "http://files.pharo.org/vm/src/vm-unix-sources/blessed";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "${base-url}/pharo-vm-${version}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "16n2zg7v2s1ml0vvpbhkw6khmgn637sr0d7n2b28qm5yc8pfhcj4";
-    };
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/wrapper/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1202b2dce6d..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/wrapper/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, file, makeDesktopItem, cog32, spur32, spur64 ? "none" }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "pharo";
-  src = ./pharo-vm.sh;
-  inherit cog32 spur32 spur64 file;
-  magic = ./magic;
-  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
-    inherit name;
-    desktopName = "Pharo VM";
-    genericName = "Pharo Virtual Machine";
-    exec = "pharo %F";
-    icon = "pharo";
-    startupNotify = false;
-    categories = [ "Development" ];
-    mimeTypes = [ "application/x-pharo-image" ];
-  };
-  unpackPhase = ''
-    cp $src ./pharo-vm.sh
-    sourceRoot=$PWD
-  '';
-  buildPhase = ''
-    substituteAllInPlace ./pharo-vm.sh
-  '';
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp pharo-vm.sh $out/bin/pharo
-    chmod +x $out/bin/pharo
-  '';
-  meta = {
-    description = "Pharo virtual machine (multiple variants)";
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      Pharo's goal is to deliver a clean, innovative, free open-source
-      Smalltalk-inspired environment. By providing a stable and small core
-      system, excellent dev tools, and maintained releases, Pharo is an
-      attractive platform to build and deploy mission critical applications.
-
-      This package provides a front-end for starting the virtual
-      machine. The command 'pharo-vm' automatically detects the type
-      of image and executes a suitable virtual machine: CogV3, Spur,
-      or Spur64. This makes it easy to open Pharo images because you
-      do not have to worry about which virtual machine variant is
-      required.
-
-      More about the Cog family of virtual machines:
-        http://www.mirandabanda.org/cogblog/about-cog/
-    '';
-
-    homepage = "http://pharo.org";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.lukego ];
-    # Pharo VM sources are packaged separately for darwin (OS X)
-    platforms = lib.filter
-      (system: with lib.systems.elaborate { inherit system; };
-         isUnix && !isDarwin)
-      lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms;
-  };
-}
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/wrapper/magic b/pkgs/development/pharo/wrapper/magic
deleted file mode 100644
index 3870ef2dd01..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/wrapper/magic
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# Smalltalk image file formats
-0 lelong    6502  Smalltalk image V3 32b  (%d)
-!:mime application/squeak-image
-0      belong   6502    Smalltalk image V3 32b  (%d)
-!:mime application/squeak-image
-0      lelong   6504    Smalltalk image V3 32b +C (%d)
-!:mime application/cog-image
-0      belong   6504    Smalltalk image V3 32b +C (%d)
-!:mime application/cog-image
-0      lelong   68000   Smalltalk image V3 64b  (%d)
-!:mime application/squeak64-image
-4      belong   68000   Smalltalk image V3 64b  (%d)
-!:mime application/squeak64-image
-0      lelong   68002   Smalltalk image V3 64b +C (%d)
-!:mime application/cog64-image
-4      belong   68002   Smalltalk image V3 64b +C (%d)
-!:mime application/cog64-image
-0      lelong   6505    Smalltalk image V3 32b +C+NF (%d)
-!:mime application/cog-image
-0      belong   6505    Smalltalk image V3 32b +C+NF (%d)
-!:mime application/cog-image
-0      lelong   68003   Smalltalk image V3 64b +C+NF (%d)
-!:mime application/cog64-image
-4      belong   68003   Smalltalk image V3 64b +C+NF (%d)
-!:mime application/cog64-image
-0      lelong   6521    Smalltalk image Spur 32b +C+NF (%d)
-!:mime application/spur-image
-0      belong   6521    Smalltalk image Spur 32b +C+NF (%d)
-!:mime application/spur-image
-0      lelong   68019   Smalltalk image Spur 64b +C+NF (%d)
-!:mime application/spur64-image
-4      belong   68019   Smalltalk image Spur 64b +C+NF (%d)
-!:mime application/spur64-image
-0      lelong   68021   Smalltalk image Spur 64b +C+NF+Tag (%d)
-!:mime application/spur64-image
-4      belong   68021   Smalltalk image Spur 64b +C+NF+Tag (%d)
-!:mime application/spur64-image
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/wrapper/pharo-vm.sh b/pkgs/development/pharo/wrapper/pharo-vm.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index d5bd1a2d801..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/wrapper/pharo-vm.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# This is based on the script by David T. Lewis posted here:
-#  http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/vm-dev/2017-April/024836.html
-#
-# VM run utility script
-# usage: run <myimage>
-#
-# Select a VM and run an image based on the image format number
-
-PATH=$PATH:@file@/bin
-
-# Search for the image filename in the command line arguments
-for arg in $* $SQUEAK_IMAGE; do
-    case ${arg} in
-        -*) # ignore
-        ;;
-        *) # either an option argument or the image name
-            if test -e ${arg}; then
-                magic=$(file -L -b -m @magic@ "$arg")
-                case "$magic" in
-                    "Smalltalk image V3 32b"*)
-                        image=${arg}
-                        vm=@cog32@/bin/pharo-cog
-                        ;;
-                    "Smalltalk image Spur 32b"*)
-                        image=${arg}
-                        vm=@spur32@/bin/pharo-spur
-                        ;;
-                    "Smalltalk image Spur 64b"*)
-                        if [ "@spur64vm@" == "none" ]; then
-                            echo "error: detected 64-bit image but 64-bit VM is not available" >&2
-                            exit 1
-                        fi
-                        image=${arg}
-                        vm=@spur64@/bin/pharo-spur64
-                        ;;
-                esac
-            fi
-            ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-# Print a message to explain our DWIM'ery.
-if [ -n "$image" ]; then
-    echo "using VM selected by image type."
-    echo "  image: $image"
-    echo "  type:  $magic"
-    echo "  vm:    $vm"
-else
-    echo "using default vm; image type not detected"
-    vm=@cog32@/bin/pharo-cog
-fi
-
-# Run the VM
-set -f
-exec -- "${vm}" "$@"
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b68a0f55dad..f3b8e512013 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1278,6 +1278,10 @@ mapAliases ({
   pg_tmp = throw "'pg_tmp' has been renamed to/replaced by 'ephemeralpg'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   phantomjs = throw "phantomjs 1.9.8 has been dropped due to lack of maintenance and security issues"; # Added 2022-02-20
   phantomjs2 = throw "phantomjs2 has been dropped due to lack of maintenance"; # Added 2022-04-22
+  pharo-spur64 = pharo; # Added 2022-08-03
+  pharo-spur32 = throw "pharo on 32bits is currently not supported due to lack of maintenance"; # Added 2022-08-03
+  pharo-cog32 = throw "the cog32 VM has been outdated for about a decade now, time to move on"; # Added 2022-08-03
+  pharo-launcher = throw "pharo launcher has been dropped due to lack of maintenance"; # Added 2022-08-03
   philter = throw "philter has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-04-26
   phodav_2_0 = throw "'phodav_2_0' has been renamed to/replaced by 'phodav'"; # Added 2023-02-21
   photoflow = throw "photoflow was removed because it was broken and unmaintained by upstream"; # Added 2023-03-10
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4e1993a961c..67e9c52a6b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18086,12 +18086,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   rappel = callPackage ../development/misc/rappel { };
 
-  pharo-vms = callPackage ../development/pharo/vm { };
-  pharo = pharo-vms.multi-vm-wrapper;
-  pharo-cog32 = pharo-vms.cog32;
-  pharo-spur32 = pharo-vms.spur32;
-  pharo-spur64 = assert stdenv.is64bit; pharo-vms.spur64;
-  pharo-launcher = callPackage ../development/pharo/launcher { };
+  pharo = callPackage ../development/pharo { };
 
   protege-distribution = callPackage ../development/web/protege-distribution { };