diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/silc_client/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/silc_client/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index dc8405ddc89b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/si/silc_client/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  perl,
-  pkg-config,
-  glib,
-  ncurses,
-  enablePlugin ? false,
-}:
-
-# Enabling the plugin and using it with a recent irssi, segafults on join:
-# http://marc.info/?l=silc-devel&m=125610477802211
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "silc-client" + lib.optionalString enablePlugin "-irssi-plugin";
-  version = "1.1.11";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/silc/silc/client/sources/silc-client-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "13cp3fmdnj8scjak0d2xal3bfvs2k7ssrwdhp0zl6jar5rwc7prn";
-  };
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  dontDisableStatic = true;
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
-  configureFlags =
-    [
-      "--with-ncurses=${ncurses.dev}"
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals enablePlugin [
-      "--with-silc-plugin=${placeholder "out"}/lib/irssi"
-    ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    perl
-    glib
-    ncurses
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://silcnet.org/";
-    description = "Secure Internet Live Conferencing server";
-    mainProgram = "silc";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 28a9a400a5db..b95d6df438e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1680,6 +1680,7 @@ mapAliases {
   signal-desktop-beta = throw "signal-desktop-beta has been removed to make the signal-desktop package easier to maintain";
   signal-desktop-source = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'signal-desktop-source' is now exposed at 'signal-desktop'." signal-desktop; # Added 2025-04-16
   silc_server = throw "'silc_server' has been removed because it is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-05-12
+  silc_client = throw "'silc_client' has been removed because it is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-05-12
   sheesy-cli = throw "'sheesy-cli' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-26
   shout = nodePackages.shout; # Added unknown; moved 2024-10-19
   sky = throw "'sky' has been removed because its upstream website disappeared"; # Added 2024-07-21