diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/iq/iqueue/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/iq/iqueue/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d952e1224001..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/iq/iqueue/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  pkg-config,
-  libbsd,
-  microsoft-gsl,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "iqueue";
-  version = "0.1.0";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/twosigma/iqueue/releases/download/v${finalAttrs.version}/iqueue-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0049fnr02k15gr21adav33swrwxrpbananilnrp63vp5zs5v9m4x";
-  };
-
-  doCheck = true;
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    libbsd
-    microsoft-gsl
-  ];
-
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
-    # Needed with GCC 12
-    "-Wno-error=array-parameter"
-    "-Wno-error=misleading-indentation"
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/twosigma/iqueue";
-    description = "Indexed queue";
-    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4a4396347dd5..fe55801cc253 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -971,6 +971,7 @@ mapAliases {
   ipfs-migrator = throw "'ipfs-migrator' has been renamed to/replaced by 'kubo-migrator'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   ipfs-migrator-all-fs-repo-migrations = throw "'ipfs-migrator-all-fs-repo-migrations' has been renamed to/replaced by 'kubo-fs-repo-migrations'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   ipfs-migrator-unwrapped = throw "'ipfs-migrator-unwrapped' has been renamed to/replaced by 'kubo-migrator-unwrapped'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  iqueue = throw "'iqueue' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2026-04-10
   ir.lv2 = ir-lv2; # Added 2025-09-37
   ircdHybrid = warnAlias "'ircdHybrid' has been renamed to 'ircd-hybrid'" ircd-hybrid; # Added 2026-02-08
   iroh = throw "iroh has been split into iroh-dns-server and iroh-relay"; # Added 2025-11-06