diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xn/xneur/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xn/xneur/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cbda825a2b9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xn/xneur/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchurl,
-  fetchpatch,
-  autoreconfHook,
-  intltool,
-  pkg-config,
-  wrapGAppsHook3,
-  enchant,
-  gdk-pixbuf,
-  glib,
-  gst_all_1,
-  libnotify,
-  pcre,
-  libxtst,
-  libxi,
-  libxext,
-  libx11,
-  xosd,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "xneur";
-  version = "0.20.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/AndrewCrewKuznetsov/xneur-devel/raw/f66723feb272c68f7c22a8bf0dbcafa5e3a8a5ee/dists/0.20.0/xneur_0.20.0.orig.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1lg3qpi9pkx9f5xvfc8yf39wwc98f769yb7i2438vqn66kla1xpr";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook
-    intltool
-    pkg-config
-    wrapGAppsHook3
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    enchant
-    gdk-pixbuf
-    glib
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good
-    gst_all_1.gstreamer
-    libnotify
-    pcre
-    libx11
-    libxext
-    libxi
-    libxtst
-    xosd
-  ];
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "gcc-10.patch";
-      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/xneur/-/raw/da38ad9c8e1bf4e349f5ed4ad909f810fdea44c9/debian/patches/gcc-10.patch";
-      sha256 = "0pc17a4sdrnrc4z7gz28889b9ywqsm5mzm6m41h67j2f5zh9k3fy";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "enchant2.patch";
-      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/xneur/-/raw/695b0fea56cde4ff6cf0f3988218c5cb9d7ff5ae/debian/patches/enchant2.patch";
-      sha256 = "02a3kkfzdvs5f8dfm6j5x3jcn5j8qah9ykfymp6ffqsf4fijp65n";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -e 's@for xosd_dir in@for xosd_dir in ${xosd} @' -i configure.ac
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Utility for switching between keyboard layouts";
-    mainProgram = "xneur";
-    homepage = "https://xneur.ru";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.raskin ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 7f4b51d22337..a6e1ac146099 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2398,6 +2398,7 @@ mapAliases {
   xloadimage = throw "'xloadimage' has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2026-05-05
   xmlada = throw "'xmlada' has been renamed to/replaced by 'gnatPackages.xmlada'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   xmlroff = throw "'xmlroff' has been removed as it is unmaintained and broken"; # Added 2025-05-18
+  xneur = throw "'xneur' has been removed as it is unmaintained and depends on pcre, which is deprecated"; # Added 2026-06-06
   xo = throw "Use 'dbtpl' instead of 'xo'"; # Added 2025-09-28
   xonsh-unwrapped = throw "'xonsh-unwrapped' has been renamed to/replaced by 'python3Packages.xonsh'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   xorg = # Added 2026-01-29