diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wa/wayv/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wa/wayv/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 95fc56a6c183..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wa/wayv/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
-  libx11,
-}:
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "wayv";
-  version = "0.3";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "mikemb";
-    repo = "wayv";
-    rev = "b716877603250f690f08b593bf30fd5e8a93a872";
-    sha256 = "046dvaq6na1fyxz5nrjg13aaz6ific9wbygck0dknqqfmmjrsv3b";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Pull patch pending upstream inclusion for -fno-common toolchain support:
-    #   https://github.com/mikemb/wayV/pull/1
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fno-common.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/mikemb/wayV/commit/b927793e2a2c92ff1f97b9df9e58c26e73e72012.patch";
-      sha256 = "19i10966b0n710dic64p5ajsllkjnz16bp0crxfy9vv08hj1xygi";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ libx11 ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    make -C doc install
-    mkdir -p "$out"/share/doc/wayv
-    cp [A-Z][A-Z]* "$out"/share/doc/wayv
-    cp doc/[A-Z][A-Z]* "$out"/share/doc/wayv
-    cp doc/*.txt "$out"/share/doc/wayv
-    cp doc/*.jpg "$out"/share/doc/wayv
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Gesture control for X11";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.raskin ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    homepage = "https://github.com/mikemb/wayV";
-    mainProgram = "wayv";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8db1254659cc..b21985b81035 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2146,6 +2146,7 @@ mapAliases {
   wasm-strip = throw "'wasm-strip' has been removed due to upstream deprecation. Use 'wabt' instead."; # Added 2025-11-06
   wavebox = throw "'wavebox' has been removed due to lack of maintenance in nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-06-24
   wavm = throw "wavm has been removed, as it does not build with supported LLVM versions"; # Added 2025-08-10
+  wayv = throw "'wayv' has been removed as it is broken and unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2026-05-05
   wayvr-dashboard = throw "'wayvr-dashboard' and 'wlx-overlay-s' have been merged into a single application. Please switch to 'wayvr'"; # Added 2026-01-09
   wcurl = throw "'wcurl' has been removed due to being bundled with 'curl'"; # Added 2025-07-04
   wdomirror = throw "'wdomirror' has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream, Consider using 'wl-mirror' instead"; # Added 2025-09-04