diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fo/fontmatrix/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fo/fontmatrix/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bbfc55e6f96..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fo/fontmatrix/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  cmake,
-  libsForQt5,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "fontmatrix";
-  version = "0.9.100";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "fontmatrix";
-    repo = "fontmatrix";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-DtajGhx79DiecglXHja9q/TKVq8Jl2faQdA5Ib/yT88=";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    libsForQt5.qttools
-    libsForQt5.qtwebkit
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    libsForQt5.wrapQtAppsHook
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Free/libre font explorer for Linux, Windows and Mac";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/fontmatrix/fontmatrix";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 65ca6ee35e33..f81f0462dbe8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ mapAliases {
   fontibmtype1 = font-ibm-type1; # Added 2026-01-19
   fontisasmisc = font-isas-misc; # Added 2026-01-19
   fontjismisc = font-jis-misc; # Added 2026-01-19
+  fontmatrix = throw "'fontmatrix' has been removed as upstream was archived 2024-10-24"; # Added 2026-04-26
   fontmicromisc = font-micro-misc; # Added 2026-01-19
   fontmisccyrillic = font-misc-cyrillic; # Added 2026-01-19
   fontmiscethiopic = font-misc-ethiopic; # Added 2026-01-19