diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vieb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/vieb/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a68bd332c639..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vieb/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  buildNpmPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  electron,
-  makeWrapper,
-  python3,
-  makeDesktopItem,
-  lib,
-}:
-
-buildNpmPackage rec {
-  pname = "vieb";
-  version = "12.3.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Jelmerro";
-    repo = "vieb";
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-g3L+bzsDP3vfTaroqCWzRDymFTZE+6nLytRWzPMBoX8=";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i '/"electron"/d' package.json
-  '';
-
-  npmDepsHash = "sha256-0V2fKdfqO64DLqLGz1OK9BZEbwGDqPFUdxu9F6v6Ms4=";
-  makeCacheWritable = true;
-  dontNpmBuild = true;
-  env.ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD = 1;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 python3;
-
-  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
-    name = "vieb";
-    exec = "vieb %U";
-    icon = "vieb";
-    desktopName = "Web Browser";
-    genericName = "Web Browser";
-    categories = [
-      "Network"
-      "WebBrowser"
-    ];
-    mimeTypes = [
-      "text/html"
-      "application/xhtml+xml"
-      "x-scheme-handler/http"
-      "x-scheme-handler/https"
-    ];
-  };
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    install -Dm0644 {${desktopItem},$out}/share/applications/vieb.desktop
-
-    pushd $out/lib/node_modules/vieb/app/img/icons
-    for file in *.png; do
-      install -Dm0644 $file $out/share/icons/hicolor/''${file//.png}/apps/vieb.png
-    done
-    popd
-
-    makeWrapper ${electron}/bin/electron $out/bin/vieb \
-      --add-flags $out/lib/node_modules/vieb/app \
-      --set npm_package_version ${version}
-  '';
-
-  distPhase = ":"; # disable useless $out/tarballs directory
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://vieb.dev/";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/Jelmerro/Vieb/releases/tag/${version}";
-    description = "Vim Inspired Electron Browser";
-    mainProgram = "vieb";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
-      tejing
-    ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index ea48f562a588..a17afefa6bd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2052,6 +2052,7 @@ mapAliases {
   ventoy-bin = ventoy; # Added 2023-04-12
   ventoy-bin-full = ventoy-full; # Added 2023-04-12
   verilog = iverilog; # Added 2024-07-12
+  vieb = throw "'vieb' has been removed as it doesn't satisfy our security criteria for browsers."; # Added 2025-06-25
   ViennaRNA = viennarna; # Added 2023-08-23
   vimHugeX = vim-full; # Added 2022-12-04
   vim_configurable = vim-full; # Added 2022-12-04