diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/open-stage-control/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/open-stage-control/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e6c0e505450..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/open-stage-control/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildNpmPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  makeBinaryWrapper,
-  makeDesktopItem,
-  copyDesktopItems,
-  nodejs_20,
-  electron,
-  python3,
-  nix-update-script,
-}:
-
-buildNpmPackage rec {
-  pname = "open-stage-control";
-  version = "1.26.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "jean-emmanuel";
-    repo = "open-stage-control";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-hBQyz6VAtiC1XOADZml1MwGKtmdyiJNlRAmHRjt6QsA=";
-  };
-
-  # Remove some Electron stuff from package.json
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i -e '/"electron"\|"electron-installer-debian"/d' package.json
-  '';
-
-  npmDepsHash = "sha256-UqjYNXdNoQmirIgU9DRgkp14SIrawfrfi9mD2h6ACyU=";
-
-  nodejs = nodejs_20;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    copyDesktopItems
-    makeBinaryWrapper
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    python3.pkgs.python-rtmidi
-  ];
-
-  doInstallCheck = true;
-
-  makeCacheWritable = true;
-  npmFlags = [ "--legacy-peer-deps" ];
-
-  # Override installPhase so we can copy the only directory that matters (app)
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    # copy built app and node_modules directories
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/node_modules/open-stage-control
-    cp -r app $out/lib/node_modules/open-stage-control/
-
-    # copy icon
-    install -Dm644 resources/images/logo.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/open-stage-control.png
-    install -Dm644 resources/images/logo.svg $out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/open-stage-control.svg
-
-    # wrap electron and include python-rtmidi
-    makeWrapper '${electron}/bin/electron' $out/bin/open-stage-control \
-      --inherit-argv0 \
-      --add-flags $out/lib/node_modules/open-stage-control/app \
-      --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH" \
-      --prefix PATH : '${lib.makeBinPath [ python3 ]}'
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  installCheckPhase = ''
-    XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$(mktemp -d)" $out/bin/open-stage-control --help
-  '';
-
-  desktopItems = [
-    (makeDesktopItem {
-      name = "open-stage-control";
-      exec = "open-stage-control";
-      icon = "open-stage-control";
-      desktopName = "Open Stage Control";
-      comment = meta.description;
-      categories = [
-        "Network"
-        "Audio"
-        "AudioVideo"
-        "Midi"
-      ];
-      startupWMClass = "open-stage-control";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Libre and modular OSC / MIDI controller";
-    homepage = "https://openstagecontrol.ammd.net/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    mainProgram = "open-stage-control";
-    # Depends on nodejs_18 that has been removed.
-    broken = true;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 2e8656dbd5d0..a0449bd200b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1550,6 +1550,7 @@ mapAliases {
   onscripter-en = throw "onscripter-en has been removed due to lack of maintenance in both upstream and Nixpkgs; onscripter is available instead"; # Added 2025-10-17
   onthespot = throw "onethespot has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-09-26
   opae = throw "opae has been removed because it has been marked as broken since June 2023."; # Added 2025-10-11
+  open-stage-control = throw "'open-stage-control' has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-05-04
   open-timeline-io = warnAlias "'open-timeline-io' has been renamed to 'opentimelineio'" opentimelineio; # Added 2025-08-10
   openafs_1_8 = throw "'openafs_1_8' has been renamed to/replaced by 'openafs'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   openai-triton-llvm = throw "'openai-triton-llvm' has been renamed to/replaced by 'triton-llvm'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27