diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yandex-browser/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yandex-browser/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c534dfd3f78..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yandex-browser/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,189 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchurl,
-  autoPatchelfHook,
-  wrapGAppsHook3,
-  flac,
-  gnome2,
-  harfbuzzFull,
-  nss,
-  snappy,
-  xdg-utils,
-  xorg,
-  alsa-lib,
-  atk,
-  cairo,
-  cups,
-  curl,
-  dbus,
-  expat,
-  fontconfig,
-  freetype,
-  gdk-pixbuf,
-  glib,
-  gtk3,
-  libX11,
-  libxcb,
-  libXScrnSaver,
-  libXcomposite,
-  libXcursor,
-  libXdamage,
-  libXext,
-  libXfixes,
-  libXi,
-  libXrandr,
-  libXrender,
-  libXtst,
-  libdrm,
-  libnotify,
-  libopus,
-  libpulseaudio,
-  libuuid,
-  libxshmfence,
-  libgbm,
-  nspr,
-  pango,
-  systemd,
-  at-spi2-atk,
-  at-spi2-core,
-  libsForQt5,
-  qt6,
-  vivaldi-ffmpeg-codecs,
-  edition ? "stable",
-}:
-
-let
-  version =
-    {
-      corporate = "24.7.1.1195-1";
-      beta = "24.7.1.1124-1";
-      stable = "24.7.1.1120-1";
-    }
-    .${edition};
-
-  hash =
-    {
-      corporate = "sha256-HPEUeIZl9nRhMzrMv4MzIOnbF8mJ789vCtTWf9TcCH4=";
-      beta = "sha256-vcX/9MWqeUd/YlczHivcL6+TignE8Nk6rO5DaCjf2SQ=";
-      stable = "sha256-wrYPQ8WrttF/tlafA0+e3eDZMq9SFmLk5NOIeHQr14U=";
-    }
-    .${edition};
-
-  app =
-    {
-      corporate = "";
-      beta = "-beta";
-      stable = "";
-    }
-    .${edition};
-
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "yandex-browser-${edition}";
-  inherit version;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-browser/deb/pool/main/y/${pname}/${pname}_${version}_amd64.deb";
-    inherit hash;
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoPatchelfHook
-    qt6.wrapQtAppsHook
-    wrapGAppsHook3
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    flac
-    harfbuzzFull
-    nss
-    snappy
-    xdg-utils
-    xorg.libxkbfile
-    alsa-lib
-    at-spi2-atk
-    at-spi2-core
-    atk
-    cairo
-    cups
-    curl
-    dbus
-    expat
-    fontconfig.lib
-    freetype
-    gdk-pixbuf
-    glib
-    gnome2.GConf
-    gtk3
-    libX11
-    libXScrnSaver
-    libXcomposite
-    libXcursor
-    libXdamage
-    libXext
-    libXfixes
-    libXi
-    libXrandr
-    libXrender
-    libXtst
-    libdrm
-    libnotify
-    libopus
-    libuuid
-    libxcb
-    libxshmfence
-    libgbm
-    nspr
-    nss
-    pango
-    (lib.getLib stdenv.cc.cc)
-    libsForQt5.libqtpas
-    qt6.qtbase
-  ];
-
-  unpackPhase = ''
-    mkdir $TMP/ya/ $out/bin/ -p
-    ar vx $src
-    tar --no-overwrite-dir -xvf data.tar.xz -C $TMP/ya/
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    cp $TMP/ya/{usr/share,opt} $out/ -R
-    cp $out/share/applications/yandex-browser${app}.desktop $out/share/applications/${pname}.desktop || true
-    rm -f $out/share/applications/yandex-browser.desktop
-    substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/${pname}.desktop --replace /usr/ $out/
-    substituteInPlace $out/share/menu/yandex-browser${app}.menu --replace /opt/ $out/opt/
-    substituteInPlace $out/share/gnome-control-center/default-apps/yandex-browser${app}.xml --replace /opt/ $out/opt/
-    ln -sf ${vivaldi-ffmpeg-codecs}/lib/libffmpeg.so $out/opt/yandex/browser${app}/libffmpeg.so
-    ln -sf $out/opt/yandex/browser${app}/yandex-browser${app} $out/bin/${pname}
-  '';
-
-  runtimeDependencies =
-    map lib.getLib [
-      libpulseaudio
-      curl
-      systemd
-      vivaldi-ffmpeg-codecs
-    ]
-    ++ buildInputs;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Yandex Web Browser";
-    homepage = "https://browser.yandex.ru/";
-    license = licenses.unfree;
-    sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      dan4ik605743
-      ionutnechita
-    ];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-
-    knownVulnerabilities = [
-      ''
-        Trusts a Russian government issued CA certificate for some websites.
-        See https://habr.com/en/company/yandex/blog/655185/ (Russian) for details.
-      ''
-    ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 51c2c30cbf81..0f6734be747d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1901,6 +1901,9 @@ mapAliases {
   yacc = throw "'yacc' has been renamed to/replaced by 'bison'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   yesplaymusic = throw "YesPlayMusic has been removed as it was broken, unmaintained, and used deprecated Node and Electron versions"; # Added 2024-12-13
   yafaray-core = libyafaray; # Added 2022-09-23
+  yandex-browser = throw "'yandex-browser' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2025-04-17
+  yandex-browser-beta = throw "'yandex-browser-beta' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2025-04-17
+  yandex-browser-corporate = throw "'yandex-browser-corporate' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2025-04-17
   youtrack_2022_3 = throw "'youtrack_2022_3' has been removed as it was deprecated. Please update to the 'youtrack' package."; # Added 2024-10-17
   yrd = throw "'yrd' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # added 2024-05-27
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index efd4f3ec464f..560add6710fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19290,10 +19290,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   yamale = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication yamale;
 
-  yandex-browser-beta = yandex-browser.override { edition = "beta"; };
-
-  yandex-browser-corporate = yandex-browser.override { edition = "corporate"; };
-
   zap-chip-gui = zap-chip.override { withGui = true; };
 
   myEnvFun = callPackage ../misc/my-env {