diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xd/xdg-terminal-exec-mkhl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xd/xdg-terminal-exec-mkhl/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bd533a8a6f6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xd/xdg-terminal-exec-mkhl/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  rustPlatform,
-  fetchFromCodeberg,
-}:
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "xdg-terminal-exec-mkhl";
-  version = "0.2.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromCodeberg {
-    owner = "mkhl";
-    repo = "xdg-terminal-exec";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-iVp+tg+OujMMddKsQ/T9wyqh/Jk/j/jQgsl23uQA/iM=";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-4GNdH+cfr3hhbK3BQXHntPr0sTSl6SS56wkdTWbv8/k=";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Alternative rust-based implementation of the proposed XDG Default Terminal Execution Specification";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    mainProgram = "xdg-terminal-exec";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ quantenzitrone ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8823598b6f53..2bae42ebafed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1998,6 +1998,10 @@ mapAliases {
   xcbutilrenderutil = libxcb-render-util; # Added 2026-02-04
   xcbutilwm = libxcb-wm; # Added 2026-02-04
   xcursorthemes = xcursor-themes; # Added 2026-01-19
+  xdg-terminal-exec-mkhl = warnAlias "
+    'xdg-terminal-exec-mkhl' has been removed due to being behind the xdg-terminal-exec spec for too long,
+    use the reference implementation 'xdg-terminal-exec' instead.
+  " xdg-terminal-exec; # Added 2026-01-14
   xdragon = throw "'xdragon' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dragon-drop'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   xf86_input_cmt = xf86-input-cmt; # Added 2025-12-12
   xf86_input_wacom = xf86-input-wacom; # Added 2025-12-12