diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/tc/tcptrace/fix-owners.patch b/pkgs/by-name/tc/tcptrace/fix-owners.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b725f05087a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/tc/tcptrace/fix-owners.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Index: tcptrace-6.6.1/Makefile.in
-===================================================================
---- tcptrace-6.6.1.orig/Makefile.in
---- tcptrace-6.6.1/Makefile.in
-@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@
- # just a quick installation rule
- INSTALL = ./install-sh -c
- install: tcptrace install-man
--	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -o bin -g bin tcptrace ${BINDIR}/tcptrace
-+	$(INSTALL) -m 755 tcptrace ${BINDIR}/tcptrace
- install-man: 
--	$(INSTALL) -m 444 -o bin -g bin tcptrace.man $(MANDIR)/man1/tcptrace.1
-+	$(INSTALL) -m 444 tcptrace.man $(MANDIR)/man1/tcptrace.1
- 
- 
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/tc/tcptrace/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/tc/tcptrace/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 146b15e67368..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/tc/tcptrace/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  lib,
-  libpcap,
-}:
-stdenv.mkDerivation (final: {
-  name = "tcptrace";
-  version = "6.6.7";
-
-  srcs = [
-    (fetchurl {
-      # Home page was down on 2024-02-01, so use Debian mirror as fallback.
-      urls = [
-        "http://www.tcptrace.org/download/tcptrace-${final.version}.tar.gz"
-        "mirror://debian/pool/main/t/tcptrace/tcptrace_${final.version}.orig.tar.gz"
-      ];
-      hash = "sha256-YzgKQFGTPKCJeUdqnfxvlZMIvJ9g1FJVIC44jrVpEL0=";
-    })
-    (fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/t/tcptrace/tcptrace_6.6.7-6.debian.tar.xz";
-      hash = "sha256-8rkwzdXcDOc3kACvrlyTQsnSw6AJgy6xA0YrECu63gY=";
-    })
-  ];
-  sourceRoot = "tcptrace-${final.version}";
-
-  outputs = [
-    "out"
-    "man"
-  ];
-
-  setOutputFlags = false;
-
-  patches = [ ./fix-owners.patch ];
-  prePatch = ''
-    patches_deb=(../debian/patches/bug*)
-    patches+=" ''${patches_deb[*]}"
-  '';
-
-  buildInputs = [ libpcap ];
-  makeFlags = [
-    "BINDIR=${placeholder "out"}/bin"
-    "MANDIR=${placeholder "man"}/share/man"
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Tool for analysis of TCP dump files";
-    homepage = "http://www.tcptrace.org/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.gmacon ];
-    mainProgram = "tcptrace";
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 287bbf8e3094..32ae933f546c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1737,6 +1737,7 @@ mapAliases {
   tclvfs = throw "'tclvfs' has been renamed to/replaced by 'tclPackages.tclvfs'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   tclx = throw "'tclx' has been renamed to/replaced by 'tclPackages.tclx'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   tcp-cutter = throw "tcp-cutter has been removed because it fails to compile and the source url is dead"; # Added 2025-05-25
+  tcptrace = throw "tcptrace has been removed as it was broken and upstream is gone"; # Added 2026-02-02
   tdesktop = throw "'tdesktop' has been renamed to/replaced by 'telegram-desktop'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   tdfgo = throw "'tdfgo' has been removed because it was removed from upstream"; # Added 2025-12-18
   tdlib-purple = throw "'tdlib-purple' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pidginPackages.tdlib-purple'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27