diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/iv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/iv/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 32a32488c734..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/iv/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  neuron-version,
-  libX11,
-  libXext,
-  patchelf,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "iv";
-  version = "19";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.neuron.yale.edu/ftp/neuron/versions/v${neuron-version}/iv-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "07a3g8zzay4h0bls7fh89dd0phn7s34c2g15pij6dsnwpmjg06yx";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ patchelf ];
-  buildInputs = [ libXext ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libX11 ];
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
-  postInstall =
-    ''
-      for dir in $out/*; do # */
-        if [ -d $dir/lib ]; then
-          mv $dir/* $out # */
-          rmdir $dir
-          break
-        fi
-      done
-    ''
-    + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
-      patchelf --add-needed ${libX11}/lib/libX11.so $out/lib/libIVhines.so
-    '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "InterViews graphical library for Neuron";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    homepage = "http://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron";
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index cc1efbd9a19a..d51560f76366 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -852,6 +852,7 @@ mapAliases {
   isl_0_17 = throw "isl_0_17 has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2024-11-20
   iso-flags-png-320x420 = lib.warnOnInstantiate "iso-flags-png-320x420 has been renamed to iso-flags-png-320x240" iso-flags-png-320x240; # Added 2024-07-17
   itktcl = tclPackages.itktcl; # Added 2024-10-02
+  iv = throw "iv has been removed as it was no longer required for neuron and broken"; # Added 2025-04-18
   ix = throw "ix has been removed from Nixpkgs, as the ix.io pastebin has been offline since Dec. 2023"; # Added 2025-04-11
 
   ### J ###
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c4faa8dc030f..dda853cfa040 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17963,10 +17963,6 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (llvmPackages) openmp;
   };
 
-  iv = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/iv {
-    neuron-version = neuron.version;
-  };
-
   kallisto = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/kallisto {
     autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
   };