diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xl/xloadimage/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xl/xloadimage/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 945275de5126..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xl/xloadimage/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  fetchzip,
-  libx11,
-  libxt,
-  autoreconfHook,
-  quilt,
-
-  libjpeg ? null,
-  libpng ? null,
-  libtiff ? null,
-
-  withJpegSupport ? true,
-  withPngSupport ? true,
-  withTiffSupport ? true,
-}:
-
-assert withJpegSupport -> libjpeg != null;
-assert withPngSupport -> libpng != null;
-assert withTiffSupport -> libtiff != null;
-
-let
-  version = "4.1";
-  deb_patch = "25";
-  debian_patches = fetchzip {
-    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_${version}-${deb_patch}.debian.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-5FbkiYjI8ASUyi1DTFiAcJ9y2z1sEKrNNyKoqnca30I=";
-  };
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "xloadimage";
-  inherit version;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/x/xloadimage/xloadimage_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1i7miyvk5ydhi6yi8593vapavhwxcwciir8wg9d2dcyg9pccf2s0";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    QUILT_PATCHES=${debian_patches}/patches quilt push -a
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook
-    quilt
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    libx11
-    libxt
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals withJpegSupport [
-    libjpeg
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals withPngSupport [
-    libpng
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals withTiffSupport [
-    libtiff
-  ];
-
-  # NOTE: we patch the build-info script so that it never detects the utilities
-  # it's trying to find; one of the Debian patches adds support for
-  # $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH, but we want to make sure we don't even call these.
-  preConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace build-info \
-      --replace-fail '[ -x /bin/date ]' 'false' \
-      --replace-fail '[ -x /bin/id ]' 'false' \
-      --replace-fail '[ -x /bin/uname ]' 'false' \
-      --replace-fail '[ -x /usr/bin/id ]' 'false'
-
-    chmod +x build-info configure
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  # creating patch would add more complexity
-  env.CFLAGS = "-Wno-implicit-int";
-
-  # NOTE: we're not installing the `uufilter` binary; if needed, the standard
-  # `uudecode` tool should work just fine.
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -Dm755 xloadimage $out/bin/xloadimage
-    ln -sv $out/bin/{xloadimage,xsetbg}
-
-    install -D -m644 xloadimagerc $out/etc/xloadimagerc.example
-    install -D -m644 xloadimage.man $out/share/man/man1/xloadimage.1x
-    ln -sv $out/share/man/man1/{xloadimage,xsetbg}.1x
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Graphics file viewer under X11";
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      Can view png, jpeg, gif, tiff, niff, sunraster, fbm, cmuraster, pbm,
-      faces, rle, xwd, vff, mcidas, vicar, pcx, gem, macpaint, xpm and xbm
-      files. Can view images, put them on the root window, or dump them. Does a
-      variety of processing, including: clipping, dithering, depth reduction,
-      zoom, brightening/darkening and merging.
-    '';
-
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux; # arbitrary choice
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index cecd109026da..be3b02832316 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2294,6 +2294,7 @@ mapAliases {
   xjump = throw "'xjump' has been removed as it is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-22
   xkeyboardconfig = xkeyboard-config; # Added 2026-02-04
   xkeyboardconfig_custom = xkeyboard-config_custom; # Added 2026-01-19
+  xloadimage = throw "'xloadimage' has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2026-05-05
   xmlada = throw "'xmlada' has been renamed to/replaced by 'gnatPackages.xmlada'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   xmlroff = throw "'xmlroff' has been removed as it is unmaintained and broken"; # Added 2025-05-18
   xo = throw "Use 'dbtpl' instead of 'xo'"; # Added 2025-09-28