diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/kc/kcli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/kc/kcli/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ab609f2d8752..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/kc/kcli/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildGoModule,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-}:
-
-buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "kcli";
-  version = "1.8.3";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "cswank";
-    repo = "kcli";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0whijr2r2j5bvfy8jgmpxsa0zvwk5kfjlpnkw4za5k35q7bjffls";
-  };
-
-  vendorHash = null;
-
-  subPackages = [ "." ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Kafka command line browser";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/cswank/kcli";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cswank ];
-    broken = true; # vendor isn't reproducible with go > 1.17: nix-build -A $name.goModules --check
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 48dad051cdc1..863e09c6808d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1251,6 +1251,7 @@ mapAliases {
   kanidm_1_4 = throw "'kanidm_1_4' has been removed as it has reached end of life"; # Added 2025-06-18
   kanidmWithSecretProvisioning_1_4 = throw "'kanidmWithSecretProvisioning_1_4' has been removed as it has reached end of life"; # Added 2025-06-18
   kbibtex = throw "'kbibtex' has been removed, as it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-08-30
+  kcli = throw "kcli has been removed because it has been marked as broken since at least November 2024."; # Added 2025-09-28
   kdbplus = throw "'kdbplus' has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-05-06
   kdeconnect = throw "'kdeconnect' has been renamed to/replaced by 'plasma5Packages.kdeconnect-kde'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   keepkey_agent = keepkey-agent; # added 2024-01-06