diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/zk/zkfuse/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/zk/zkfuse/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3751f1e4dda5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/zk/zkfuse/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  autoreconfHook,
-  boost,
-  fuse,
-  log4cxx,
-  zookeeper,
-  zookeeper_mt,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "zkfuse";
-  inherit (zookeeper_mt) version src;
-
-  sourceRoot = "apache-${zookeeper.pname}-${version}/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkfuse";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    zookeeper_mt
-    log4cxx
-    boost
-    fuse
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Make the async API accessible, and use the proper include path.
-    sed -i src/zkadapter.h \
-        -e '/"zookeeper\.h"/i#define THREADED' \
-        -e 's,"zookeeper\.h",<zookeeper/zookeeper.h>,'
-  '';
-
-  # c++17 (gcc-11's default) breaks the build as:
-  #   zkadapter.h:616:33: error: ISO C++17 does not allow dynamic exception specifications
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [ "-std=c++14" ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp -v src/zkfuse $out/bin
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Utility to mount a Zookeeper instance as a file-system";
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ztzg ];
-    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-    mainProgram = "zkfuse";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 422eb0b0b3ec..941efad7134e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2843,6 +2843,7 @@ mapAliases {
   zigbee2mqtt_2 = zigbee2mqtt; # Added 2025-08-11
   zinc = throw "'zinc' has been renamed to/replaced by 'zincsearch'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   zint = throw "'zint' has been renamed to/replaced by 'zint-qt'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  zkfuse = throw "'zkfuse' has been removed as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2026-07-20
   zmkBATx = warnAlias "'zmkBATx' has been renamed to 'zmkbatx'" zmkbatx; # Added 2026-02-18
   zombietrackergps = throw "'zombietrackergps' has been dropped, as it depends on KDE Gear 5 and is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-20
   zotero-beta = throw "'zotero-beta' has been removed. Use 'zotero' instead."; # Added 2026-03-05