diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/default.nix
index 6daf57588163..eb0dcdadd900 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/default.nix
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ let
       ktimer = callPackage ./ktimer.nix { };
       ktnef = callPackage ./ktnef.nix { };
       ktorrent = callPackage ./ktorrent.nix { };
-      ktouch = callPackage ./ktouch.nix { };
       kturtle = callPackage ./kturtle.nix { };
       kwalletmanager = callPackage ./kwalletmanager.nix { };
       kwave = callPackage ./kwave.nix { };
@@ -280,6 +279,7 @@ let
     }
     // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
       k3b = throw "libsForQt5.k3b has been dropped in favor of kdePackages.k3b";
+      ktouch = throw "ktouch has been dropped due keyboard layout issues";
     };
 
 in
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/ktouch.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/ktouch.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 08f4f58262d0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/ktouch.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-{
-  mkDerivation,
-  lib,
-  extra-cmake-modules,
-  kdoctools,
-  kconfig,
-  kconfigwidgets,
-  kcoreaddons,
-  kdeclarative,
-  ki18n,
-  kitemviews,
-  kcmutils,
-  kio,
-  knewstuff,
-  ktexteditor,
-  kwidgetsaddons,
-  kwindowsystem,
-  kxmlgui,
-  qtscript,
-  qtdeclarative,
-  kqtquickcharts,
-  qtx11extras,
-  qtgraphicaleffects,
-  qtxmlpatterns,
-  qtquickcontrols2,
-  xorg,
-}:
-
-mkDerivation {
-  pname = "ktouch";
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://apps.kde.org/ktouch/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    description = "Touch typing tutor from the KDE software collection";
-    mainProgram = "ktouch";
-  };
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    extra-cmake-modules
-    kdoctools
-    qtdeclarative
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    kconfig
-    kconfigwidgets
-    kcoreaddons
-    kdeclarative
-    ki18n
-    kitemviews
-    kcmutils
-    kio
-    knewstuff
-    ktexteditor
-    kwidgetsaddons
-    kwindowsystem
-    kxmlgui
-    qtscript
-    qtdeclarative
-    kqtquickcharts
-    qtx11extras
-    qtgraphicaleffects
-    qtxmlpatterns
-    qtquickcontrols2
-    xorg.libxkbfile
-    xorg.libxcb
-  ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-}