diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wi/wingpanel-indicator-ayatana/fix-libapplication-dir.patch b/pkgs/by-name/wi/wingpanel-indicator-ayatana/fix-libapplication-dir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d9a510b751e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wi/wingpanel-indicator-ayatana/fix-libapplication-dir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/IndicatorFactory.vala b/src/IndicatorFactory.vala
-index 9411de0..632d83b 100644
---- a/src/IndicatorFactory.vala
-+++ b/src/IndicatorFactory.vala
-@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class AyatanaCompatibility.IndicatorFactory : Object, IndicatorLoader {
-     public Gee.Collection<IndicatorIface> get_indicators () {
-         if (indicators == null) {
-             indicators = new Gee.LinkedList<IndicatorIface> ();
--            load_indicator (File.new_for_path (Constants.AYATANA_INDICATOR_DIR), "libapplication.so");
-+            load_indicator (File.new_for_path ("@indicator_application@/lib/indicators3/7/"), "libapplication.so");
-         }
- 
-         return indicators.read_only_view;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wi/wingpanel-indicator-ayatana/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wi/wingpanel-indicator-ayatana/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d617fa5ab0c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wi/wingpanel-indicator-ayatana/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  unstableGitUpdater,
-  replaceVars,
-  meson,
-  ninja,
-  pkg-config,
-  vala,
-  gtk3,
-  libindicator-gtk3,
-  pantheon,
-  indicator-application-gtk3,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "wingpanel-indicator-ayatana";
-  version = "2.0.7-unstable-2023-04-18";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Lafydev";
-    repo = "wingpanel-indicator-ayatana";
-    rev = "d554663b4e199d44c1f1d53b5cc39b9a775b3f1c";
-    sha256 = "sha256-dEk0exLh+TGuQt7be2YRTS2EzPD55+edR8WibthXwhI=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Tells the indicator the path for libapplication.so
-    (replaceVars ./fix-libapplication-dir.patch {
-      indicator_application = indicator-application-gtk3;
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    meson
-    ninja
-    pkg-config
-    vala
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    gtk3
-    libindicator-gtk3
-    pantheon.granite
-    pantheon.wingpanel
-  ];
-
-  passthru = {
-    updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
-      url = "https://github.com/Lafydev/wingpanel-indicator-ayatana.git";
-    };
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Ayatana Compatibility Indicator for Wingpanel";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Lafydev/wingpanel-indicator-ayatana";
-    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    teams = [ lib.teams.pantheon ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4dc3a14a1875..dd9ba3ff6253 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1771,6 +1771,7 @@ mapAliases {
   win-pvdrivers = throw "'win-pvdrivers' has been removed as it was subject to the Xen build machine compromise (XSN-01) and has open security vulnerabilities (XSA-468)"; # Added 2025-08-29
   win-virtio = throw "'win-virtio' has been renamed to/replaced by 'virtio-win'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   wineWayland = throw "'wineWayland' has been renamed to/replaced by 'wine-wayland'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  wingpanel-indicator-ayatana = throw "'wingpanel-indicator-ayatana' has been removed as it is archived upstream and doesn't work with pantheon 8 and onwards. Use wingpanel-indicator-namarupa instead"; # Added 2026-01-14
   winhelpcgi = throw "'winhelpcgi' has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream and broken with GCC 14"; # Added 2025-06-14
   wkhtmltopdf-bin = throw "'wkhtmltopdf-bin' has been renamed to/replaced by 'wkhtmltopdf'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   wlx-overlay-s = throw "'wlx-overlay-s' and 'wayvr-dashboard' have been merged into a single application. Please switch to 'wayvr'"; # Added 2026-01-09