diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/quickbms/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/quickbms/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 15e2a2e4d91e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/quickbms/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchzip,
-  fetchpatch,
-  bzip2,
-  lzo,
-  openssl_1_1,
-  opensslSupport ? false,
-  zlib,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.11.0";
-  pname = "quickbms";
-
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://aluigi.altervista.org/papers/quickbms-src-${version}.zip";
-    hash = "sha256-uQKTE36pLO8uhrX794utqaDGUeyqRz6zLCQFA7DYkNc=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Fix errors on x86_64 and _rotl definition
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "0001-fix-compile.patch";
-      url = "https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/fix-compile.patch?h=quickbms&id=a2e3e4638295d7cfe39513bfef9447fb23154a6b";
-      hash = "sha256-49fT/L4BNzMYnq1SXhFMgSDLybLkz6KSbgKmUpZZu08=";
-      stripLen = 1;
-    })
-  ] ++ lib.optional (!opensslSupport) ./0002-disable-openssl.patch;
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    bzip2
-    lzo
-    zlib
-  ] ++ lib.optional (opensslSupport) openssl_1_1;
-
-  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Universal script based file extractor and reimporter";
-    homepage = "https://aluigi.altervista.org/quickbms.htm";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    mainProgram = "quickbms";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8357d7f13432..5d510ff5035d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1593,6 +1593,7 @@ mapAliases {
   qtcurve = throw "'qtcurve' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libsForQt5.qtcurve'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   qtile-unwrapped = python3.pkgs.qtile; # Added 2023-05-12
   quantum-espresso-mpi = quantum-espresso; # Added 2023-11-23
+  quickbms = throw "'quickbms' has been removed due to being unmaintained for many years."; # Added 2025-05-17
   quicklispPackages = throw "Lisp packages have been redesigned. See 'lisp-modules' in the nixpkgs manual."; # Added 2024-05-07
   quicklispPackagesABCL = throw "Lisp packages have been redesigned. See 'lisp-modules' in the nixpkgs manual."; # Added 2024-05-07
   quicklispPackagesCCL = throw "Lisp packages have been redesigned. See 'lisp-modules' in the nixpkgs manual."; # Added 2024-05-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 965d9d23d8bd..95f7a2e87cd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4283,8 +4283,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   qlcplus = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/qlcplus { };
 
-  quickbms = pkgsi686Linux.callPackage ../tools/archivers/quickbms { };
-
   qdigidoc = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/security/qdigidoc { };
 
   qjournalctl = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/system/qjournalctl { };