diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qn/qnial/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qn/qnial/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a89062a18c2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qn/qnial/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchFromBitbucket,
-  libxcrypt,
-  ncurses,
-  pkg-config,
-  stdenv,
-  unzip,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "qnial";
-  version = "6.3_1";
-
-  src = fetchFromBitbucket {
-    owner = "museoa";
-    repo = "qnial";
-    rev = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-QhjEq6YKO6OKy7+dlHeTWQvCvrF8zS7o8QfPD8WDXy0=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-    unzip
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    ncurses
-    libxcrypt
-  ];
-
-  strictDeps = true;
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    cd build
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    cd ..
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib
-    cp build/nial $out/bin/
-    cp -r niallib $out/lib/
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Array language from Nial Systems";
-    homepage = "https://bitbucket.com/museoa/qnial";
-    license = lib.licenses.artistic1;
-    mainProgram = "nial";
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index fc157b83c056..b15501ba0e68 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1669,6 +1669,7 @@ mapAliases {
   qbittorrent-qt5 = throw "'qbittorrent-qt5' has been removed as qBittorrent 5 dropped support for Qt 5. Please use 'qbittorrent'"; # Added 2024-09-30
   qcsxcad = throw "'qcsxcad' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libsForQt5.qcsxcad'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   qflipper = qFlipper; # Added 2022-02-11
+  qnial = throw "'qnial' has been removed due to failing to build and being unmaintained"; # Added 2025-06-26
   qscintilla = libsForQt5.qscintilla; # Added 2023-09-20
   qscintilla-qt6 = qt6Packages.qscintilla; # Added 2023-09-20
   qt515 = qt5; # Added 2022-11-24