diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyenae/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyenae/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f4f3152338e8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyenae/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  libdnet,
-  pkg-config,
-  libpcap,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "hyenae";
-  version = "0.36-1";
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/hyenae/${version}/hyenae-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1f3x4yn9a9p4f4wk4l8pv7hxfjc8q7cv20xzf7ky735sq1hj0xcg";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    libdnet
-    libpcap
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "";
-    homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/hyenae/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.marcweber ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index e6378d8280c5..fa635a073dd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ mapAliases {
   ht-rust = throw "'ht-rust' has been renamed to/replaced by 'xh'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   hydra_unstable = hydra; # Added 2024-08-22
   hydron = throw "hydron has been removed as the project has been archived upstream since 2022 and is affected by a severe remote code execution vulnerability";
+  hyenae = throw "hyenae has been removed because it fails to build and was unmaintained for 15 years"; # Added 2025-04-04
   hyprgui = throw "hyprgui has been removed as the repository is deleted"; # Added 2024-12-27
   hyprlauncher = throw "hyprlauncher has been removed as the repository is deleted"; # Added 2024-12-27
   hyprwall = throw "hyprwall has been removed as the repository is deleted"; # Added 2024-12-27