diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sl/slrn/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sl/slrn/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 78de45eb99049..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sl/slrn/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  slang,
-  ncurses,
-  openssl,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "slrn";
-  version = "1.0.3a";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.jedsoft.org/releases/slrn/slrn-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1b1d9iikr60w0vq86y9a0l4gjl0jxhdznlrdp3r405i097as9a1v";
-  };
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -i -e "s|-ltermcap|-lncurses|" configure
-    sed -i autoconf/Makefile.in src/Makefile.in \
-      -e "s|/bin/cp|cp|"  \
-      -e "s|/bin/rm|rm|"
-  '';
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-slang=${slang.dev}"
-    "--with-ssl=${openssl.dev}"
-    "--with-slrnpull"
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    slang
-    ncurses
-    openssl
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Slrn (S-Lang read news) newsreader";
-    homepage = "https://slrn.sourceforge.net/index.html";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = with platforms; linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 6c8f4710f594b..529bf8180b159 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1727,6 +1727,7 @@ mapAliases {
   skypeforlinux = throw "Skype has been shut down in May 2025"; # Added 2025-05-05
   slack-dark = throw "'slack-dark' has been renamed to/replaced by 'slack'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   slimerjs = throw "slimerjs does not work with any version of Firefox newer than 59; upstream ended the project in 2021. <https://slimerjs.org/faq.html#end-of-development>"; # added 2025-01-06
+  slrn = throw "'slrn' has been removed because it is unmaintained upstream and broken."; # Added 2025-06-11
   slurm-llnl = slurm; # renamed July 2017
   sm64ex-coop = throw "'sm64ex-coop' was removed as it was archived upstream. Consider migrating to 'sm64coopdx'"; # added 2024-11-23
   smartgithg = smartgit; # renamed March 2025