diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a2a47c5aef1a4..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  hspell,
-}:
-
-let
-  dict =
-    variant: a:
-    stdenv.mkDerivation (
-      {
-        inherit (hspell)
-          version
-          src
-          patches
-          postPatch
-          nativeBuildInputs
-          ;
-        buildFlags = [ variant ];
-
-        meta =
-          hspell.meta
-          // {
-            broken = true;
-            description = "${variant} Hebrew dictionary";
-          }
-          // (lib.optionalAttrs (a ? meta) a.meta);
-      }
-      // (removeAttrs a [ "meta" ])
-    );
-in
-{
-  recurseForDerivations = true;
-
-  aspell = dict "aspell" {
-    pname = "aspell-dict-he";
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/lib/aspell
-      cp -v he_affix.dat he.wl $out/lib/aspell'';
-  };
-
-  myspell = dict "myspell" {
-    pname = "myspell-dict-he";
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/lib/myspell
-      cp -v he.dic he.aff $out/lib/myspell'';
-  };
-
-  hunspell = dict "hunspell" {
-    pname = "hunspell-dict-he";
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/lib
-      cp -rv hunspell $out/lib'';
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 70cfdeb0ebca7..0587e09557b6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -846,6 +846,7 @@ mapAliases {
   hostPlatform = warnAlias "'hostPlatform' has been renamed to/replaced by 'stdenv.hostPlatform'" stdenv.hostPlatform; # Converted to warning 2025-10-28
   hpmyroom = throw "hpmyroom has been removed because it has been marked as broken since May 2024."; # Added 2025-10-11
   hpp-fcl = throw "'hpp-fcl' has been renamed to/replaced by 'coal'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  hspellDicts = throw "'hspellDicts' has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-02-05
   http-prompt = throw "'http-prompt' has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-11-26
   hydra_unstable = throw "'hydra_unstable' has been renamed to/replaced by 'hydra'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   i3-gaps = throw "'i3-gaps' has been renamed to/replaced by 'i3'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8a985cf429e7e..8c3196abf6646 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6735,8 +6735,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   highfive-mpi = highfive.override { hdf5 = hdf5-mpi; };
 
-  hspellDicts = callPackage ../development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix { };
-
   hunspellDicts = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackages ../by-name/hu/hunspell/dictionaries.nix { });
 
   hunspellDictsChromium = recurseIntoAttrs (