From 451b949673e842acaddfa0c3eeee9998cb23c06a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jopejoe1 <jopejoe1@missing.ninja>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:02:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] firefox-beta: drop

---
 nixos/tests/all-tests.nix                     |  4 --
 .../firefox/packages/firefox-beta.nix         | 44 -------------------
 pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix                    |  2 +
 pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix               | 13 ------
 4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages/firefox-beta.nix

diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 8b68cd8f1ffa..5763fe069f9b 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -647,10 +647,6 @@ in
     imports = [ ./firefox.nix ];
     _module.args.firefoxPackage = pkgs.firefox;
   };
-  firefox-beta = runTest {
-    imports = [ ./firefox.nix ];
-    _module.args.firefoxPackage = pkgs.firefox-beta;
-  };
   firefox-devedition = runTest {
     imports = [ ./firefox.nix ];
     _module.args.firefoxPackage = pkgs.firefox-devedition;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages/firefox-beta.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages/firefox-beta.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a307f172274..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages/firefox-beta.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  callPackage,
-  fetchurl,
-  nixosTests,
-  buildMozillaMach,
-}:
-
-buildMozillaMach rec {
-  pname = "firefox-beta";
-  binaryName = "firefox-beta";
-  version = "156.0b4";
-  applicationName = "Firefox Beta";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://mozilla/firefox/releases/${version}/source/firefox-${version}.source.tar.xz";
-    sha512 = "2aa751d66854145bf260dd04fe1473ca20275c02e51c07efdda769d7980cdaee6dc393cac32fe3bb4ed131249fde81e150c284ee38af5fc560da7704947a6453";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    changelog = "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}beta/releasenotes/";
-    description = "Web browser built from Firefox Beta Release source tree";
-    homepage = "http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jopejoe1 ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    broken = stdenv.buildPlatform.is32bit;
-    # since Firefox 60, build on 32-bit platforms fails with "out of memory".
-    # not in `badPlatforms` because cross-compilation on 64-bit machine might work.
-    maxSilent = 14400; # 4h, double the default of 7200s (c.f. #129212, #129115)
-    license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
-    mainProgram = binaryName;
-    identifiers.cpeParts = lib.meta.cpeFullVersionWithVendor "mozilla" version // {
-      product = "firefox";
-      sw_edition = "beta";
-    };
-  };
-  tests = {
-    inherit (nixosTests) firefox-beta;
-  };
-  updateScript = callPackage ../update.nix {
-    attrPath = "firefox-beta-unwrapped";
-    versionSuffix = "b[0-9]*";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 12b9281fc51d..c10722278824 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -848,7 +848,9 @@ mapAliases {
   fingerd_bsd = throw "'fingerd_bsd' has been renamed to/replaced by 'bsd-fingerd'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   fira-code-nerdfont = throw "'fira-code-nerdfont' has been renamed to/replaced by 'nerd-fonts.fira-code'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   firebird_2_5 = throw "'firebird_2_5' has been removed as it has reached end-of-life and does not build."; # Added 2025-06-10
+  firefox-beta = warnAlias "'firefox-beta' has been removed as it has a too large maintaince overhead while not providing enough benefits. Please use 'firefox'" firefox; # Added 2026-09-28
   firefox-beta-bin = warnAlias "`firefox-beta-bin` is removed.  Please use `firefox-beta` or `firefox-bin` instead." firefox-beta; # Added 2025-06-06
+  firefox-beta-unwrapped = warnAlias "'firefox-beta-unwrapped' has been removed as it has a too large maintaince overhead while not providing enough benefits. Please use 'firefox-unwrapped'" firefox-unwrapped; # Added 2026-09-28
   firefox-devedition-bin = warnAlias "`firefox-devedition-bin` is removed.  Please use `firefox-devedition` or `firefox-bin` instead." firefox-devedition; # Added 2025-06-06
   firefox-esr-128 = throw "The Firefox 128 ESR series has reached its end of life. Upgrade to `firefox-esr` or `firefox-esr-140` instead."; # Added 2025-08-21
   firefox-esr-128-unwrapped = throw "The Firefox 128 ESR series has reached its end of life. Upgrade to `firefox-esr-unwrapped` or `firefox-esr-140-unwrapped` instead."; # Added 2025-08-21
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d8329ef5cb86..805eb61c8f27 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8473,18 +8473,6 @@ with pkgs;
       buildMozillaMach
       ;
   };
-  firefox-beta-unwrapped =
-    import ../applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages/firefox-beta.nix
-      {
-        inherit
-          stdenv
-          lib
-          callPackage
-          fetchurl
-          nixosTests
-          buildMozillaMach
-          ;
-      };
   firefox-devedition-unwrapped =
     import ../applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages/firefox-devedition.nix
       {
@@ -8522,7 +8510,6 @@ with pkgs;
   firefox-esr-unwrapped = firefox-esr-153-unwrapped;
 
   firefox = wrapFirefox firefox-unwrapped { };
-  firefox-beta = wrapFirefox firefox-beta-unwrapped { };
   firefox-devedition = wrapFirefox firefox-devedition-unwrapped { };
 
   firefox-mobile = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/firefox/mobile-config.nix { };