diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/tm/tm/missing-string-header.patch b/pkgs/by-name/tm/tm/missing-string-header.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 134102400a6d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/tm/tm/missing-string-header.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/unix_client.c b/unix_client.c
-index 920910a..6d608fd 100644
---- a/unix_client.c
-+++ b/unix_client.c
-@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
- #include <sys/socket.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <assert.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- 
- #include "main.h"
- #include "handlers.h"
-diff --git a/unix_server.c b/unix_server.c
-index 5cf93ed..d3c51c9 100644
---- a/unix_server.c
-+++ b/unix_server.c
-@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
- #include <assert.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- #include <sys/un.h>
- #include <sys/socket.h>
- #include <sys/select.h>
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/tm/tm/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/tm/tm/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 740e6e175892..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/tm/tm/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "tm";
-  version = "0.4.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://vicerveza.homeunix.net/~viric/soft/tm/tm-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-OzibwDtpZK1f+lejRLiR/bz3ybJgSt2nI6hj+DZXxKA=";
-  };
-
-  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
-
-  patches = [
-    # fix using strncpy and strlen without including string.h
-    ./missing-string-header.patch
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i 's@/usr/bin/install@install@g ; s/gcc/cc/g' Makefile
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Terminal mixer - multiplexer for the i/o of terminal applications";
-    homepage = "http://vicerveza.homeunix.net/~viric/soft/tm";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
-    mainProgram = "tm";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c72a6b3fa1b9..856ddd41a9c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2051,6 +2051,7 @@ mapAliases {
   tkimg = throw "'tkimg' has been renamed to/replaced by 'tclPackages.tkimg'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   tla = throw "'tla' has been removed as it is broken and unmaintained. Please use 'breezy' instead"; # Added 2026-04-23
   tlaplusToolbox = tlaplus-toolbox; # Added 2025-08-21
+  tm = throw "'tm' has been removed as it is broken and hasn't been maintained upstream since 2014"; # Added 2026-05-05
   tokyo-night-gtk = throw "'tokyo-night-gtk' has been renamed to/replaced by 'tokyonight-gtk-theme'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   tomcat_connectors = throw "'tomcat_connectors' has been renamed to/replaced by 'apacheHttpdPackages.mod_jk'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   tooling-language-server = deputy; # Added 2025-06-22