diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xh/xhyve/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xh/xhyve/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e7e9bb506de2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xh/xhyve/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  zlib,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "xhyve";
-  version = "20210203";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "machyve";
-    repo = "xhyve";
-    rev = "83516a009c692ea5d2993d1071e68d05d359b11e";
-    sha256 = "1pjdg4ppy6qh3vr1ls5zyw3jzcvwny9wydnmfpadwij1hvns7lj3";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    zlib
-  ];
-
-  # Don't use git to determine version
-  prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace Makefile \
-      --replace 'shell git describe --abbrev=6 --dirty --always --tags' "$version"
-  '';
-
-  makeFlags = [
-    "CFLAGS+=-Wno-shift-sign-overflow"
-    ''CFLAGS+=-DVERSION=\"${version}\"''
-  ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp build/xhyve $out/bin
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Lightweight Virtualization on macOS Based on bhyve";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/mist64/xhyve";
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
-    # never built on aarch64-darwin since first introduction in nixpkgs
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index e93aea5303c0..ab8e993666ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2972,6 +2972,7 @@ mapAliases {
   xflux = throw "'xflux' has been removed as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-22
   xflux-gui = throw "'xflux-gui' has been removed as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-22
   xhtml1 = throw "'xhtml1' has been removed because it was superseded in 2018"; # Added 2026-07-24
+  xhyve = throw "'xhyve' has been removed because x86_64-darwin is no longer supported"; # Added 2026-10-26
   xinput_calibrator = xinput-calibrator; # Added 2025-08-28
   xjump = throw "'xjump' has been removed as it is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-22
   xkeyboardconfig = xkeyboard-config; # Added 2026-02-04