diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrixcli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrixcli/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b501facb7f6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrixcli/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub
-  , buildPythonApplication, buildPythonPackage
-  , pygobject3, pytest-runner, requests, responses, pytest, python-olm
-  , canonicaljson, olm
-}:
-let
-  mainsrc = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "saadnpq";
-    repo = "matrixcli";
-    rev = "61ebde173ca2f77185c261c2b7f6db297ca89863";
-    sha256 = "sha256-eH/8b8IyfXqUo7odSECYF+84pXTsP+5S7pFR3oWXknU=";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-  };
-
-  sdk = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    pname = "matrix-python-sdk-matrixcli";
-    version = "0.0.2019-08-15";
-
-    src = "${mainsrc}/matrix-python-sdk/";
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [
-      requests responses olm python-olm canonicaljson
-      pytest-runner pytest
-    ];
-
-    doCheck = false;
-    doInstallCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-      description = "Fork of Matrix Python SDK";
-      platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    };
-  };
-
-in
-buildPythonApplication rec {
-  pname = "matrixcli";
-  version = "0.0.2019-08-15";
-
-  src = mainsrc;
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [pygobject3 sdk];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "CLI client for Matrix";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = [lib.maintainers.raskin];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    homepage = "https://github.com/saadnpq/matrixcli";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5ab7f14a911b..6971d3479f9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   markdown-pp = throw "markdown-pp was removed from nixpkgs, because the upstream archived it on 2021-09-02"; # Added 2023-07-22
   markmind = throw "markmind has been removed from nixpkgs, because it depended on an old version of electron"; # Added 2023-09-12
   matrique = spectral; # Added 2020-01-27
+  matrixcli = throw "'matrixcli' has been removed due to being unmaintained and broken functionality. Recommend 'matrix-commander' as an alternative"; # Added 2024-03-09
   matrix-recorder = throw "matrix-recorder has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2023-05-21
   maui-nota = libsForQt5.mauiPackages.nota; # added 2022-05-17
   mbox = throw "'mbox' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2023-12-21
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6975e08963e1..1ba9dba64533 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -33202,12 +33202,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   matchbox = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/matchbox { };
 
-  matrixcli = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrixcli {
-    inherit (python3Packages) buildPythonApplication buildPythonPackage
-      pygobject3 pytest-runner requests responses pytest python-olm
-      canonicaljson;
-  };
-
   matrix-commander = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrix-commander { };
 
   matrix-dl = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrix-dl { };