diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/archiveopteryx/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/archiveopteryx/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 99e482323a46..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/archiveopteryx/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, perl, zlib, jam }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "3.2.0";
-  pname = "archiveopteryx";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://archiveopteryx.org/download/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0i0zg8di8nbh96qnyyr156ikwcsq1w9b2291bazm5whb351flmqx";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ jam ];
-  buildInputs = [ openssl perl zlib ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export INSTALLROOT=installroot
-    sed -i 's:BINDIR = $(PREFIX)/bin:BINDIR = '$out'/bin:' ./Jamsettings
-    sed -i 's:SBINDIR = $(PREFIX)/sbin:SBINDIR = '$out'/bin:' ./Jamsettings
-    sed -i 's:LIBDIR = $(PREFIX)/lib:LIBDIR = '$out'/lib:' ./Jamsettings
-    sed -i 's:MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/man:MANDIR = '$out'/share/man:' ./Jamsettings
-    sed -i 's:READMEDIR = $(PREFIX):READMEDIR = '$out'/share/doc/archiveopteryx:' ./Jamsettings
-  '';
-
-  # fix build on gcc7+ and gcc11+
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString ([
-    "-std=c++11" # c++17+ has errors
-    "-Wno-error=builtin-declaration-mismatch"
-    "-Wno-error=deprecated-copy"
-    "-Wno-error=implicit-fallthrough"
-    "-Wno-error=nonnull"
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.cc.isGNU && lib.versionAtLeast stdenv.cc.version "11") [
-    "-Wno-error=mismatched-new-delete"
-  ]);
-
-  buildPhase = ''jam "-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES" '';
-  installPhase = ''
-    jam install
-    mv installroot/$out $out
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "http://archiveopteryx.org/";
-    description = "An advanced PostgreSQL-based IMAP/POP server";
-    license = licenses.postgresql;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.phunehehe ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index cce25da849d9..20c3ddbfc53f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   apacheAnt_1_9 = throw "Ant 1.9 has been removed since it's not used in nixpkgs anymore"; # Added 2023-11-12
   antimicroX = antimicrox; # Added 2021-10-31
   arcanPackages = throw "arcanPackages was removed and its sub-attributes were promoted to top-level"; # Added 2023-11-26
+  archiveopteryx = throw "archiveopteryx depended on an unsupported version of OpenSSL and was unmaintained"; # Added 2024-01-03
   ardour_6 = throw "ardour_6 has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # Added 2023-10-13
   aseprite-unfree = aseprite; # Added 2023-08-26
   asls = throw "asls has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2023-03-16
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 326b42c16f21..667e4a9c1a88 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25943,10 +25943,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   appdaemon = callPackage ../servers/home-assistant/appdaemon.nix { };
 
-  archiveopteryx = callPackage ../servers/mail/archiveopteryx {
-    openssl = openssl_1_1;
-  };
-
   asouldocs = callPackage ../servers/asouldocs { };
 
   atlassian-bamboo = callPackage ../servers/atlassian/bamboo.nix { };