diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/default.nix
index 5356d189112ee..e8ec34c01f10f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/default.nix
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (
 
     purple-xmpp-http-upload = callPackage ./purple-xmpp-http-upload { };
 
-    tdlib-purple = callPackage ./tdlib-purple { };
   }
   // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
+    tdlib-purple = throw "'pidginPackages.tdlib-purple' has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-02-05
     purple-matrix = throw "'pidginPackages.purple-matrix' has been unmaintained since April 2022, so it was removed.";
     pidgin-skypeweb = throw "'pidginPackages.pidgin-skypeweb' has been removed since Skype was shut down in May 2025.";
     purple-hangouts = throw "'pidginPackages.purple-hangouts' has been removed as Hangouts Classic is obsolete and migrated to Google Chat.";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/tdlib-purple/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/tdlib-purple/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d9c14c3635795..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/tdlib-purple/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
-  cmake,
-  libwebp,
-  pidgin,
-  tdlib,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "tdlib-purple";
-  version = "0.8.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "ars3niy";
-    repo = "tdlib-purple";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-mrowzTtNLyMc2WwLVIop8Mg2DbyiQs0OPXmJuM9QUnM=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Update to tdlib 1.8.0
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/ars3niy/tdlib-purple/commit/8c87b899ddbec32ec6ab4a34ddf0dc770f97d396.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-sysPYPno+wS8mZwQAXtX5eVnhwKAZrtr5gXuddN3mko=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -i -e 's|DESTINATION.*PURPLE_PLUGIN_DIR}|DESTINATION "lib/purple-2|' CMakeLists.txt
-    sed -i -e 's|DESTINATION.*PURPLE_DATA_DIR}|DESTINATION "share|' CMakeLists.txt
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    libwebp
-    pidgin
-    tdlib
-  ];
-
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DNoVoip=True" ]; # libtgvoip required
-
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString (
-    lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64) [ "-U__ARM_NEON__" ]
-  );
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/ars3niy/tdlib-purple";
-    description = "libpurple Telegram plugin using tdlib";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sikmir ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-
-    # tdlib-purple is not actively maintained and currently not
-    # compatible with recent versions of tdlib
-    broken = true;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 70cfdeb0ebca7..14727443f7f50 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ mapAliases {
   tcptrace = throw "tcptrace has been removed as it was broken and upstream is gone"; # Added 2026-02-02
   tdesktop = throw "'tdesktop' has been renamed to/replaced by 'telegram-desktop'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   tdfgo = throw "'tdfgo' has been removed because it was removed from upstream"; # Added 2025-12-18
-  tdlib-purple = throw "'tdlib-purple' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pidginPackages.tdlib-purple'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  tdlib-purple = throw "'tdlib-purple' has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-02-05
   tdom = throw "'tdom' has been renamed to/replaced by 'tclPackages.tdom'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   teamspeak5_client = throw "'teamspeak5_client' has been renamed to/replaced by 'teamspeak6-client'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   teamspeak_client = throw "'teamspeak_client' has been renamed to/replaced by 'teamspeak3'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27