diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
index bce2805f74d4..eb3aa5a43472 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
@@ -548,6 +548,8 @@
 - `security.pam.u2f` now follows RFC42.
   All module options are now settable through the freeform `.settings`.
 
+- Mikutter was removed because the package was broken and had no maintainers.
+
 - Gollum was upgraded to major version 6. Read their [migration notes](https://github.com/gollum/gollum/wiki/6.0-Release-Notes).
 
 - The hooks `yarnConfigHook` and `yarnBuildHook` were added. These should replace `yarn2nix.mkYarnPackage` and other `yarn2nix` related tools. The motivation to get rid of `yarn2nix` tools is the fact that they are too complex and hard to maintain, and they rely upon too much Nix evaluation which is problematic if import-from-derivation is not allowed (see more details at [#296856](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/296856). The transition from `mkYarnPackage` to `yarn{Config,Build}Hook` is tracked at [#324246](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/324246).
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index eeb5f582f25c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, bundlerEnv
-, alsa-utils
-, atk
-, copyDesktopItems
-, gobject-introspection
-, gtk2
-, ruby
-, libicns
-, libnotify
-, makeDesktopItem
-, which
-, wrapGAppsHook3
-, writeText
-}:
-
-let
-  # NOTE: $out may have different values depending on context
-  mikutterPaths = rec {
-    optPrefixDir = "$out/opt/mikutter";
-    appPrefixDir = "$out/Applications/mikutter.app/Contents";
-    appBinDir = "${appPrefixDir}/MacOS";
-    appResourceDir = "${appPrefixDir}/Resources";
-    iconPath = "${optPrefixDir}/core/skin/data/icon.png";
-  };
-
-  gems = bundlerEnv {
-    name = "mikutter-gems"; # leave the version out to enable package reuse
-    gemdir = ./deps;
-    groups = [ "default" "plugin" ];
-    inherit ruby;
-
-    # Avoid the following error:
-    # > `<module:Moneta>': uninitialized constant Moneta::Builder (NameError)
-    #
-    # Related:
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/76510
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/76765
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/83442
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/106545
-    copyGemFiles = true;
-  };
-
-  mkDesktopItem = { description }:
-    makeDesktopItem {
-      name = "mikutter";
-      desktopName = "mikutter";
-      exec = "mikutter";
-      icon = "mikutter";
-      categories = [ "Network" ];
-      comment = description;
-      keywords = [ "Mastodon" ];
-    };
-
-  mkInfoPlist = { version }:
-    writeText "Info.plist" (lib.generators.toPlist { } {
-      CFBundleName = "mikutter";
-      CFBundleDisplayName = "mikutter";
-      CFBundleExecutable = "mikutter";
-      CFBundleIconFile = "mikutter";
-      CFBundleIdentifier = "net.hachune.mikutter";
-      CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion = "6.0";
-      CFBundlePackageType = "APPL";
-      CFBundleVersion = version;
-      CFBundleShortVersionString = version;
-    });
-
-  inherit (gems) wrappedRuby;
-in
-with mikutterPaths; stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "mikutter";
-  version = "4.1.4";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://mikutter.hachune.net/bin/mikutter-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "05253nz4i1lmnq6czj48qdab2ny4vx2mznj6nsn2l1m2z6zqkwk3";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ copyDesktopItems wrapGAppsHook3 gobject-introspection ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ libicns ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    atk
-    gtk2
-    libnotify
-    which # some plugins use it at runtime
-    wrappedRuby
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ alsa-utils ];
-
-  scriptPath = lib.makeBinPath (
-    [ wrappedRuby libnotify which ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ alsa-utils ]
-  );
-
-  postUnpack = ''
-    rm -rf vendor
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    mkdir -p $out/bin ${optPrefixDir}
-
-    install -Dm644 README $out/share/doc/mikutter/README
-    install -Dm644 LICENSE $out/share/doc/mikutter/LICENSE
-    rm -r README LICENSE deployment
-
-    cp -r . ${optPrefixDir}
-
-    gappsWrapperArgsHook # FIXME: currently runs at preFixup
-    wrapGApp ${optPrefixDir}/mikutter.rb \
-      --prefix PATH : "${scriptPath}" \
-      --set DISABLE_BUNDLER_SETUP 1
-    mv ${optPrefixDir}/mikutter.rb $out/bin/mikutter
-
-    install -Dm644 ${iconPath} $out/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/mikutter.png
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  postInstall =
-    let
-      infoPlist = mkInfoPlist { inherit version; };
-    in
-    lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-      mkdir -p ${appBinDir} ${appResourceDir}
-      install -Dm644 ${infoPlist} ${appPrefixDir}/Info.plist
-      ln -s $out/bin/mikutter ${appBinDir}/mikutter
-      png2icns ${appResourceDir}/mikutter.icns ${iconPath}
-    '';
-
-  installCheckPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstallCheck
-
-    testDir="$(mktemp -d)"
-    install -Dm644 ${./test_plugin.rb} "$testDir/plugin/test_plugin/test_plugin.rb"
-
-    $out/bin/mikutter --confroot="$testDir" --plugin=test_plugin --debug
-
-    runHook postInstallCheck
-  '';
-
-  desktopItems = [
-    (mkDesktopItem { inherit (meta) description; })
-  ];
-
-  doInstallCheck = true;
-  dontWrapGApps = true; # the target is placed outside of bin/
-
-  passthru.updateScript = [ ./update.sh version (toString ./.) ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An extensible Mastodon client";
-    homepage = "https://mikutter.hachune.net";
-    platforms = ruby.meta.platforms;
-    license = licenses.mit;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/Gemfile b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/Gemfile
deleted file mode 100644
index fbe6a2f29c5d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/Gemfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-alias __source_distinct__ source
-def source(url)
-  @loaded ||= {}
-  unless @loaded[url]
-    @loaded[url] = true
-    __source_distinct__(url) end end
-
-source 'https://rubygems.org'
-
-ruby '>= 2.5.0'
-
-group :default do
-  gem 'addressable','>= 2.7.0', '< 2.8'
-  gem 'delayer','>= 1.1.2', '< 2.0'
-  gem 'delayer-deferred','>= 2.2.0', '< 3.0'
-  gem 'diva','>= 1.0.2', '< 2.0'
-  gem 'memoist','>= 0.16.2', '< 0.17'
-  gem 'oauth','>= 0.5.4'
-  gem 'pluggaloid','>= 1.5.0', '< 2.0'
-  gem 'typed-array','>= 0.1.2', '< 0.2'
-end
-
-group :test do
-  gem 'test-unit','>= 3.3.4', '< 4.0'
-  gem 'rake','>= 13.0.1'
-  gem 'mocha','>= 1.11.1'
-  gem 'webmock','>= 3.7.6'
-  gem 'ruby-prof','>= 1.1.0'
-end
-
-
-group :plugin do
-  Dir.glob(File.expand_path(File.join(__dir__, 'plugin/*/Gemfile'))){ |path|
-    eval File.open(path).read
-  }
-  Dir.glob(File.join(File.expand_path(ENV['MIKUTTER_CONFROOT'] || '~/.mikutter'), 'plugin/*/Gemfile')){ |path|
-    eval File.open(path).read
-  }
-end
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/Gemfile.lock b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/Gemfile.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 92568056d52a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/Gemfile.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-GEM
-  remote: https://rubygems.org/
-  specs:
-    addressable (2.7.0)
-      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0)
-    atk (3.4.1)
-      glib2 (= 3.4.1)
-    cairo (1.17.5)
-      native-package-installer (>= 1.0.3)
-      pkg-config (>= 1.2.2)
-      red-colors
-    cairo-gobject (3.4.1)
-      cairo (>= 1.16.2)
-      glib2 (= 3.4.1)
-    crack (0.4.5)
-      rexml
-    delayer (1.2.0)
-    delayer-deferred (2.2.0)
-      delayer (>= 1.1.2, < 2.0)
-    diva (1.0.2)
-      addressable (>= 2.5.2, < 2.8)
-    gdk_pixbuf2 (3.4.1)
-      gio2 (= 3.4.1)
-    gettext (3.3.7)
-      locale (>= 2.0.5)
-      text (>= 1.3.0)
-    gio2 (3.4.1)
-      gobject-introspection (= 3.4.1)
-    glib2 (3.4.1)
-      native-package-installer (>= 1.0.3)
-      pkg-config (>= 1.3.5)
-    gobject-introspection (3.4.1)
-      glib2 (= 3.4.1)
-    gtk2 (3.4.1)
-      atk (= 3.4.1)
-      gdk_pixbuf2 (= 3.4.1)
-      pango (= 3.4.1)
-    hashdiff (1.0.1)
-    httpclient (2.8.3)
-    instance_storage (1.0.0)
-    locale (2.1.3)
-    memoist (0.16.2)
-    mini_portile2 (2.5.0)
-    mocha (1.12.0)
-    moneta (1.4.1)
-    native-package-installer (1.1.1)
-    nokogiri (1.11.3)
-      mini_portile2 (~> 2.5.0)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
-    oauth (0.5.6)
-    pango (3.4.1)
-      cairo-gobject (= 3.4.1)
-      gobject-introspection (= 3.4.1)
-    pkg-config (1.4.6)
-    pluggaloid (1.5.0)
-      delayer (>= 1.1.0, < 2.0)
-      instance_storage (>= 1.0.0, < 2.0.0)
-    power_assert (2.0.0)
-    public_suffix (4.0.6)
-    racc (1.5.2)
-    rake (13.0.3)
-    red-colors (0.1.1)
-    rexml (3.2.5)
-    ruby-prof (1.4.3)
-    test-unit (3.4.0)
-      power_assert
-    text (1.3.1)
-    typed-array (0.1.2)
-    webmock (3.12.2)
-      addressable (>= 2.3.6)
-      crack (>= 0.3.2)
-      hashdiff (>= 0.4.0, < 2.0.0)
-
-PLATFORMS
-  ruby
-
-DEPENDENCIES
-  addressable (>= 2.7.0, < 2.8)
-  delayer (>= 1.1.2, < 2.0)
-  delayer-deferred (>= 2.2.0, < 3.0)
-  diva (>= 1.0.2, < 2.0)
-  gettext (>= 3.3.5, < 3.4)
-  gtk2 (= 3.4.1)
-  httpclient
-  memoist (>= 0.16.2, < 0.17)
-  mocha (>= 1.11.1)
-  moneta
-  nokogiri
-  oauth (>= 0.5.4)
-  pluggaloid (>= 1.5.0, < 2.0)
-  rake (>= 13.0.1)
-  ruby-prof (>= 1.1.0)
-  test-unit (>= 3.3.4, < 4.0)
-  typed-array (>= 0.1.2, < 0.2)
-  webmock (>= 3.7.6)
-
-RUBY VERSION
-   ruby 2.6.6p146
-
-BUNDLED WITH
-   2.1.4
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/gemset.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/gemset.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b45a36c6fec0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/gemset.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,410 +0,0 @@
-{
-  addressable = {
-    dependencies = ["public_suffix"];
-    groups = ["default" "test"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1fvchp2rhp2rmigx7qglf69xvjqvzq7x0g49naliw29r2bz656sy";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "2.7.0";
-  };
-  atk = {
-    dependencies = ["glib2"];
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0a8q9a1f6x4gy55p8cf52a22bnpjgn18ad9n959x0f4gybbhs948";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "3.4.1";
-  };
-  cairo = {
-    dependencies = ["native-package-installer" "pkg-config" "red-colors"];
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0vbj9szp2xbnxqan8hppip8vm9fxpcmpx745y5fvg2scdh9f0p7s";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.17.5";
-  };
-  cairo-gobject = {
-    dependencies = ["cairo" "glib2"];
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0gkxdfslcvrwrs48giilji3bgxd5bwijwq33p9h00r10jzfg2028";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "3.4.1";
-  };
-  crack = {
-    dependencies = ["rexml"];
-    groups = ["default" "test"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1cr1kfpw3vkhysvkk3wg7c54m75kd68mbm9rs5azdjdq57xid13r";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "0.4.5";
-  };
-  delayer = {
-    groups = ["default"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0iqf4i18i8rk3x7qgvkhbiqskf0xzdf733fjimrq6xkag2mq60bl";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.2.0";
-  };
-  delayer-deferred = {
-    dependencies = ["delayer"];
-    groups = ["default"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0i2das3ncssacpqdgaf4as77vrxm7jfiizaja884fqv4rzv6s2sv";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "2.2.0";
-  };
-  diva = {
-    dependencies = ["addressable"];
-    groups = ["default"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "05wl4wg57vvng4nrp4lzjq148v908xzq092kq93phwvyxs7jnw2g";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.0.2";
-  };
-  gdk_pixbuf2 = {
-    dependencies = ["gio2"];
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0194gzn0kialfh0j7crllvp808r64sg6dh297x69b0av21ar5pam";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "3.4.1";
-  };
-  gettext = {
-    dependencies = ["locale" "text"];
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1fqlwq7i8ck1fjyhn19q3skvgrbz44q7gq51mlr0qym5rkj5f6rn";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "3.3.7";
-  };
-  gio2 = {
-    dependencies = ["gobject-introspection"];
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1l3jpgbdvb55xhcmpkcqgwx5068dfyi8kijfvzhbqh96ng0p1m7g";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "3.4.1";
-  };
-  glib2 = {
-    dependencies = ["native-package-installer" "pkg-config"];
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "18clyn0fp0h5alnkf9i2bqd6wvl78h468pdbzs1csqnba8vw4q1c";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "3.4.1";
-  };
-  gobject-introspection = {
-    dependencies = ["glib2"];
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1a3x8qiisbax3x0izj8l5w66r53ba5ma53ax2jhdbhbvaxx3d02n";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "3.4.1";
-  };
-  gtk2 = {
-    dependencies = ["atk" "gdk_pixbuf2" "pango"];
-    groups = ["plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "17az8g0n1yzz90kdbjg2hpabi04qccda7v6lin76bs637ivfg2md";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "3.4.1";
-  };
-  hashdiff = {
-    groups = ["default" "test"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1nynpl0xbj0nphqx1qlmyggq58ms1phf5i03hk64wcc0a17x1m1c";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.0.1";
-  };
-  httpclient = {
-    groups = ["plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "19mxmvghp7ki3klsxwrlwr431li7hm1lczhhj8z4qihl2acy8l99";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "2.8.3";
-  };
-  instance_storage = {
-    groups = ["default"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "08nf5fhq9dckq9lmaklxydq0hrlfi7phk66gr3bggxg45zd687pl";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.0.0";
-  };
-  locale = {
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0997465kxvpxm92fiwc2b16l49mngk7b68g5k35ify0m3q0yxpdn";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "2.1.3";
-  };
-  memoist = {
-    groups = ["default"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0i9wpzix3sjhf6d9zw60dm4371iq8kyz7ckh2qapan2vyaim6b55";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "0.16.2";
-  };
-  mini_portile2 = {
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1hdbpmamx8js53yk3h8cqy12kgv6ca06k0c9n3pxh6b6cjfs19x7";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "2.5.0";
-  };
-  mocha = {
-    groups = ["test"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "05yw6rwgjppq116jgqfg4pv4bql3ci4r2fmmg0m2c3sqib1bq41a";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.12.0";
-  };
-  moneta = {
-    groups = ["plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0z25b4yysvnf2hi9jxnsiv3fvnicnzr2m70ci231av5093jfknc6";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.4.1";
-  };
-  native-package-installer = {
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1ww1mq41q7rda975byjmq5dk8k13v8dawvm33370pbkrymd8syp8";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.1.1";
-  };
-  nokogiri = {
-    dependencies = ["mini_portile2" "racc"];
-    groups = ["plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "19d78mdg2lbz9jb4ph6nk783c9jbsdm8rnllwhga6pd53xffp6x0";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.11.3";
-  };
-  oauth = {
-    groups = ["default"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1zwd6v39yqfdrpg1p3d9jvzs9ljg55ana2p06m0l7qn5w0lgx1a0";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "0.5.6";
-  };
-  pango = {
-    dependencies = ["cairo-gobject" "gobject-introspection"];
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1d0cn50qgpifrcv8qx72wi6l9xalw3ryngbfmm9xpg9vx5rl1qbp";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "3.4.1";
-  };
-  pkg-config = {
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1mjjy1grxr64znkffxsvprcckbrrnm40b6gbllnbm7jxslbr3gjl";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.4.6";
-  };
-  pluggaloid = {
-    dependencies = ["delayer" "instance_storage"];
-    groups = ["default"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0m3f940lf1bg01jin22by7hg9hs43y995isgcyqb6vbvlv51zj11";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.5.0";
-  };
-  power_assert = {
-    groups = ["default" "test"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "172qfmzwxdf82bmwgcb13hnz9i3p6i2s2nijxnx6r63kn3drjppr";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "2.0.0";
-  };
-  public_suffix = {
-    groups = ["default" "test"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1xqcgkl7bwws1qrlnmxgh8g4g9m10vg60bhlw40fplninb3ng6d9";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "4.0.6";
-  };
-  racc = {
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "178k7r0xn689spviqzhvazzvxfq6fyjldxb3ywjbgipbfi4s8j1g";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.5.2";
-  };
-  rake = {
-    groups = ["test"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1iik52mf9ky4cgs38fp2m8r6skdkq1yz23vh18lk95fhbcxb6a67";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "13.0.3";
-  };
-  red-colors = {
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0ar2k7zvhr1215jx5di29hkg5h1798f1gypmq6v0sy9v35w6ijca";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "0.1.1";
-  };
-  rexml = {
-    groups = ["default" "test"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "08ximcyfjy94pm1rhcx04ny1vx2sk0x4y185gzn86yfsbzwkng53";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "3.2.5";
-  };
-  ruby-prof = {
-    groups = ["test"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1r3xalp91l07m0cwllcxjzg6nkviiqnxkcbgg5qnzsdji6rgy65m";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.4.3";
-  };
-  test-unit = {
-    dependencies = ["power_assert"];
-    groups = ["test"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1h0c323zfn4hdida4g58h8wnlh4kax438gyxlw20dd78kcp01i8m";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "3.4.0";
-  };
-  text = {
-    groups = ["default" "plugin"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1x6kkmsr49y3rnrin91rv8mpc3dhrf3ql08kbccw8yffq61brfrg";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.3.1";
-  };
-  typed-array = {
-    groups = ["default"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0qlv2rnkin9rwkgjx3k5qvc17m0m7jf5cdirw3wxbjnw5kga27w9";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "0.1.2";
-  };
-  webmock = {
-    dependencies = ["addressable" "crack" "hashdiff"];
-    groups = ["test"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "038igpmkpmn0nw0k7s4db8x88af1nwcy7wzh9m9c9q4p74h7rii0";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "3.12.2";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/plugin/gtk/Gemfile b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/plugin/gtk/Gemfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 3306c29e3cbf..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/plugin/gtk/Gemfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-source 'https://rubygems.org'
-
-gem 'gtk2', '3.4.1'
-
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/plugin/image_file_cache/Gemfile b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/plugin/image_file_cache/Gemfile
deleted file mode 100644
index f86005fef078..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/plugin/image_file_cache/Gemfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-gem 'moneta'
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/plugin/photo_support/Gemfile b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/plugin/photo_support/Gemfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 66016eee9c46..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/plugin/photo_support/Gemfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-source 'https://rubygems.org'
-
-gem 'nokogiri'
-gem 'httpclient'
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/plugin/uitranslator/Gemfile b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/plugin/uitranslator/Gemfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 08b4831dfc66..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/deps/plugin/uitranslator/Gemfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-source 'https://rubygems.org'
-
-group :default do
-  gem 'gettext', '>= 3.3.5', '< 3.4'
-end
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/test_plugin.rb b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/test_plugin.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b19c15cd304f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/test_plugin.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Tests mikutter's event system.
-
-Plugin.create(:test_plugin) do
-  require 'logger'
-  Delayer.new do
-    log = Logger.new(STDOUT)
-    log.info("loaded test_plugin")
-    exit
-  end
-end
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/update.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 142fd8ca9424..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter/update.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p bundler bundix curl jq common-updater-scripts
-# shellcheck shell=bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-main() {
-    local currentVer="$1"
-    local scriptDir="$2"
-    local latestVer
-    local srcDir
-
-    if [[ -z "$UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH" ]]; then
-        echo "[ERROR] Please run the following instead:" >&2
-        echo >&2
-        echo "    % nix-shell maintainers/scripts/update.nix --argstr path mikutter" >&2
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    latestVer="$(queryLatestVersion)"
-    if [[ "$currentVer" == "$latestVer" ]]; then
-        echo "[INFO] mikutter is already up to date" >&2
-        exit
-    fi
-
-    update-source-version "$UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH" "$latestVer"
-
-    cd "$scriptDir"
-
-    rm -rf deps
-    mkdir deps
-    cd deps
-
-    srcDir="$(nix-build ../../../../../.. --no-out-link -A mikutter.src)"
-    tar xvf "$srcDir" --strip-components=1
-    find . -not -name Gemfile -exec rm {} \;
-    find . -type d -exec rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty {} \; || true
-
-    bundle lock
-    bundix
-}
-
-queryLatestVersion() {
-    curl -sS 'https://mikutter.hachune.net/download.json?count=1' \
-        | jq -r '.[].version_string' \
-        | head -n1
-}
-
-main "$@"
-
-# vim:set ft=bash:
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index e5d2e936717d..a24730771cf1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ mapAliases {
   microsoft_gsl = microsoft-gsl; # Added 2023-05-26
   MIDIVisualizer = midivisualizer; # Added 2024-06-12
   migraphx = throw "'migraphx' has been replaced with 'rocmPackages.migraphx'"; # Added 2023-10-08
+  mikutter = throw "'mikutter' has been removed because the package was broken and had no maintainers"; # Added 2024-10-01
   minishift = throw "'minishift' has been removed as it was discontinued upstream. Use 'crc' to setup a microshift cluster instead"; # Added 2023-12-30
   miopen = throw "'miopen' has been replaced with 'rocmPackages.miopen'"; # Added 2023-10-08
   miopengemm = throw "'miopengemm' has been replaced with 'rocmPackages_5.miopengemm'"; # Added 2023-10-08
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d51f46347610..578a7a3613a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10082,8 +10082,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   midisheetmusic = callPackage ../applications/audio/midisheetmusic { };
 
-  mikutter = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/mikutter { };
-
   mimeo = callPackage ../tools/misc/mimeo { };
 
   mimetic = callPackage ../development/libraries/mimetic { };