diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ye/yesplaymusic/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ye/yesplaymusic/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 78b47a99ac996..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ye/yesplaymusic/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  _7zz,
-  dpkg,
-  autoPatchelfHook,
-  wrapGAppsHook3,
-  makeWrapper,
-  alsa-lib,
-  at-spi2-atk,
-  cups,
-  nspr,
-  nss,
-  mesa, # for libgbm
-  xorg,
-  xdg-utils,
-  libdrm,
-  libnotify,
-  libsecret,
-  libuuid,
-  gtk3,
-  systemd,
-}:
-let
-  pname = "yesplaymusic";
-  version = "0.4.8-2";
-
-  srcs =
-    let
-      version' = lib.head (lib.splitString "-" version);
-    in
-    {
-      x86_64-linux = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/qier222/YesPlayMusic/releases/download/v${version}/yesplaymusic_${version'}_amd64.deb";
-        hash = "sha256-iTWi+tZGUQU7J1mcmMdlWXSKpYGy4mMAeq9CN9fhnZ8=";
-      };
-      aarch64-linux = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/qier222/YesPlayMusic/releases/download/v${version}/yesplaymusic_${version'}_arm64.deb";
-        hash = "sha256-PP0apybSORqleOBogldgIV1tYZqao8kZ474muAEDpd0";
-      };
-      x86_64-darwin = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/qier222/YesPlayMusic/releases/download/v${version}/YesPlayMusic-mac-${version'}-x64.dmg";
-        hash = "sha256-UHnEdoXT/vArSRKXPlfDYUUUMDyF2mnDsmJEjACW2vo=";
-      };
-      aarch64-darwin = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/qier222/YesPlayMusic/releases/download/v${version}/YesPlayMusic-mac-${version'}-arm64.dmg";
-        hash = "sha256-FaeumNmkPQYj9Ae2Xw/eKUuezR4bEdni8li+NRU9i1k=";
-      };
-    };
-  src =
-    srcs.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or (throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}");
-
-  libraries = [
-    alsa-lib
-    at-spi2-atk
-    cups
-    nspr
-    nss
-    mesa
-    xorg.libxshmfence
-    xorg.libXScrnSaver
-    xorg.libXtst
-    xdg-utils
-    libdrm
-    libnotify
-    libsecret
-    libuuid
-    gtk3
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Good-looking third-party netease cloud music player";
-    mainProgram = "yesplaymusic";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/qier222/YesPlayMusic/";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ChaosAttractor ];
-    platforms = builtins.attrNames srcs;
-  };
-in
-if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then
-  stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    inherit
-      pname
-      version
-      src
-      meta
-      ;
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [
-      _7zz
-      makeWrapper
-    ];
-
-    sourceRoot = ".";
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      runHook preInstall
-
-      mkdir -p $out/Applications
-      cp -r *.app $out/Applications
-
-      makeWrapper $out/Applications/YesPlayMusic.app/Contents/MacOS/YesPlayMusic $out/bin/yesplaymusic
-
-      runHook postInstall
-    '';
-  }
-else
-  stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    inherit
-      pname
-      version
-      src
-      meta
-      ;
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [
-      autoPatchelfHook
-      wrapGAppsHook3
-      makeWrapper
-      dpkg
-    ];
-
-    buildInputs = libraries;
-
-    runtimeDependencies = [
-      (lib.getLib systemd)
-    ];
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      runHook preInstall
-
-      mkdir -p $out/bin
-      cp -r opt $out/opt
-      cp -r usr/share $out/share
-      substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/yesplaymusic.desktop \
-        --replace "/opt/YesPlayMusic/yesplaymusic" "$out/bin/yesplaymusic"
-      makeWrapper $out/opt/YesPlayMusic/yesplaymusic $out/bin/yesplaymusic \
-        --argv0 "yesplaymusic" \
-        --add-flags "$out/opt/YesPlayMusic/resources/app.asar"
-
-      runHook postInstall
-    '';
-  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b545420485728..2d09412a40938 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1422,6 +1422,7 @@ mapAliases {
   ### Y ###
 
   yacc = throw "'yacc' has been renamed to/replaced by 'bison'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
+  yesplaymusic = throw "YesPlayMusic has been removed as it was broken, unmaintained, and used deprecated Node and Electron versions"; # Added 2024-12-13
   yafaray-core = libyafaray; # Added 2022-09-23
   youtrack_2022_3 = throw "'youtrack_2022_3' has been removed as it was deprecated. Please update to the 'youtrack' package."; # Added 2024-10-17
   yrd = throw "'yrd' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # added 2024-05-27