diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/cope/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/cope/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e65c854f288..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/cope/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, perl, perlPackages }:
-
-perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
-  pname = "cope";
-  version = "unstable-2015-01-29";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "lotrfan";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "0dc82a939a9498ff80caf472841c279dfe03efae";
-    sha256 = "sha256-Tkv26M6YnaUB0nudjKGG482fvUkCobPk0VF1manBCoY=";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = with perlPackages; [ EnvPath FileShareDir IOPty IOStty ListMoreUtils RegexpCommon RegexpIPv6 ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    mv $out/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perl.version}/auto/share/dist/Cope/* $out/bin/
-    rm -r $out/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perl.version}/auto
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A colourful wrapper for terminal programs";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/lotrfan/cope";
-    license = with licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4ec1068b6010..faa715ecd4f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   clpm = throw "'clpm' has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-04-01
   collada-dom = opencollada; # added 2024-02-21
   composable_kernel = throw "'composable_kernel' has been replaced with 'rocmPackages.composable_kernel'"; # Added 2023-10-08
+  cope = throw "'cope' has been removed, as it is broken in nixpkgs since it was added, and fixing it is not trivial"; # Added 2024-04-12
   cpp-ipfs-api = cpp-ipfs-http-client; # Project has been renamed. Added 2022-05-15
   crispyDoom = crispy-doom; # Added 2023-05-01
   cryptowatch-desktop = throw "Cryptowatch Desktop was sunset on September 30th 2023 and has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2023-12-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 76ac252a0039..f9de0417769b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1752,8 +1752,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   configurable-http-proxy = callPackage ../tools/networking/configurable-http-proxy { };
 
-  cope = callPackage ../tools/misc/cope { };
-
   crypto-tracker = callPackage ../tools/misc/crypto-tracker { };
 
   ejs = callPackage ../development/tools/ejs { };