diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/betterbird/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/betterbird/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 38ff368ad5fde..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/betterbird/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildMozillaMach
-, cacert
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchurl
-, git
-, libdbusmenu-gtk3
-, runtimeShell
-, thunderbirdPackages
-}:
-
-let
-  thunderbird-unwrapped = thunderbirdPackages.thunderbird-115;
-
-  version = "115.14.0";
-  majVer = lib.versions.major version;
-
-  betterbird-patches = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Betterbird";
-    repo = "thunderbird-patches";
-    rev = "${version}-bb31";
-    postFetch = ''
-      echo "Retrieving external patches"
-
-      echo "#!${runtimeShell}" > external.sh
-      # if no external patches need to be downloaded, don't fail
-      { grep " # " $out/${majVer}/series-M-C || true ; } >> external.sh
-      { grep " # " $out/${majVer}/series || true ; } >> external.sh
-      sed -i -e '/^#/d' external.sh
-      sed -i -e 's/\/rev\//\/raw-rev\//' external.sh
-      sed -i -e 's|\(.*\) # \(.*\)|curl \2 -o $out/${majVer}/external/\1|' external.sh
-      chmod 700 external.sh
-
-      mkdir $out/${majVer}/external
-      SSL_CERT_FILE=${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
-      . ./external.sh
-      rm external.sh
-    '';
-    hash = "sha256-dXfpu+ufBfAWl1OlpQ1i8CC7N8f0NbxfaMH6BdKr28c=";
-  };
-in ((buildMozillaMach {
-  pname = "betterbird";
-  inherit version;
-
-  applicationName = "Betterbird";
-  binaryName = "betterbird";
-  branding = "comm/mail/branding/betterbird";
-  inherit (thunderbird-unwrapped) application extraPatches;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    # https://download.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/thunderbird/releases/
-    url = "mirror://mozilla/thunderbird/releases/${version}/source/thunderbird-${version}.source.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-A3/D8D9e5PI9SUetKFUE0oDpJsThprIk1zUfZoxu1/A=";
-  };
-
-  extraPostPatch = thunderbird-unwrapped.extraPostPatch or "" + /* bash */ ''
-    PATH=$PATH:${lib.makeBinPath [ git ]}
-    patches=$(mktemp -d)
-    for dir in branding bugs external features misc; do
-      cp -r ${betterbird-patches}/${majVer}/$dir/*.patch $patches/
-    done
-    cp ${betterbird-patches}/${majVer}/series* $patches/
-    chmod -R +w $patches
-
-    cd $patches
-    # fix FHS paths to libdbusmenu
-    substituteInPlace 12-feature-linux-systray.patch \
-      --replace-fail "/usr/include/libdbusmenu-glib-0.4/" "${lib.getDev libdbusmenu-gtk3}/include/libdbusmenu-glib-0.4/" \
-      --replace-fail "/usr/include/libdbusmenu-gtk3-0.4/" "${lib.getDev libdbusmenu-gtk3}/include/libdbusmenu-gtk3-0.4/"
-    cd -
-
-    chmod -R +w dom/base/test/gtest/
-
-    while read patch; do
-      patch="''${patch%%#*}"
-      patch="''${patch% }"
-      if [[ $patch == "" ]]; then
-        continue
-      fi
-
-      # requires vendored icu, fails to link with our icu
-      # feature-506064 depends on those icu patches
-      if [[ $patch == 14-feature-regexp-searchterm.patch || $patch == 14-feature-regexp-searchterm-m-c.patch || $patch == feature-506064-match-diacritics.patch || $patch == feature-506064-match-diacritics-m-c.patch ]]; then
-        continue
-      fi
-
-      echo Applying patch $patch.
-      if [[ $patch == *-m-c.patch ]]; then
-        git apply -p1 -v < $patches/$patch
-      else
-        cd comm
-        git apply -p1 -v < $patches/$patch
-        cd ..
-      fi
-    done < <(cat $patches/series $patches/series-M-C)
-  '';
-
-  extraBuildInputs = [
-    libdbusmenu-gtk3
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Betterbird is a fine-tuned version of Mozilla Thunderbird, Thunderbird on steroids, if you will";
-    homepage = "https://www.betterbird.eu/";
-    mainProgram = "betterbird";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
-    inherit (thunderbird-unwrapped.meta) platforms badPlatforms broken license;
-  };
-}).override {
-  crashreporterSupport = false; # not supported
-  geolocationSupport = false;
-  webrtcSupport = false;
-
-  pgoSupport = false; # console.warn: feeds: "downloadFeed: network connection unavailable"
-
-  inherit (thunderbird-unwrapped.passthru) icu73;
-}).overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-  postInstall = oldAttrs.postInstall or "" + ''
-    mv $out/lib/thunderbird/* $out/lib/betterbird
-    rmdir $out/lib/thunderbird/
-    rm $out/bin/thunderbird
-    ln -srf $out/lib/betterbird/betterbird $out/bin/betterbird
-  '';
-
-  doInstallCheck = false;
-
-  passthru = oldAttrs.passthru // {
-    inherit betterbird-patches;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 57039b5d7f8c5..ac1e02b3ce729 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ mapAliases {
   bashInteractive_5 = throw "'bashInteractive_5' has been renamed to/replaced by 'bashInteractive'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   bash_5 = throw "'bash_5' has been renamed to/replaced by 'bash'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   BeatSaberModManager = beatsabermodmanager; # Added 2024-06-12
+  betterbird = throw "betterbird has been removed as there were insufficient maintainer resources to keep up with security updates"; # Added 2024-10-25
+  betterbird-unwrapped = throw "betterbird has been removed as there were insufficient maintainer resources to keep up with security updates"; # Added 2024-10-25
   bibata-extra-cursors = throw "bibata-cursors has been removed as it was broken"; # Added 2024-07-15
   bitcoin-unlimited = throw "bitcoin-unlimited has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-07-15
   bitcoind-unlimited = throw "bitcoind-unlimited has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-07-15
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 766fadbf06197..b43905d8f6276 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -32662,12 +32662,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   thokr = callPackage ../applications/misc/thokr { };
 
-  betterbird-unwrapped = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/betterbird { };
-  betterbird = wrapThunderbird betterbird-unwrapped {
-    desktopName = "Betterbird";
-    pname = "betterbird";
-  };
-
   thunderbirdPackages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/packages.nix {
     callPackage = newScope {
       inherit (rustPackages) cargo rustc;