diff --git a/pkgs/games/instead-launcher/default.nix b/pkgs/games/instead-launcher/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f03a72390eb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/instead-launcher/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, instead, qmake4Hook, zlib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "instead-launcher";
-
-  version = "0.7.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "instead-hub";
-    repo = "instead-launcher";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1svy8i8anspway01pnz2cy69aad03anvkq04wrdfv1h9c34gbvb9";
-  };
-
-  patches = [ ./path.patch ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace platform.cpp --subst-var-by instead ${instead}
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake4Hook ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://instead.syscall.ru/wiki/en/instead-launcher";
-    description = "Install and play games from INSTEAD repository";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/games/instead-launcher/path.patch b/pkgs/games/instead-launcher/path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f63737bfb160..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/instead-launcher/path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-From c7460a7fc255ef4e8e0e37798605c4d8bb50633d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Orivej Desh <orivej@gmx.fr>
-Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 01:30:37 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] path
-
----
- mainwindow.cpp | 2 +-
- platform.cpp   | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
-index 9687c4e..234b176 100644
---- a/mainwindow.cpp
-+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
-@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ void MainWindow::loadConfig() {
-     if ( args.contains( "default-gamespath" ) )
- 	defGamesPath = args["default-gamespath"].toString();
- 
--    QString insteadPath = conf.value("InsteadPath", defInsteadPath).toString();
-+    QString insteadPath = defInsteadPath;
-     bool autoRefresh = conf.value("AutoRefresh", "false").toString() == "true";
-     bool autoRefreshSW = conf.value("AutoRefreshSW", "false").toString() == "true";
-     QString lang = conf.value( "Language", "*" ).toString();
-diff --git a/platform.cpp b/platform.cpp
-index bda86be..c356f1c 100644
---- a/platform.cpp
-+++ b/platform.cpp
-@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ QString getConfigPath() {
- }
- 
- QString getDefaultInterpreterPath() {
--    return "/usr/local/bin/sdl-instead";
-+    return "@instead@/bin/sdl-instead";
- }
- 
- #elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
--- 
-2.12.2
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 71dcf2c4170f..bc755b8ab7e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -765,6 +765,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   imagemagick7_light = imagemagick_light; # Added 2021-02-22
   imlib = throw "imlib has been dropped due to the lack of maintenance from upstream since 2004"; # Added 2023-01-04
   impressive = throw "impressive has been removed due to lack of released python 2 support and maintainership in nixpkgs"; # Added 2022-01-27
+  instead-launcher = throw "instead-launcher has been removed, because it depended on qt4"; # Added 2023-07-26
   insync-v3 = throw "insync-v3 has been merged into the insync package; use insync instead"; #Added 2023-05-13
   i-score = throw "i-score has been removed: abandoned upstream"; # Added 2020-11-21
   inboxer = throw "inboxer has been removed as it is no longer maintained and no longer works as Google shut down the inbox service this package wrapped";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f570752b8cd0..af5d7756277b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -38001,8 +38001,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   instead = callPackage ../games/instead { };
 
-  instead-launcher = callPackage ../games/instead-launcher { };
-
   iortcw = callPackage ../games/iortcw { };
   # used as base package for iortcw forks
   iortcw_sp = callPackage ../games/iortcw/sp.nix { };