diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index e2cac7ffed..7a19387695 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   %D%/packages/commencement.scm			\
   %D%/packages/compression.scm			\
   %D%/packages/compton.scm 			\
-  %D%/packages/conkeror.scm			\
   %D%/packages/conky.scm			\
   %D%/packages/connman.scm			\
   %D%/packages/cook.scm				\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/conkeror.scm b/gnu/packages/conkeror.scm
deleted file mode 100644
index 6145dbf445..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/conkeror.scm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2014 Cyrill Schenkel <cyrill.schenkel@gmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2016 John J. Foerch <jjfoerch@earthlink.net>
-;;;
-;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
-;;;
-;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
-;;; your option) any later version.
-;;;
-;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-;;;
-;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-(define-module (gnu packages conkeror)
-  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
-  #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix download)
-  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages gnuzilla))
-
-(define-public conkeror
-  (package
-    (name "conkeror")
-    (version "1.1.0")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri
-               (string-append "http://repo.or.cz/conkeror.git/snapshot/"
-                              version ".tar.gz"))
-              (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "0jz216mjwis7f03j98s4wkcrrq2j3f41fb2y47a5qszc340zhdzv"))))
-    (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (inputs `(("icecat" ,icecat)))
-    (arguments
-     `(#:tests? #f                      ;no tests
-       #:make-flags `("CC=gcc"
-                      ,(string-append "PREFIX=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (delete 'configure)
-         (add-after
-          'install 'install-app-launcher
-          (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-            ;; This overwrites the installed launcher, which execs xulrunner,
-            ;; with one that execs 'icecat --app'
-            (let* ((out      (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
-                   (datadir  (string-append out "/share/conkeror"))
-                   (launcher (string-append out "/bin/conkeror")))
-              (call-with-output-file launcher
-                (lambda (p)
-                  (format p "#!~a/bin/bash
-exec ~a/bin/icecat --app ~a \"$@\"~%"
-                          (assoc-ref inputs "bash") ;implicit input
-                          (assoc-ref inputs "icecat")
-                          (string-append datadir
-                                         "/application.ini"))))
-              (chmod launcher #o555)))))))
-    (synopsis "Keyboard focused web browser with Emacs look and feel")
-    (description "Conkeror is a highly-programmable web browser based on
-Mozilla XULRunner which is the base of all Mozilla products including Firefox.
-Conkeror has a sophisticated keyboard system for running commands and
-interacting with web page content, modelled after Emacs and Lynx.  It is
-self-documenting and extensible with JavaScript.
-
-It comes with builtin support for several Web 2.0 sites like several Google
-services (Search, Gmail, Maps, Reader, etc.), Del.icio.us, Reddit, Last.fm and
-YouTube.  For easier editing of form fields, it can spawn external editors.")
-    (home-page "http://conkeror.org")
-    ;; Conkeror is triple licensed.
-    (license (list
-              ;; MPL 1.1 -- this license is not GPL compatible
-              license:gpl2
-              license:lgpl2.1))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm b/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
index 74845ef239..bb7fda24e6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
@@ -903,3 +903,8 @@ features built-in privacy-protecting features.")
      `((ftp-directory . "/gnu/gnuzilla")
        (cpe-name . "firefox_esr")
        (cpe-version . ,(first (string-split version #\-)))))))
+
+(define-public conkeror
+  ;; The Conkeror web browser relied on XULRunner, which IceCat > 50 no longer
+  ;; provides.  See <http://conkeror.org> for the original web page.
+  (deprecated-package "conkeror" icecat))