diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/fslint/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/fslint/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f2ec2805490..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/fslint/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python2, makeWrapper }:
-
-let pythonEnv = python2.withPackages(ps: [ ps.pyGtkGlade]);
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname   = "fslint";
-  version = "2.46";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "pixelb";
-    repo   = "fslint";
-    rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "048pc1rsslbsrfchl2wmdd4hpa2gycglib7kdx8vqs947zcm0sfv";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    pythonEnv makeWrapper
-  ];
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace fslint-gui --replace "liblocation=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))" "liblocation='$out'"
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp * -R $out/
-    cp fslint-gui $out/bin/fslint
-
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/fslint" \
-      --prefix PYTHONPATH : "${pythonEnv.interpreter}"
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A utility to find and clean various forms of lint on a filesystem";
-    homepage = "https://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.dasj19 ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 42b4b8f59b49..a9730df3c360 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   foomatic_filters = foomatic-filters;  # 2016-08
   fscryptctl-experimental = throw "The package fscryptctl-experimental has been removed. Please switch to fscryptctl."; # 2021-11-07
   fsharp41 = throw "fsharp41 has been removed, please use dotnet-sdk_5 or later";
+  fslint = throw "fslint has been removed: end of life. Upstream recommends using czkawka (https://qarmin.github.io/czkawka/) instead"; # 2022-01-15
   fuse_exfat = exfat;                   # 2015-09-11
   fuseki = apache-jena-fuseki; # added 2018-04-25
   fwupdate = throw "fwupdate was merged into fwupd"; # added 2020-05-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 80896900dd13..3e4deae23b9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30412,8 +30412,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tts = callPackage ../tools/audio/tts { };
 
-  fslint = callPackage ../applications/misc/fslint { };
-
   ### GAMES
 
   _1oom = callPackage ../games/1oom { };