diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c5074cd03776..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ buildGoPackage
-, lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-}:
-
-# TODO(yl): should we package https://github.com/remyoudompheng/go-misc instead of
-# the standalone extract of deadcode from it?
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "deadcode-unstable";
-  version = "2016-07-24";
-  rev = "210d2dc333e90c7e3eedf4f2242507a8e83ed4ab";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/tsenart/deadcode";
-  excludedPackages = "cmd/fillswitch/test-fixtures";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    inherit rev;
-
-    owner = "tsenart";
-    repo = "deadcode";
-    sha256 = "05kif593f4wygnrq2fdjhn7kkcpdmgjnykcila85d0gqlb1f36g0";
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Very simple utility which detects unused declarations in a Go package";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/remyoudompheng/go-misc/tree/master/deadcode";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index f9583cb8c21e..300b15940cdf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   dagger = throw "'dagger' has been removed from nixpkgs, as the trademark policy of the upstream project is incompatible"; # Added 2023-10-16
   dart_stable = dart; # Added 2020-01-15
   dat = nodePackages.dat;
+  deadcode = throw "'deadcode' has been removed, as upstream is abandoned since 2019-04-27. Use the official deadcode from 'gotools' package."; # Added 2023-12-28
   deadpixi-sam = deadpixi-sam-unstable;
 
   debugedit-unstable = debugedit; # Added 2021-11-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ed729a17982f..b949b03b79a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -614,8 +614,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   djhtml = python3Packages.callPackage ../development/tools/djhtml { };
 
-  deadcode = callPackage ../development/tools/deadcode { };
-
   deadnix = callPackage ../development/tools/deadnix { };
 
   dec-decode = callPackage ../development/tools/dec-decode { };