diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valkyrie/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valkyrie/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index fd24362bab17..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valkyrie/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, qmake4Hook }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "valkyrie";
-  version = "2.0.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://valgrind.org/downloads/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0hwvsncf62mdkahwj9c8hpmm94c1wr5jn89370k6rj894kxry2x7";
-  };
-
-  patchPhase = ''
-    sed -i '1s;^;#include <unistd.h>\n;' src/objects/tool_object.cpp
-    sed -i '1s;^;#include <unistd.h>\n;' src/utils/vk_config.cpp
-    sed -i '1s;^;#include <sys/types.h>\n;' src/utils/vk_config.cpp
-    sed -i '1s;^;#include <unistd.h>\n;' src/utils/vk_utils.cpp
-    sed -i '1s;^;#include <sys/types.h>\n;' src/utils/vk_utils.cpp
-  '';
-
-  buildInputs = [ qt4 ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake4Hook ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "http://www.valgrind.org/";
-    description = "Qt4-based GUI for the Valgrind 3.6.x series";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 81cc0d8c63f7..e8126ba27a51 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1803,6 +1803,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ### V ###
 
   v4l_utils = v4l-utils; # Added 2019-08-07
+  valkyrie = throw "valkyrie was removed from nixpkgs, because it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2022-05-10
   vamp = { vampSDK = vamp-plugin-sdk; }; # Added 2020-03-26
   vaapiIntel = intel-vaapi-driver; # Added 2023-05-31
   vapor = throw "vapor was removed because it was unmaintained and upstream service no longer exists";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 050569cb5fe4..2b2d2afaeab0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20512,8 +20512,6 @@ with pkgs;
   };
   valgrind-light = res.valgrind.override { gdb = null; };
 
-  valkyrie = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/valkyrie { };
-
   qcachegrind = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/qcachegrind { };
 
   visualvm = callPackage ../development/tools/java/visualvm { };