diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/acoustid-fingerprinter/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/acoustid-fingerprinter/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 21dc009e33dd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/acoustid-fingerprinter/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, cmake, pkg-config, qt4, taglib, chromaprint, ffmpeg_4 }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "acoustid-fingerprinter";
-  version = "0.6";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://bitbucket.org/acoustid/acoustid-fingerprinter/downloads/"
-        + "${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0ckglwy95qgqvl2l6yd8ilwpd6qs7yzmj8g7lnxb50d12115s5n0";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ qt4 taglib chromaprint ffmpeg_4 ];
-
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DTAGLIB_MIN_VERSION=${lib.getVersion taglib}" ];
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-build-with-libav-10.patch";
-      url = "https://bitbucket.org/acoustid/acoustid-fingerprinter/commits/2c778334a9fc2f0ccf9b1d7635c116bce6509748/raw";
-      sha256 = "1smyp3x5n6jwxpgw60xsijq2fn6g1gl759h1lm5agaxhcyyqn0i0";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-build-failure-on-gcc-6.patch";
-      url = "https://bitbucket.org/acoustid/acoustid-fingerprinter/commits/632e87969c3a5562a5d4842b03613267ba6236b2/raw";
-      sha256 = "15hm9knrpqn3yqrwyjz4zh2aypwbcycd0c5svrsy1fb2h2rh05jk";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://acoustid.org/fingerprinter";
-    description = "Audio fingerprinting tool using chromaprint";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ehmry ];
-    platforms = with platforms; linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 0461b2c1c0c8..812478867368 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ### A ###
 
   accounts-qt = throw "'accounts-qt' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libsForQt5.accounts-qt'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  acoustidFingerprinter = throw "acoustidFingerprinter has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2022-05-09
   adobeReader = throw "'adobeReader' has been renamed to/replaced by 'adobe-reader'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   adobe_flex_sdk = throw "'adobe_flex_sdk' has been renamed to/replaced by 'apache-flex-sdk'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   adoptopenjdk-hotspot-bin-17 = throw "AdoptOpenJDK is now Temurin. Use temurin-bin-17"; # added 2022-07-02
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d6672937fc60..f98b3c14a35d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1483,8 +1483,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   acousticbrainz-client = callPackage ../tools/audio/acousticbrainz-client { };
 
-  acoustidFingerprinter = callPackage ../tools/audio/acoustid-fingerprinter { };
-
   alsaequal = callPackage ../tools/audio/alsaequal { };
 
   acpica-tools = callPackage ../tools/system/acpica-tools { };