diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-top/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-top/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d9dcc2d64ec6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-top/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, ruby
-, makeWrapper
-, getent               # /etc/passwd
-, ncurses              # tput
-, binutils-unwrapped   # strings
-, coreutils
-, findutils
-}:
-
-# No gems used, so mkDerivation is fine.
-let
-  additionalPath = lib.makeBinPath [ getent ncurses binutils-unwrapped coreutils findutils ];
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "nix-top";
-  version = "0.3.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "samueldr";
-    repo = "nix-top";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-w/TKzbZmMt4CX2KnLwPvR1ydp5NNlp9nNx78jJvhp54=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    makeWrapper
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    ruby
-  ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/libexec/nix-top
-    install -D -m755 ./nix-top $out/bin/nix-top
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/nix-top \
-      --prefix PATH : "$out/libexec/nix-top:${additionalPath}"
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    ln -s /bin/stty $out/libexec/nix-top
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Tracks what nix is building";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/samueldr/nix-top";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ samueldr ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin ++ platforms.freebsd;
-    mainProgram = "nix-top";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 9beb1b24b4db..d7c46988e2b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   );
   nix-review = throw "'nix-review' has been renamed to/replaced by 'nixpkgs-review'"; # Converted to throw 2023-09-10
   nix-template-rpm = throw "'nix-template-rpm' has been removed as it is broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2023-11-20
+  nix-top = throw "The nix-top package was dropped since it was unmaintained."; # Added 2024-06-21
   nixFlakes = nixVersions.stable; # Added 2021-05-21
   nixStable = nixVersions.stable; # Added 2022-01-24
   nixUnstable = nixVersions.unstable; # Added 2022-01-26
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 75858ac50512..13d4f72afeb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -39598,8 +39598,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   nix-script = callPackage ../tools/nix/nix-script { };
 
-  nix-top = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix-top { };
-
   nix-tree = haskell.lib.compose.justStaticExecutables (haskellPackages.nix-tree);
 
   nix-universal-prefetch = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix-universal-prefetch { };