diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/xmpp-client/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/xmpp-client/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4367230f7756..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/xmpp-client/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "xmpp-client";
-  version = "20160916-${lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";
-  rev = "abbf9020393e8caae3e8996a16ce48446e31cf0e";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/agl/xmpp-client";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "agl";
-    repo = "xmpp-client";
-    inherit rev;
-    sha256 = "0j9mfr208cachzm39i8b94v5qk9hws278vv2ms9ma4wn16wns81s";
-  };
-
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An XMPP client with OTR support";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/agl/xmpp-client";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ codsl ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/xmpp-client/deps.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/xmpp-client/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index caa41024fc61..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/xmpp-client/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/net";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/net";
-      rev = "62ac18b461605b4be188bbc7300e9aa2bc836cd4";
-      sha256 = "0lwwvbbwbf3yshxkfhn6z20gd45dkvnmw2ms36diiy34krgy402p";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/crypto";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/crypto";
-      rev = "575fdbe86e5dd89229707ebec0575ce7d088a4a6";
-      sha256 = "1kgv1mkw9y404pk3lcwbs0vgl133mwyp294i18jg9hp10s5d56xa";
-    };
-  }
-]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 857b3036f543..619429dc5776 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   xineLib = xine-lib; # Added 2021-04-27
   xineUI = xine-ui; # Added 2021-04-27
   xmonad_log_applet_gnome3 = throw "'xmonad_log_applet_gnome3' has been renamed to/replaced by 'xmonad_log_applet'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  xmpp-client = throw "xmpp-client has been dropped due to the lack of maintanence from upstream since 2017"; # Added 2022-06-02
   xmpppy = throw "xmpppy has been removed from nixpkgs as it is unmaintained and python2-only";
   xp-pen-g430 = pentablet-driver; # Added 2020-05-03
   xpf = throw "xpf has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-04-26
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5271cd417e4e..8cfaca7da29d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30868,8 +30868,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xmountains = callPackage ../applications/graphics/xmountains { };
 
-  xmpp-client = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/xmpp-client { };
-
   libxpdf = callPackage ../applications/misc/xpdf/libxpdf.nix { };
 
   xpra = callPackage ../tools/X11/xpra { };