diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-unix-socket/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-unix-socket/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3366001042d7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-unix-socket/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ buildGoPackage, lib, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "curl-unix-socket";
-  version = "unstable-2015-04-10";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Soulou";
-    repo = "curl-unix-socket";
-    rev = "a7da90b01ed43e8c0d606f760c9da82f8e3ed307";
-    sha256 = "1ynrrav90y3dhk8jq2fxm3jswj5nvrffwslgykj429hk6n0czb3d";
-  };
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/Soulou/curl-unix-socket";
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    runHook preBuild
-    (
-      cd go/src/${goPackagePath}
-      go build -o $NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/bin/curl-unix-socket
-    )
-    runHook postBuild
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Run HTTP requests over UNIX socket";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Soulou/curl-unix-socket";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [offline];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 037f795cfa71..bffe0744279f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   cudnn_cudatoolkit_9_0 = throw "cudnn_cudatoolkit_9_0 has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # Added 2021-04-18
   cudnn_cudatoolkit_9_1 = throw "cudnn_cudatoolkit_9_1 has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # Added 2021-04-18
   cudnn_cudatoolkit_9_2 = throw "cudnn_cudatoolkit_9_2 has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # Added 2021-04-18
-
+  curl_unix_socket = throw "curl_unix_socket has been dropped due to the lack of maintanence from upstream since 2015"; # Added 2022-06-02
   cutensor = throw "cutensor is now part of cudaPackages*"; # Added 2022-04-04
   cutensor_cudatoolkit_10 = throw "cutensor* is now part of cudaPackages*"; # Added 2022-04-04
   cutensor_cudatoolkit_10_1 = throw "cutensor* is now part of cudaPackages*"; # Added 2022-04-04
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a23b09ee429e..5c53badd4e3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5029,8 +5029,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   curlWithGnuTls = curl.override { gnutlsSupport = true; opensslSupport = false; };
 
-  curl_unix_socket = callPackage ../tools/networking/curl-unix-socket { };
-
   curlie = callPackage ../tools/networking/curlie { };
 
   cunit = callPackage ../tools/misc/cunit { };