diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/metamorphose2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/metamorphose2/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 277d00fe050b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/metamorphose2/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, makeWrapper, gettext
-, python27, python2Packages
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "metamorphose2";
-  version = "0.9.0beta";
-
-  # exif-py vendored via submodule
-  # mutagen vendored via copy
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/metamorphose/metamorphose2.git";
-    #rev = "refs/tags/v2.${version}"; #for when wxPython3 support is released
-    rev = "d2bdd6a86340b9668e93b35a6a568894c9909d68";
-    sha256 = "0ivcb3c8hidrff0ivl4dnwa2p3ihpqjdbvdig8dhg9mm5phdbabn";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace messages/Makefile \
-      --replace "\$(shell which msgfmt)" "${gettext}/bin/msgfmt"
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    rm $out/bin/metamorphose2
-    makeWrapper ${python27}/bin/python $out/bin/metamorphose2 \
-      --prefix PYTHONPATH : $PYTHONPATH:$(toPythonPath "$out") \
-      --add-flags "-O $out/share/metamorphose2/metamorphose2.py -w=3"
-  '';
-
-  buildInput = [ gettext python27 ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python2Packages.wxPython python2Packages.pillow ];
-
-  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "a graphical mass renaming program for files and folders";
-    homepage    = "https://github.com/metamorphose/metamorphose2";
-    license     = with licenses; gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ramkromberg ];
-    platforms   = with platforms; linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 860d89333d3f..b6d75fec6b5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   mbedtls_1_3 = throw "mbedtls_1_3 is end of life, see https://tls.mbed.org/kb/how-to/upgrade-2.0"; # added 2019-12-08
   meme = meme-image-generator; # added 2021-04-21
   mess = mame; # added 2019-10-30
+  metamorphose2 = throw "metamorphose2 has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was stuck on python2."; # added 2022-01-12
   mcgrid = throw "mcgrid has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's not compatible with rivet 3"; # added 2020-05-23
   mcomix = throw "mcomix has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained; try mcomix3 a Python 3 fork"; # added 2019-12-10, modified 2020-11-25
   mimms = throw "mimms has been removed from nixpkgs as the upstream project is stuck on python2."; # added 2022-01-01
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 57ec2008e9bf..43f90e3c10f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7699,8 +7699,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   mencal = callPackage ../applications/misc/mencal { } ;
 
-  metamorphose2 = callPackage ../applications/misc/metamorphose2 { };
-
   metar = callPackage ../applications/misc/metar { };
 
   mfcuk = callPackage ../tools/security/mfcuk { };