diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/reicast/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/reicast/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f9e8e4d69376..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/reicast/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, cmake
-, pkg-config
-, curl
-, alsa-lib
-, libGLU
-, libX11
-, libevdev
-, udev
-, libpulseaudio
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "reicast";
-  version = "20.04";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "reicast";
-    repo = "reicast-emulator";
-    rev = "r${version}";
-    sha256 = "0vz3b1hg1qj6nycnqq5zcpzqpcbxw1c2ffamia5z3x7rapjx5d71";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    curl
-    alsa-lib
-    libGLU
-    libX11
-    libevdev
-    udev
-    libpulseaudio
-  ];
-
-  # No rule to make target 'install'
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    install -D ./reicast $out/bin/reicast
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://reicast.com/";
-    description = "A multi-platform Sega Dreamcast emulator";
-    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 gpl2Only lgpl2Only ];
-    platforms = ["x86_64-linux" ];
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.ivar ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a793fa063f95..20cb6183bcd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   readline80 = throw "readline-8.0 is no longer supported in nixpkgs, please use 'readline' for main supported version or 'readline81' for most recent version"; # Added 2021-04-22
   redkite = throw "redkite was archived by upstream"; # Added 2021-04-12
   redshift-wlr = throw "redshift-wlr has been replaced by gammastep"; # Added 2021-12-25
+  reicast = throw "reicast has been removed from nixpkgs as it is unmaintained, please use flycast instead"; # Added 2022-03-07
   renpy = throw "renpy has been removed from nixpkgs, it was unmaintained and the latest packaged version required python2"; # Added 2022-01-12
   residualvm = throw "residualvm was merged to scummvm code in 2018-06-15; consider using scummvm"; # Added 2021-11-27
   retroArchCores = throw "retroArchCores has been removed. Please use overrides instead, e.g.: `retroarch.override { cores = with libretro; [ ... ]; }`"; # Added 2021-11-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a73e2e47711c..4be745c8988a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9470,8 +9470,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   repseek = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/repseek { };
 
-  reicast = callPackage ../applications/emulators/reicast { };
-
   reredirect = callPackage ../tools/misc/reredirect { };
 
   retext = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/editors/retext { };