diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/imapproxy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/imapproxy/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ca0ce6f933fc..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/imapproxy/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, ncurses}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "imapproxy";
-  version = "1.2.7";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/squirrelmail/squirrelmail-imap_proxy-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0j5fq755sxiz338ia93jrkiy64crv30g37pir5pxfys57q7d92nx";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ openssl ncurses ];
-
-  patchPhase = ''
-    sed -i -e 's/-o \(root\|bin\) -g \(sys\|bin\)//' Makefile.in
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://imapproxy.org/";
-    description = "It proxies IMAP transactions caching server connections";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 6d971b47e074..5c077de50d23 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   icedtea8_web = adoptopenjdk-icedtea-web; # Added 2019-08-21
   icedtea_web = adoptopenjdk-icedtea-web; # Added 2019-08-21
   idea = jetbrains; # Added 2017-04-03
+  imapproxy = throw "imapproxy has been removed because it did not support a supported openssl version"; # added 2021-12-15
   imagemagick7Big = imagemagickBig; # Added 2021-02-22
   imagemagick7 = imagemagick; # Added 2021-02-22
   imagemagick7_light = imagemagick_light; # Added 2021-02-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6fa83bbc2922..fcc35deceb4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6636,10 +6636,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ike-scan = callPackage ../tools/security/ike-scan { };
 
-  imapproxy = callPackage ../tools/networking/imapproxy {
-    openssl = openssl_1_0_2;
-  };
-
   imapsync = callPackage ../tools/networking/imapsync { };
 
   imgur-screenshot = callPackage ../tools/graphics/imgur-screenshot { };