diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash/6.x.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash/6.x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ef5d04ee4765..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash/6.x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-{ elk6Version
-, enableUnfree ? true
-, lib, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, makeWrapper
-, nixosTests
-, jre
-}:
-
-let this = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = elk6Version;
-  pname = "logstash${lib.optionalString (!enableUnfree) "-oss"}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/logstash/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 =
-      if enableUnfree
-      then "0hij1byw5b3xmk3vshr9p7gxwbjrywr7ylps05ydc2dmnz8q2a79"
-      else "1fa236pvhj7spys54nqi3k64rwzf6zi6gaccmqg4p4sh92jzsybv";
-  };
-
-  dontBuild         = true;
-  dontPatchELF      = true;
-  dontStrip         = true;
-  dontPatchShebangs = true;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    makeWrapper
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    jre
-  ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    mkdir -p $out
-    cp -r {Gemfile*,modules,vendor,lib,bin,config,data,logstash-core,logstash-core-plugin-api} $out
-
-    patchShebangs $out/bin/logstash
-    patchShebangs $out/bin/logstash-plugin
-
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/logstash \
-       --set JAVA_HOME "${jre}"
-
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/logstash-plugin \
-       --set JAVA_HOME "${jre}"
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A data pipeline that helps you process logs and other event data from a variety of systems";
-    homepage    = "https://www.elastic.co/products/logstash";
-    sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [
-      fromSource
-      binaryBytecode  # source bundles dependencies as jars
-      binaryNativeCode  # bundled jruby includes native code
-    ];
-    license     = if enableUnfree then licenses.elastic else licenses.asl20;
-    platforms   = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wjlroe offline basvandijk ];
-  };
-  passthru.tests =
-    lib.optionalAttrs (!enableUnfree) (
-      assert this.drvPath == nixosTests.elk.ELK-6.elkPackages.logstash.drvPath;
-      {
-        elk = nixosTests.elk.ELK-6;
-      }
-    );
-};
-in this
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 967426b95a74..463584a5b8dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -957,6 +957,8 @@ mapAliases ({
 
   loadcaffe = throw "loadcaffe has been removed, as the upstream project has been abandoned"; # Added 2020-03-28
   lobster-two = google-fonts; # Added 2021-07-22
+  logstash6 = throw "logstash6 has been removed because it reached end of life"; # Added 2022-10-04
+  logstash6-oss = throw "logstash6 has been removed because it reached end of life"; # Added 2022-10-04
   love_0_7 = throw "love_0_7 was removed because it is a very old version and no longer used by any package in nixpkgs"; # Added 2022-01-15
   love_0_8 = throw "love_0_8 was removed because it is a very old version and no longer used by any package in nixpkgs"; # Added 2022-01-15
   love_0_9 = throw "love_0_9 was removed because was broken for a long time and no longer used by any package in nixpkgs"; # Added 2022-01-15
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e459e2930c9e..cb99c75d8d80 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9101,15 +9101,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   lockfileProgs = callPackage ../tools/misc/lockfile-progs { };
 
-  logstash6 = callPackage ../tools/misc/logstash/6.x.nix {
-    # https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#logstash-and-jvm
-    jre = jdk11_headless;
-  };
-  logstash6-oss = callPackage ../tools/misc/logstash/6.x.nix {
-    enableUnfree = false;
-    # https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#logstash-and-jvm
-    jre = jdk11_headless;
-  };
   logstash7 = callPackage ../tools/misc/logstash/7.x.nix {
     # https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#logstash-and-jvm
     jre = jdk11_headless;
@@ -9119,7 +9110,7 @@ with pkgs;
     # https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#logstash-and-jvm
     jre = jdk11_headless;
   };
-  logstash = logstash6;
+  logstash = logstash7;
 
   logstash-contrib = callPackage ../tools/misc/logstash/contrib.nix { };