diff --git a/pkgs/games/crafty/default.nix b/pkgs/games/crafty/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b5b53aa3c413..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/crafty/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, unzip }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "crafty";
-  version = "25.0.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.craftychess.com/downloads/source/crafty-${version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "0aqgj2q7kdlgbha01qs869cwyja13bc7q2lh4nfhlba2pklknsm8";
-  };
-
-  bookBin = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.craftychess.com/downloads/book/book.bin";
-    sha256 = "10rrgkr3hxm7pxdbc2jq8b5g74gfhzk4smahks3k8am1cmyq4p7r";
-  };
-
-  startPgn = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://craftychess.com/downloads/book/start.pgn.gz";
-    sha256 = "12g70mgfifwssfvndzq94pin34dizlixhsga75vgj7dakysi2p7f";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
-
-  unpackPhase = ''
-    mkdir "craftysrc"
-    unzip $src -d craftysrc
-    gunzip -c $startPgn > "craftysrc/start.pgn"
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    cd craftysrc
-    make unix-gcc
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    BUILDDIR="$PWD"
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp -p ./crafty $out/bin
-
-    mkdir -p $out/share/crafty
-    cd $out/share/crafty
-
-    $out/bin/crafty "books create $BUILDDIR/start.pgn 60"
-    rm -f *.001
-
-    cp -p ${bookBin} $out/share/crafty/book.bin
-
-    mv $out/bin/crafty $out/bin/.crafty-wrapped
-
-    cat - > $out/bin/crafty <<EOF
-    #! ${stdenv.shell}
-    #
-    # The books are copied from share/crafty to ~/.crafty/books the first time
-    # this script is run. You can restore them at any time just copying them
-    # again.
-    if [[ ! -d "\$HOME/.crafty/books" ]]; then
-      mkdir "\$HOME/.crafty/books" -p
-      cp "$out/share/crafty/"book*.bin "\$HOME/.crafty/books"
-      chmod ug+w "\$HOME/.crafty/books/"*
-    fi
-    exec $out/bin/.crafty-wrapped bookpath=\$HOME/.crafty/books "\$@"
-    EOF
-    chmod +x $out/bin/crafty
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://www.craftychess.com/";
-    description = "Chess program developed by Dr. Robert M. Hyatt";
-    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.jwiegley ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 82b902567ca2..a3edb07ffbbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   coredumper = throw "coredumper has been removed: abandoned by upstream."; # added 2019-11-16
   cpp_ethereum = throw "cpp_ethereum has been removed; abandoned upstream."; # added 2020-11-30
   cpuminer-multi = throw "cpuminer-multi has been removed: deleted by upstream"; # added 2022-01-07
+  crafty = throw "crafty has been removed: deleted by upstream"; # 2022-01-07
   cryptol = throw "cryptol was removed due to prolonged broken build"; # added 2020-08-21
   cpp-gsl = microsoft_gsl; # added 2019-05-24
   cudatoolkit_6 = throw "cudatoolkit_6 has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # added 2021-02-14
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ae4b3bca5841..b04f94e9d66d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30342,8 +30342,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   crack_attack = callPackage ../games/crack-attack { };
 
-  crafty = callPackage ../games/crafty { };
-
   crawlTiles = callPackage ../games/crawl {
     tileMode = true;
   };