diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
index c48907b87026..0dd83acb3ab2 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
@@ -306,6 +306,17 @@
           <literal>freetype</literal> and others.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          The iputils package, which is installed by default, no longer
+          provides the <literal>ninfod</literal>,
+          <literal>rarpd</literal> and <literal>rdisc</literal> tools.
+          See
+          <link xlink:href="https://github.com/iputils/iputils/releases/tag/20221126">upstream’s
+          release notes</link> for more details and available
+          replacements.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </section>
   <section xml:id="sec-release-23.05-notable-changes">
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
index 07f6d729b645..8e1c3823f393 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - Deprecated `xlibsWrapper` transitional package has been removed in favour of direct use of its constitutents: `xorg.libX11`, `freetype` and others.
 
+- The iputils package, which is installed by default, no longer provides the
+  `ninfod`, `rarpd` and `rdisc` tools. See
+  [upstream's release notes](https://github.com/iputils/iputils/releases/tag/20221126)
+  for more details and available replacements.
+
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-23.05-notable-changes}
 
 <!-- To avoid merge conflicts, consider adding your item at an arbitrary place in the list instead. -->
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iputils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iputils/default.nix
index 0ca6d8aa187f..cdaf9b9bbb40 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iputils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iputils/default.nix
@@ -1,42 +1,43 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
-, meson, ninja, pkg-config, gettext, libxslt, docbook_xsl_ns
-, libcap, libidn2
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkg-config
+, gettext
+, libxslt
+, docbook_xsl_ns
+, libcap
+, libidn2
 , iproute2
 , apparmorRulesFromClosure
 }:
 
-let
-  version = "20211215";
-  sunAsIsLicense = {
-    fullName = "AS-IS, SUN MICROSYSTEMS license";
-    url = "https://github.com/iputils/iputils/blob/s${version}/rdisc.c";
-  };
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "iputils";
-  inherit version;
+  version = "20221126";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1vzdch1xi2x2j8mvnsr4wwwh7kdkgf926xafw5kkb74yy1wac5qv";
+    hash = "sha256-XVoQhdjBmEK8TbCpaKLjebPw7ZT8iEvyLJDTCkzezeE=";
   };
 
-  outputs = ["out" "apparmor"];
+  outputs = [ "out" "apparmor" ];
 
   # We don't have the required permissions inside the build sandbox:
   # /build/source/build/ping/ping: socket: Operation not permitted
   doCheck = false;
 
   mesonFlags = [
-    "-DBUILD_RARPD=true"
     "-DNO_SETCAP_OR_SUID=true"
     "-Dsystemdunitdir=etc/systemd/system"
     "-DINSTALL_SYSTEMD_UNITS=true"
     "-DSKIP_TESTS=${lib.boolToString (!doCheck)}"
   ]
-    # Disable idn usage w/musl (https://github.com/iputils/iputils/pull/111):
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl "-DUSE_IDN=false";
+  # Disable idn usage w/musl (https://github.com/iputils/iputils/pull/111):
+  ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl "-DUSE_IDN=false";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config gettext libxslt.bin docbook_xsl_ns ];
   buildInputs = [ libcap ]
@@ -65,23 +66,19 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/iputils/iputils";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/iputils/iputils/releases/tag/${version}";
     description = "A set of small useful utilities for Linux networking";
-    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
-    changelog = "https://github.com/iputils/iputils/releases/tag/s${version}";
-    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus bsd3 sunAsIsLicense ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ primeos lheckemann ];
-
     longDescription = ''
       A set of small useful utilities for Linux networking including:
 
-      arping
-      clockdiff
-      ninfod
-      ping
-      rarpd
-      rdisc
-      tracepath
+      - arping: send ARP REQUEST to a neighbour host
+      - clockdiff: measure clock difference between hosts
+      - ping: send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
+      - tracepath: traces path to a network host discovering MTU along this path
     '';
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus bsd3 ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ primeos lheckemann ];
   };
 }