diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/globalplatform/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/globalplatform/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a8dfa430f599..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/globalplatform/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, zlib, openssl_1_0_2, pcsclite }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "globalplatform";
-  version  = "6.0.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/globalplatform/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "191s9005xbc7i90bzjk4rlw15licd6m0rls9fxli8jyymz2021zy";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ zlib openssl_1_0_2 pcsclite ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/p/globalplatform/wiki/Home/";
-    description = "Library for interacting with smart card devices";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/globalplatform/gppcscconnectionplugin.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/globalplatform/gppcscconnectionplugin.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a3ea4305bea7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/globalplatform/gppcscconnectionplugin.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, globalplatform, openssl_1_0_2, pcsclite }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "gppcscconnectionplugin";
-  version  = "1.1.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/globalplatform/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0d3vcrh9z55rbal0dchmj661pqqrav9c400bx1c46grcl1q022ad";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ globalplatform openssl_1_0_2 pcsclite ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/p/globalplatform/wiki/Home/";
-    description = "GlobalPlatform pcsc connection plugin";
-    license = [ licenses.lgpl3 licenses.gpl3 ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gpshell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gpshell/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f5298d685eba..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gpshell/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, globalplatform, pcsclite, gppcscconnectionplugin
-, makeWrapper
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "gpshell";
-  version = "1.4.4";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/globalplatform/gpshell-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "19a77zvyf2vazbv17185s4pynhylk2ky8vhl4i8pg9zww29sicqi";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config makeWrapper ];
-  buildInputs = [ globalplatform pcsclite ];
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/gpshell" --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${gppcscconnectionplugin}/lib"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/p/globalplatform/wiki/Home/";
-    description = "Smartcard management application";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 54a278d58d41..d12c09c93e90 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   google-music-scripts = throw "google-music-scripts has been removed because Google Play Music was discontinued"; # Added 2021-03-07
   go-pup = throw "'go-pup' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pup'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   gpgstats = throw "gpgstats has been removed: upstream is gone"; # Added 2022-02-06
+  gpshell = throw "gpshell has been removed, because it was unmaintained in nixpkgs"; # added 2021-12-17
 
   graalvm11 = graalvm11-ce;
   graalvm8-ce = throw "graalvm8-ce has been removed by upstream"; # Added 2021-10-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 370b6a9a7f92..d72dcc8d7566 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17106,10 +17106,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   glm = callPackage ../development/libraries/glm { };
 
-  globalplatform = callPackage ../development/libraries/globalplatform { };
-  gppcscconnectionplugin =
-    callPackage ../development/libraries/globalplatform/gppcscconnectionplugin.nix { };
-
   glog = callPackage ../development/libraries/glog { };
 
   gloox = callPackage ../development/libraries/gloox { };
@@ -17228,8 +17224,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pgweb = callPackage ../development/tools/database/pgweb { };
 
-  gpshell = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/gpshell { };
-
   grantlee = callPackage ../development/libraries/grantlee { };
 
   gsasl = callPackage ../development/libraries/gsasl { };