diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/k3d/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/k3d/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 68e28c5cc886..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/k3d/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, ftgl, glew, asciidoc
-, cmake, ninja, libGLU, libGL, zlib, python2, expat, libxml2, libsigcxx, libuuid, freetype
-, libpng, boost, doxygen, cairomm, pkg-config, libjpeg, libtiff
-, gettext, intltool, perl, gtkmm2, glibmm, gtkglext, libXmu }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.8.0.6";
-  pname = "k3d";
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "K-3D";
-    repo = "k3d";
-    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
-    sha256 = "0vdjjg6h8mxm2n8mvkkg2mvd27jn2xx90hnmx23cbd35mpz9p4aa";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch { /* glibmm 2.50 fix */
-      url = "https://github.com/K-3D/k3d/commit/c65889d0652490d88a573e47de7a9324bf27bff2.patch";
-      sha256 = "162icv1hicr2dirkb9ijacvg9bhz5j30yfwg7b45ijavk8rns62j";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DK3D_BUILD_DOCS=false"
-    "-DK3D_BUILD_GUIDE=false"
-  ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD/build/lib"
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja gettext intltool doxygen pkg-config perl asciidoc ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-     libGLU libGL zlib python2 expat libxml2 libsigcxx libuuid freetype libpng
-     boost cairomm libjpeg libtiff
-     ftgl glew gtkmm2 glibmm gtkglext libXmu
-    ];
-
-  #doCheck = false;
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-deprecated-declarations";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A 3D editor with support for procedural editing";
-    homepage = "http://www.k-3d.org/";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 81d41311161d..c19d6104ae25 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   julia_11 = throw "julia_11 has been deprecated in favor of the latest stable version"; # added 2020-09-15
   julia_13 = throw "julia_13 has been deprecated in favor of the latest stable version"; # added 2021-03-13
   julia_10-bin = throw "julia_10-bin has been deprecated in favor of the latest LTS version"; # added 2021-12-02
+  k3d = throw "k3d has been removed because it was broken and has seen no release since 2016"; # added 2022-01-04
   kbdKeymaps = throw "kbdKeymaps is not needed anymore since dvp and neo are now part of kbd"; # added 2021-04-11
   kdeconnect = plasma5Packages.kdeconnect-kde; # added 2020-10-28
   kdiff3-qt5 = kdiff3; # added 2017-02-18
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 75119aee04b1..ee115cc642ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26483,19 +26483,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   jwm-settings-manager = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/jwm/jwm-settings-manager.nix { };
 
-  k3d = callPackage ../applications/graphics/k3d {
-    inherit (gnome2) gtkglext;
-    stdenv = gcc6Stdenv;
-    boost = boost155.override {
-      enablePython = true;
-      python = python2;
-      stdenv = gcc6Stdenv;
-      buildPackages = buildPackages // {
-        stdenv = gcc6Stdenv;
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
   k3s = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/k3s {};
 
   kconf = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/kconf { };