diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ws/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ws/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 95013006010d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ws/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "ws";
-  version = "0.2.1";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/hashrocket/ws";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "hashrocket";
-    repo = "ws";
-    rev = "e9404cb37e339333088b36f6a7909ff3be76931d";
-    sha256 = "sha256-q6c761Evz7Q6nH1fHgEn2uCFokoN0OzqhyxIFn6mWqQ=";
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "websocket command line tool";
-    homepage    = "https://github.com/hashrocket/ws";
-    license     = licenses.mit;
-    platforms   = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index dc26c7b9fab5..8ed3126ee54b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1451,6 +1451,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   wireguard = throw "'wireguard' has been renamed to/replaced by 'wireguard-tools'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   wormhole-rs = magic-wormhole-rs; # Added 2022-05-30. preserve, reason: Arch package name, main binary name
   wmii_hg = wmii;
+  ws = throw "ws has been dropped due to the lack of maintenance from upstream since 2018"; # Added 2022-06-03
   wxmupen64plus = throw "wxmupen64plus was removed because the upstream disappeared"; # Added 2022-01-31
 
   ### X ###
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 79e3885fad98..634662b39dc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21430,8 +21430,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   vgo2nix = callPackage ../development/tools/vgo2nix { };
 
-  ws = callPackage ../development/tools/ws { };
-
   ### DEVELOPMENT / JAVA MODULES
 
   javaPackages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./java-packages.nix { });