diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/gradio/0001-Remove-post-install-script-that-hardcodes-paths.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/gradio/0001-Remove-post-install-script-that-hardcodes-paths.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a6296baaa64..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/gradio/0001-Remove-post-install-script-that-hardcodes-paths.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-From 184c64718ee68b2738647f4a106b260c47f00437 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Sam Parkinson <sam@sam.today>
-Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:50:13 +1100
-Subject: [PATCH] Remove post-install script that hardcodes paths
-
----
- meson.build | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 25f3e1a..18b43bd 100644
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ subdir('src')
- # subdir('tests')
- # TODO: unit tests
- 
--meson.add_install_script('meson_post_install.sh')
-+# This does not work for nixos; it hard-codes paths
-+# meson.add_install_script('meson_post_install.sh')
--- 
-2.14.2
-
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/gradio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/gradio/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e2187f4a8fd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/gradio/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config
-, python3
-, gsettings-desktop-schemas
-, desktop-file-utils
-, glib
-, gtk3
-, intltool
-, libsoup
-, json-glib
-, wrapGAppsHook
-, meson
-, ninja
-, vala
-, sqlite
-, gst_all_1
-, gst_plugins ? with gst_all_1; [ gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-ugly ]
-}:
-let
-  version = "7.3";
-
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "gradio";
-  inherit version;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "haecker-felix";
-    repo = "gradio";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "00982dynl36lpsrx3mkd2a479zsrc8jvwfb8i7pi6w7fzzd8n8bl";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-
-    meson
-    ninja
-    vala
-
-    python3
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    sqlite
-
-    glib
-    intltool
-    libsoup
-    json-glib
-
-    gtk3
-    gst_all_1.gstreamer
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
-
-    wrapGAppsHook
-    desktop-file-utils
-    gsettings-desktop-schemas
-  ] ++ gst_plugins;
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    glib-compile-schemas "$out"/share/glib-2.0/schemas
-  '';
-
-  patches = [ ./0001-Remove-post-install-script-that-hardcodes-paths.patch ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/haecker-felix/gradio";
-    description = "A GTK3 app for finding and listening to internet radio stations";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.samdroid-apps ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 0123069f7d2f..bd4d648a23a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   graalvm8 = throw "graalvm8-ce has been removed by upstream"; # Added 2021-10-19
   graalvm8-ee = throw "graalvm8-ee has been removed because it is unmaintained"; # Added 2022-04-15
   graalvm11-ee = throw "graalvm11-ee has been removed because it is unmaintained"; # Added 2022-04-15
+  gradio = throw "gradio has been removed because it is unmaintained, use shortwave instead"; # Added 2022-06-03
   gr-ais = gnuradio3_7.pkgs.ais; # Added 2019-05-27, changed 2020-10-16
   grantlee5 = throw "'grantlee5' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libsForQt5.grantlee'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   gr-gsm = gnuradio3_7.pkgs.gsm; # Added 2019-05-27, changed 2020-10-16
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3d8040de3835..5f0233302b33 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26470,8 +26470,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   rhythmbox = callPackage ../applications/audio/rhythmbox { };
 
-  gradio = callPackage ../applications/audio/gradio { };
-
   puddletag = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/puddletag { };
 
   w_scan = callPackage ../applications/video/w_scan { };