diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wio/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 86bbfd3dc72d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wio/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, alacritty
-, cage
-, cairo
-, libxkbcommon
-, makeWrapper
-, mesa
-, meson
-, ninja
-, pkg-config
-, udev
-, wayland
-, wayland-protocols
-, wlroots
-, xwayland
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "wio";
-  version = "0.pre+unstable=2021-06-27";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "museoa";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "e0b258777995055d69e61a0246a6a64985743f42";
-    sha256 = "sha256-8H9fOnZsNjjq9XvOv68F4RRglGNluxs5/jp/h4ROLiI=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    makeWrapper
-    meson
-    ninja
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    cairo
-    libxkbcommon
-    mesa # for libEGL
-    udev
-    wayland
-    wayland-protocols
-    wlroots
-    xwayland
-  ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/wio \
-      --prefix PATH ":" "${lib.makeBinPath [ alacritty cage ]}"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://wio-project.org/";
-    description = "That Plan 9 feel, for Wayland";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Wio is a Wayland compositor for Linux and FreeBSD which has a similar look
-      and feel to plan9's rio.
-    '';
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
-    inherit (wayland.meta) platforms;
-  };
-
-  passthru.providedSessions = [ "wio" ];
-}
-# TODO: factor Linux-specific options
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 55e7e3dd17ad..2d2fb1580b7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1721,6 +1721,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   weechat-matrix-bridge = throw "'weechat-matrix-bridge' has been renamed to/replaced by 'weechatScripts.weechat-matrix-bridge'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   weighttp = throw "weighttp has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-04-20
   whirlpool-gui = throw "whirlpool-gui has been removed as it depended on an insecure version of Electron"; # added 2022-02-08
+  wio = throw "wio has been removed from nixpkgs, it was unmaintained and required wlroots_0_14 at the time of removal"; # Added 2023-04-28
   wicd = throw "wicd has been removed as it is abandoned"; # Added 2021-09-11
   wineFull = throw "'wineFull' has been renamed to/replaced by 'winePackages.full'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   wineMinimal = throw "'wineMinimal' has been renamed to/replaced by 'winePackages.minimal'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ece6dff37d3a..c2397c4ce5db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -34835,10 +34835,6 @@ with pkgs;
     electron = electron_19;
   };
 
-  wio = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/wio {
-    wlroots = wlroots_0_14;
-  };
-
   windowlab = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/windowlab { };
 
   windowmaker = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/windowmaker { };