diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index baefa0d369e5..4752cad6c7b0 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   </section>
   <section xml:id="sec-release-22.05-incompatibilities">
     <title>Backward Incompatibilities</title>
-    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+    <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           <literal>pkgs.ghc</literal> now refers to
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@
           <literal>haskellPackages.callPackage</literal>).
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <literal>pkgs.emacsPackages.orgPackages</literal> is removed
+          because org elpa is deprecated. The packages in the top level
+          of <literal>pkgs.emacsPackages</literal>, such as org and
+          org-contrib, refer to the ones in
+          <literal>pkgs.emacsPackages.elpaPackages</literal> and
+          <literal>pkgs.emacsPackages.nongnuPackages</literal> where the
+          new versions will release.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </section>
   <section xml:id="sec-release-22.05-notable-changes">
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index a66e29bdb5f8..b0526a1fb3b4 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -22,4 +22,9 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
   instead to ensure cross compilation keeps working (or switch to
   `haskellPackages.callPackage`).
 
+* `pkgs.emacsPackages.orgPackages` is removed because org elpa is deprecated.
+  The packages in the top level of `pkgs.emacsPackages`, such as org and
+  org-contrib, refer to the ones in `pkgs.emacsPackages.elpaPackages` and
+  `pkgs.emacsPackages.nongnuPackages` where the new versions will release.
+
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-22.05-notable-changes}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/org-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/org-packages.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 12680336e0e8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/org-packages.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*
-
-# Updating
-
-To update the list of packages from Org (ELPA),
-
-1. Run `./update-org`.
-2. Check for evaluation errors:
-     env NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN=1 nix-instantiate ../../../../.. -A emacs.pkgs.orgPackages
-3. Run `git commit -m "org-packages $(date -Idate)" -- org-generated.nix`
-
-*/
-
-{ lib }:
-
-self: let
-
-  generateOrg = lib.makeOverridable ({
-    generated ? ./org-generated.nix
-  }: let
-
-    imported = import generated {
-      inherit (self) callPackage;
-    };
-
-    super = imported;
-
-    overrides = {
-    };
-
-  in super // overrides);
-
-in generateOrg { }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-from-overlay b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-from-overlay
index 41cde07a211c..052364c803c1 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-from-overlay
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-from-overlay
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ curl -s -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/emacs-overlay/master/
 nix-instantiate ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.elpaPackages --show-trace
 git diff --exit-code elpa-generated.nix > /dev/null || git commit -m "emacs.pkgs.elpa-packages: $(date --iso)" -- elpa-generated.nix
 
-curl -s -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/emacs-overlay/master/repos/org/org-generated.nix
-nix-instantiate ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.orgPackages --show-trace
-git diff --exit-code org-generated.nix > /dev/null || git commit -m "emacs.pkgs.org-packages: $(date --iso)" -- org-generated.nix
-
 curl -s -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/emacs-overlay/master/repos/melpa/recipes-archive-melpa.json
 nix-instantiate --show-trace ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.melpaStablePackages
 nix-instantiate --show-trace ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.melpaPackages
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-org b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-org
deleted file mode 100755
index 2119a1672287..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-org
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell --show-trace ./emacs2nix.nix -i bash
-
-exec org-packages.sh --names $EMACS2NIX/names.nix -o org-generated.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index ba1ed113ab60..0ac3ae8b4339 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ let
     inherit lib pkgs;
   };
 
-  mkOrgPackages = { lib }: import ../applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/org-packages.nix {
-    inherit lib;
-  };
-
   mkManualPackages = { pkgs, lib }: import ../applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix {
     inherit lib pkgs;
   };
@@ -66,14 +62,12 @@ in makeScope pkgs'.newScope (self: makeOverridable ({
   , nongnuPackages ? mkNongnuPackages { inherit pkgs lib; } self
   , melpaStablePackages ? melpaGeneric { inherit pkgs lib; } "stable" self
   , melpaPackages ? melpaGeneric { inherit pkgs lib; } "unstable" self
-  , orgPackages ? mkOrgPackages { inherit lib; } self
   , manualPackages ? mkManualPackages { inherit pkgs lib; } self
 }: ({}
   // elpaPackages // { inherit elpaPackages; }
   // nongnuPackages // { inherit nongnuPackages; }
   // melpaStablePackages // { inherit melpaStablePackages; }
   // melpaPackages // { inherit melpaPackages; }
-  // orgPackages // { inherit orgPackages; }
   // manualPackages // { inherit manualPackages; }
   // {