diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/btops/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/btops/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a837c435204a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/btops/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "btops";
-  version = "0.1.0";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/cmschuetz/btops";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "cmschuetz";
-    repo = "btops";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-eE28PGfpmmhcyeSy3PICebAs+cHAZXPxT+S/4+9ukcY=";
-  };
-
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "bspwm desktop management that supports dymanic appending, removing, and renaming";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/cmschuetz/btops";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mnacamura ];
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/btops/deps.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/btops/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a893d40e2107..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/btops/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated by https://github.com/kamilchm/go2nix v1.2.1
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify";
-      rev = "c2828203cd70a50dcccfb2761f8b1f8ceef9a8e9";
-      sha256 = "07va9crci0ijlivbb7q57d2rz9h27zgn2fsm60spjsqpdbvyrx4g";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/hashicorp/hcl";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl";
-      rev = "ef8a98b0bbce4a65b5aa4c368430a80ddc533168";
-      sha256 = "1qalfsc31fra7hcw2lc3s20aj7al62fq3j5fn5kga3mg99b82nyr";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/magiconair/properties";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/magiconair/properties";
-      rev = "c2353362d570a7bfa228149c62842019201cfb71";
-      sha256 = "1a10362wv8a8qwb818wygn2z48lgzch940hvpv81hv8gc747ajxn";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure";
-      rev = "bb74f1db0675b241733089d5a1faa5dd8b0ef57b";
-      sha256 = "1aqk9qr46bwgdc5j7n7als61xvssvyjf4qzfsvhacl4izpygqnw7";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/pelletier/go-toml";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml";
-      rev = "66540cf1fcd2c3aee6f6787dfa32a6ae9a870f12";
-      sha256 = "1n8na0yg90gm0rpifmzrby5r385vvd62cdam3ls7ssy02bjvfw15";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/spf13/afero";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/afero";
-      rev = "63644898a8da0bc22138abf860edaf5277b6102e";
-      sha256 = "13piahaq4vw1y1sklq5scrsflqx0a8hzmdqfz1fy4871kf2gl8qw";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/spf13/cast";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/cast";
-      rev = "8965335b8c7107321228e3e3702cab9832751bac";
-      sha256 = "177bk7lq40jbgv9p9r80aydpaccfk8ja3a7jjhfwiwk9r1pa4rr2";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman";
-      rev = "7c0cea34c8ece3fbeb2b27ab9b59511d360fb394";
-      sha256 = "132p84i20b9s5r6fs597lsa6648vd415ch7c0d018vm8smzqpd0h";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/spf13/pflag";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/pflag";
-      rev = "583c0c0531f06d5278b7d917446061adc344b5cd";
-      sha256 = "0nr4mdpfhhk94hq4ymn5b2sxc47b29p1akxd8b0hx4dvdybmipb5";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/spf13/viper";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/viper";
-      rev = "15738813a09db5c8e5b60a19d67d3f9bd38da3a4";
-      sha256 = "1mjfzg8zvnxckaq6l8gw99i2msrfqn9yr04dc3b7kd5bpxi6zr4v";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/sys";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/sys";
-      rev = "7c87d13f8e835d2fb3a70a2912c811ed0c1d241b";
-      sha256 = "03fhkng37rczqwfgah5hd7d373jps3hcfx79dmky2fh62yvpcyn3";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/text";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/text";
-      rev = "5c1cf69b5978e5a34c5f9ba09a83e56acc4b7877";
-      sha256 = "03br8p1sb1ffr02l8hyrgcyib7ms0z06wy3v4r1dj2l6q4ghwzfs";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
-      rev = "5420a8b6744d3b0345ab293f6fcba19c978f1183";
-      sha256 = "0dwjrs2lp2gdlscs7bsrmyc5yf6mm4fvgw71bzr9mv2qrd2q73s1";
-    };
-  }
-]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 3daa67b1e174..39ad39191620 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   brackets = throw "brackets has been removed, it was unmaintained and had open vulnerabilities"; # Added 2021-01-24
   bridge_utils = throw "'bridge_utils' has been renamed to/replaced by 'bridge-utils'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   bro = zeek; # Added 2019-09-29
+  btops = throw "btops has been dropped due to the lack of maintenance from upstream since 2017"; # Added 2022-06-02
   btrfsProgs = throw "'btrfsProgs' has been renamed to/replaced by 'btrfs-progs'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   bud = throw "bud has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-03-14
   inherit (libsForQt5.mauiPackages) buho; # added 2022-05-17
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8ac0b34ce0ea..77c7b2a6b01c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25498,8 +25498,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   bspwm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/bspwm { };
 
-  btops = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/btops { };
-
   bvi = callPackage ../applications/editors/bvi { };
 
   bviplus = callPackage ../applications/editors/bviplus { };