diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/web-media-controller/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/web-media-controller/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d2b5b924ea8c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/web-media-controller/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkg-config, glib, pcre, json-glib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "wmc-mpris";
-  version = "0.1.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "f1u77y";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1zcnaf9g55cbj9d2zlsr0i15qh0w9gp5jmxkm6dcp1j6yd7j3ymc";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ glib pcre json-glib ];
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DCHROMIUM_MANIFEST_DESTINATION=${placeholder "out"}/etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts"
-    "-DCHROME_MANIFEST_DESTINATION=${placeholder "out"}/etc/opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts"
-    "-DFIREFOX_MANIFEST_DESTINATION=${placeholder "out"}/lib/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/f1u77y/wmc-mpris";
-    description = "MPRIS proxy for usage with 'Web Media Controller' web extension";
-    license = licenses.unlicense;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
-    mainProgram = "web-media-controller";
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5086a129337a..d0884b84409e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1564,6 +1564,7 @@ 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;
+  wmc-mpris = throw "wmc-mpris has been abandoned by upstream due to its redundancy"; # Added 2022-11-13
   ws = throw "ws has been dropped due to the lack of maintenance from upstream since 2018"; # Added 2022-06-03
   wxGTK = throw "wxGTK28 has been removed from nixpkgs as it has reached end of life"; # Added 2022-11-04
   wxGTK28 = throw "wxGTK28 has been removed from nixpkgs as it has reached end of life"; # Added 2022-11-04
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3ab3efcda739..f1e59a08d200 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12966,8 +12966,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   wml = callPackage ../development/web/wml { };
 
-  wmc-mpris = callPackage ../applications/misc/web-media-controller { };
-
   wol = callPackage ../tools/networking/wol { };
 
   wolf-shaper = callPackage ../applications/audio/wolf-shaper { };