diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/philter/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/philter/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index dc447f3a86b9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/philter/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, python2 }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "philter";
-  version = "1.1";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/philter/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "177pqfflhdn2mw9lc1wv9ik32ji69rjqr6dw83hfndwlsva5151l";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p "$out"/{bin,share/philter}
-    cp .philterrc "$out"/share/philter/philterrc
-    sed -i 's@/usr/local/bin@${python2}/bin@' src/philter.py
-    cp src/philter.py "$out"/bin/philter
-    chmod +x "$out"/bin/philter
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Mail sorter for Maildirs";
-    homepage = "http://philter.sourceforge.net";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-  };
-
-  passthru = {
-    updateInfo = {
-      downloadPage = "http://philter.sourceforge.net/";
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index fcfce41aac13..a5b016c90865 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -933,8 +933,8 @@ mapAliases ({
   pgadmin3 = throw "pgadmin3 was removed for being unmaintained, use pgadmin4 instead."; # Added 2022-03-30
   pgp-tools = throw "'pgp-tools' has been renamed to/replaced by 'signing-party'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   pg_tmp = throw "'pg_tmp' has been renamed to/replaced by 'ephemeralpg'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
-
   phantomjs = throw "phantomjs 1.9.8 has been dropped due to lack of maintenance and security issues"; # Added 2022-02-20
+  philter = throw "philter has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-04-26
 
   # Obsolete PHP version aliases
   php73 = throw "php73 has been dropped due to the lack of maintanence from upstream for future releases"; # Added 2021-06-03
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d57f89d88814..62bd71156074 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9238,8 +9238,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pfstools = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/graphics/pfstools { };
 
-  philter = callPackage ../tools/networking/philter { };
-
   phoc = callPackage ../applications/misc/phoc {
     wlroots = wlroots_0_14;
   };