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 4a68bc941860..78a6c6c701b7 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
@@ -163,6 +163,19 @@
           ~100MB for python itself).
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          The iputils package, which is installed by default, no longer
+          provides the legacy tools <literal>tftpd</literal> and
+          <literal>traceroute6</literal>. More tools
+          (<literal>ninfod</literal>, <literal>rarpd</literal>, and
+          <literal>rdisc</literal>) are going to be removed in the next
+          release. See
+          <link xlink:href="https://github.com/iputils/iputils/releases/tag/20211215">upstream’s
+          release notes</link> for more details and available
+          replacements.
+        </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 556552723100..6551df9ee882 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
   This has the added benefit to reduce the closure size of `ipython` from ~400MB to ~160MB
   (including ~100MB for python itself).
 
+- The iputils package, which is installed by default, no longer provides the
+  legacy tools `tftpd` and `traceroute6`. More tools (`ninfod`, `rarpd`, and
+  `rdisc`) are going to be removed in the next release. See
+  [upstream's release notes](https://github.com/iputils/iputils/releases/tag/20211215)
+  for more details and available replacements.
+
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-22.05-notable-changes}
 
 - The option [services.redis.servers](#opt-services.redis.servers) was added
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iputils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iputils/default.nix
index c949069885df..0ca6d8aa187f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iputils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iputils/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "20210722";
+  version = "20211215";
   sunAsIsLicense = {
     fullName = "AS-IS, SUN MICROSYSTEMS license";
     url = "https://github.com/iputils/iputils/blob/s${version}/rdisc.c";
@@ -19,14 +19,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "139fyifsjm0i012rhcx3ra3pxx2wxh77dfd551d8lgiv2mqd742j";
+    sha256 = "1vzdch1xi2x2j8mvnsr4wwwh7kdkgf926xafw5kkb74yy1wac5qv";
   };
 
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString (!doCheck) ''
-    # There isn't a Meson option for this yet:
-    sed -i '/##### TESTS #####/q' ping/meson.build
-  '';
-
   outputs = ["out" "apparmor"];
 
   # We don't have the required permissions inside the build sandbox:
@@ -35,11 +30,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-DBUILD_RARPD=true"
-    "-DBUILD_TRACEROUTE6=true"
-    "-DBUILD_TFTPD=true"
     "-DNO_SETCAP_OR_SUID=true"
     "-Dsystemdunitdir=etc/systemd/system"
     "-DINSTALL_SYSTEMD_UNITS=true"
+    "-DSKIP_TESTS=${lib.boolToString (!doCheck)}"
   ]
     # Disable idn usage w/musl (https://github.com/iputils/iputils/pull/111):
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl "-DUSE_IDN=false";
@@ -87,9 +81,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       ping
       rarpd
       rdisc
-      tftpd
       tracepath
-      traceroute6
     '';
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fa787dbe4eae..8e061cf7ad35 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22294,7 +22294,7 @@ with pkgs;
   iproute_mptcp = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/iproute/mptcp.nix { };
 
   iputils = hiPrio (callPackage ../os-specific/linux/iputils { });
-  # hiPrio for collisions with inetutils (ping and tftpd.8.gz)
+  # hiPrio for collisions with inetutils (ping)
 
   iptables = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/iptables { };
   iptables-legacy = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/iptables { nftablesCompat = false; };