diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/ddar/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/ddar/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c8d1a28c27c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/ddar/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, python2, fetchFromGitHub, roundup, ncurses }:
-
-python2.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  pname = "ddar";
-  version = "1.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "basak";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "158jdy5261k9yw540g48hddy5zyqrr81ir9fjlcy4jnrwfkg7ynm";
-  };
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace t/local-functions \
-      --replace 'PATH="$ddar_src:$PATH"' 'PATH="$out/bin:$PATH"'
-    # Test requires additional software and compilation of some C programs
-    substituteInPlace t/basic-test.sh \
-      --replace it_stores_and_extracts_corpus0 dont_test
-  '';
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    make -f Makefile.prep synctus/ddar_pb2.py
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = with python2.pkgs; [ protobuf.protobuf ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python2.pkgs; [ protobuf ];
-
-  checkInputs = [ roundup ncurses ];
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    roundup t/basic-test.sh
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Unix de-duplicating archiver";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    homepage = src.meta.homepage;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c30baaac945a..58ad77d58197 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   dbus_libs = throw "'dbus_libs' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dbus'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   dbus_tools = throw "'dbus_tools' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dbus.out'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   dbvisualizer = throw "dbvisualizer has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained"; # Added 2020-09-20
+  ddar = throw "ddar has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-03-18
   deadbeef-mpris2-plugin = throw "'deadbeef-mpris2-plugin' has been renamed to/replaced by 'deadbeefPlugins.mpris2'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   deadpixi-sam = deadpixi-sam-unstable;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0ebbbda0440e..d6ebbf4b49a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2854,8 +2854,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dcw-gmt = callPackage ../applications/gis/gmt/dcw.nix { };
 
-  ddar = callPackage ../tools/backup/ddar { };
-
   ddate = callPackage ../tools/misc/ddate { };
 
   ddosify = callPackage ../development/tools/ddosify { };