diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/heme/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/heme/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d1830c842b6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/heme/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, ncurses }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "heme";
-  version = "0.4.2";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/heme/heme/heme-${version}/heme-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0wsrnj5mrlazgqs4252k30aw8m86qw0z9dmrsli9zdxl7j4cg99v";
-  };
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace Makefile \
-      --replace "/usr/local" "$out" \
-      --replace "CFLAGS = " "CFLAGS = -I${ncurses.dev}/include " \
-      --replace "LDFLAGS = " "LDFLAGS = -L${ncurses.out}/lib " \
-      --replace "-lcurses" "-lncurses"
-  '';
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
-  preBuild = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    mkdir -p $out/man/man1
-  '';
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Portable and fast console hex editor for unix operating systems";
-    homepage = "http://heme.sourceforge.net/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4414f55b77f1..8eeb7c604373 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   hawkthorne = throw "hawkthorne has been removed because it depended on a broken version of love"; # added 2022-01-15
   hal-flash = throw "hal-flash has been removed as Adobe Flash Player is now deprecated."; # added 2021-02-07
   heimdalFull = heimdal; # added 2018-05-01
+  heme = throw "heme has been removed: upstream is gone"; # added 2022-02-06
   hepmc = hepmc2; # added 2019-08-05
   hexen = throw "hexen (SDL port) has been removed: abandoned by upstream."; # added 2019-12-11
   hicolor_icon_theme = hicolor-icon-theme; # added 2018-02-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 30acb59627af..e1d31e619482 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26340,8 +26340,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   helmholtz = callPackage ../applications/audio/pd-plugins/helmholtz { };
 
-  heme = callPackage ../applications/editors/heme { };
-
   herbe = callPackage ../applications/misc/herbe { };
 
   herbstluftwm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/herbstluftwm { };