diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/geonkick/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/geonkick/default.nix
index 6812cb4ef0fb..5eece77373f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/geonkick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/geonkick/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,23 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, cmake, pkg-config, redkite, libsndfile, rapidjson
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, cmake, pkg-config, libsndfile, rapidjson
 , libjack2, lv2, libX11, cairo }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "geonkick";
-  version = "2.6.1";
+  version = "2.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "iurie-sw";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1l647j11pb9lkknnh4q99mmfcvr644b02lfcdjh98z60vqm1s54c";
+    sha256 = "0dpwdjyy6phhr1jm1cabj2gc3rfsdan513mijbgnpzkq9w9jfb60";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ redkite libsndfile rapidjson libjack2 lv2 libX11 cairo ];
+  buildInputs = [ libsndfile rapidjson libjack2 lv2 libX11 cairo ];
 
   # https://github.com/iurie-sw/geonkick/issues/120
   cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DGKICK_REDKITE_SDK_PATH=${redkite}"
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/redkite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/redkite/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index eb3d7629a4ea..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/redkite/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, cairo }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "redkite";
-  version = "1.3.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "iurie-sw";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-bf8kz9RyhDDuUHKiKvLiQLBIEXbIyoy3yuKfSpSYYv0=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ cairo ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/iurie-sw/redkite";
-    description = "A small GUI toolkit";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 720d2dcdd9e2..e00c042c8a45 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   rfkill = throw "rfkill has been removed, as it's included in util-linux"; # added 2020-08-23
   riak-cs = throw "riak-cs is not maintained anymore"; # added 2020-10-14
   radare2-cutter = cutter; # added 2021-03-30
+  redkite = throw "redkite was archived by upstream"; # added 2021-04-12
   rkt = throw "rkt was archived by upstream"; # added 2020-05-16
   ruby_2_0_0 = throw "ruby_2_0_0 was deprecated on 2018-02-13: use a newer version of ruby";
   ruby_2_1_0 = throw "ruby_2_1_0 was deprecated on 2018-02-13: use a newer version of ruby";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 91e3e9c70a3e..89d37c83b7b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17107,8 +17107,6 @@ in
 
   randomx = callPackage ../development/libraries/randomx { };
 
-  redkite = callPackage ../development/libraries/redkite { };
-
   resolv_wrapper = callPackage ../development/libraries/resolv_wrapper { };
 
   rhino = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/rhino {