diff --git a/pkgs/games/rimshot/default.nix b/pkgs/games/rimshot/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 997da768c6d4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/rimshot/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, love, lua, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "rimshot";
-  version = "1.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://stabyourself.net/dl.php?file=${pname}/${pname}-source.zip";
-    sha256 = "08pdkyvki92549605m9bqnr24ipkbwkp5nkr5aagdqnr8ai4rgmi";
-  };
-
-  icon = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://stabyourself.net/images/screenshots/rimshot-2.png";
-    sha256 = "08fyiqym3gcpq2vgb5dvafkban42fsbzfcr3iiyw03hz99q53psd";
-  };
-
-  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
-    name = "rimshot";
-    exec = pname;
-    icon = icon;
-    comment = "Create your own music";
-    desktopName = "Rimshot";
-    genericName = "rimshot";
-    categories = "Audio;AudioVideo;Music";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper unzip ];
-  buildInputs = [ lua love ];
-
-  unpackPhase = ''
-    unzip -j $src
-  '';
-
-  installPhase =
-  ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    mkdir -p $out/share/games/lovegames
-
-    cp -v ./*.love $out/share/games/lovegames/${pname}.love
-    makeWrapper ${love}/bin/love $out/bin/${pname} --add-flags $out/share/games/lovegames/${pname}.love
-
-    chmod +x $out/bin/${pname}
-    mkdir -p $out/share/applications
-    ln -s ${desktopItem}/share/applications/* $out/share/applications/
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Create your own music";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ leenaars ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.free;
-    downloadPage = "http://stabyourself.net/rimshot/";
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 1d193fcf6f7f..24ec303e5ef6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   qt-recordmydesktop = throw "qt-recordmydesktop has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's abandoned and uses deprecated libraries"; # added 2019-12-10
   qt-3 = throw "qt-3 has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained and insecure"; # added 2021-02-15
   rfkill = throw "rfkill has been removed, as it's included in util-linux"; # added 2020-08-23
+  rimshot = throw "rimshot has been removed, because it is broken and no longer maintained upstream"; # added 2022-01-15
   riak-cs = throw "riak-cs is not maintained anymore"; # added 2020-10-14
   ring-daemon = jami-daemon; # added 2021-10-26
   radare2-cutter = cutter; # added 2021-03-30
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 941ef0f285bb..1791c4510175 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31018,8 +31018,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   rili = callPackage ../games/rili { };
 
-  rimshot = callPackage ../games/rimshot { love = love_0_7; };
-
   rogue = callPackage ../games/rogue {
     ncurses = ncurses5;
   };