diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/packet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/packet/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 056c9a3527ed..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/packet/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "packet";
-  version = "2.2.2";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/ebsarr/packet";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "ebsarr";
-    repo = "packet";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-jm9u+LQE48aqO6CLdLZAw38woH1phYnEYpEsRbNwyKI=";
-  };
-
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "a CLI tool to manage packet.net services";
-    mainProgram = "packet";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/ebsarr/packet";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ grahamc ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/packet/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/packet/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 53a9bef73207..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/packet/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated by https://github.com/kamilchm/go2nix v1.2.1
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man";
-      rev = "691ee98543af2f262f35fbb54bdd42f00b9b9cc5";
-      sha256 = "1864g10y9n6ni0p1yqjhvwyjdh0lgxnf7dlb0c4njazdg5rppww9";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/ebsarr/packngo";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/ebsarr/packngo";
-      rev = "bc067ae8c334d03f246fd5537dac6d4ed4192ada";
-      sha256 = "1q7w8pdw87ifmkpcayk5qri4lb81bh82jrzh3fdmnbldwmjynyj2";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify";
-      rev = "ccc981bf80385c528a65fbfdd49bf2d8da22aa23";
-      sha256 = "0hcrfmiyx27izac3v0ii0qq2kfjvhr9ma1i79hrl6a6y2ayagzz7";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/hashicorp/hcl";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl";
-      rev = "8cb6e5b959231cc1119e43259c4a608f9c51a241";
-      sha256 = "0q6ml0qqs0yil76mpn4mdx4lp94id8vbv575qm60jzl1ijcl5i66";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/magiconair/properties";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/magiconair/properties";
-      rev = "c2353362d570a7bfa228149c62842019201cfb71";
-      sha256 = "1a10362wv8a8qwb818wygn2z48lgzch940hvpv81hv8gc747ajxn";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure";
-      rev = "fa473d140ef3c6adf42d6b391fe76707f1f243c8";
-      sha256 = "0f06q4fpzg0c370cvmpsl0iq2apl5nkbz5cd3nba5x5ysmshv1lm";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/packethost/packngo";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/packethost/packngo";
-      rev = "2100ba98e6dc4ca18563d91edfdbba3c4bf46ddb";
-      sha256 = "03iav4lxiir9dphygh5jgqvygs59ci80yfqws34vzy47pxb1wsc8";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/pelletier/go-toml";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml";
-      rev = "c2dbbc24a97911339e01bda0b8cabdbd8f13b602";
-      sha256 = "0v1dsqnk5zmn6ir8jgxijx14s47jvijlqfz3aq435snfrgybd5rz";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/spf13/afero";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/afero";
-      rev = "787d034dfe70e44075ccc060d346146ef53270ad";
-      sha256 = "0138rjiacl71h7kvhzinviwvy6qa2m6rflpv9lgqv15hnjvhwvg1";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/spf13/cast";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/cast";
-      rev = "8965335b8c7107321228e3e3702cab9832751bac";
-      sha256 = "177bk7lq40jbgv9p9r80aydpaccfk8ja3a7jjhfwiwk9r1pa4rr2";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/spf13/cobra";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/cobra";
-      rev = "99dc123558852f67743bd0b2caf8383cb3c6d720";
-      sha256 = "0b2rjgycgpkpvpsqgvilqkr66bfk477lyd6l0jxmgxb1h0za5s25";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman";
-      rev = "14d3d4c518341bea657dd8a226f5121c0ff8c9f2";
-      sha256 = "1f9154lijbz0kkgqwmbphykwl4adv4fvkx6n1p7fdq3x5j9g8i17";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/spf13/pflag";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/pflag";
-      rev = "298182f68c66c05229eb03ac171abe6e309ee79a";
-      sha256 = "1cj3cjm7d3zk0mf1xdybh0jywkbbw7a6yr3y22x9sis31scprswd";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/spf13/viper";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/spf13/viper";
-      rev = "0ac2068de99fd349edc4954d0e9b4a600d75da44";
-      sha256 = "1h33gm0m0d4mrwf097v2mpwjza1zmmkqy67a51jjdcrqx1zys8gj";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/sys";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/sys";
-      rev = "fa5fdf94c78965f1aa8423f0cc50b8b8d728b05a";
-      sha256 = "1wrf7y6a1ar1r8yd88zlmic55alx91k5nqks7f8w1d5j7hp1if35";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/text";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/text";
-      rev = "6e3c4e7365ddcc329f090f96e4348398f6310088";
-      sha256 = "1r511ncipn7sdlssn06fpzcpy4mp4spagni4ryxq86p2b0bi8pn4";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
-      rev = "5420a8b6744d3b0345ab293f6fcba19c978f1183";
-      sha256 = "0dwjrs2lp2gdlscs7bsrmyc5yf6mm4fvgw71bzr9mv2qrd2q73s1";
-    };
-  }
-]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4dccb378bcf9..5401a653613b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -926,6 +926,7 @@ mapAliases ({
 
   PageEdit = pageedit; # Added 2024-01-21
   packet-cli = metal-cli; # Added 2021-10-25
+  packet = throw "packet has been removed as it is no longer working and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-03-29
   palemoon = throw "palemoon has been dropped due to python2 being EOL and marked insecure. Use 'palemoon-bin' instead"; # Added 2023-05-18
   pam_usb = throw "'pam_usb' has been removed: abandoned by upstream since 2015."; # Added 2023-10-30
   paper-note = throw "paper-note has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2023-05-03
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5d8c22eb945e..6c977d9c5817 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -33948,8 +33948,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   parlatype = callPackage ../applications/audio/parlatype { };
 
-  packet = callPackage ../development/tools/packet { };
-
   packet-sd = callPackage ../development/tools/packet-sd { };
 
   metal-cli = callPackage ../development/tools/metal-cli { };