diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/speedometer/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/speedometer/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2802fddf8ce5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/speedometer/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, python2Packages }:
-
-python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  pname = "speedometer";
-  version = "2.8";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://excess.org/speedometer/speedometer-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "060bikv3gwr203jbdmvawsfhc0yq0bg1m42dk8czx1nqvwvgv6fm";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python2Packages.urwid ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i "/'entry_points': {/d" setup.py
-    sed -i "/'console_scripts': \['speedometer = speedometer:console'\],},/d" setup.py
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Measure and display the rate of data across a network connection or data being stored in a file";
-    homepage = "https://excess.org/speedometer/";
-    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ Baughn ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 6a42ebc5b5be..c6cf3ddcd4cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1196,6 +1196,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   spaceOrbit = throw "'spaceOrbit' has been renamed to/replaced by 'space-orbit'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   spectral = neochat; # Added 2020-12-27
   speech_tools = throw "'speech_tools' has been renamed to/replaced by 'speech-tools'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  speedometer = throw "speedometer has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-04-24
   speedtest_cli = throw "'speedtest_cli' has been renamed to/replaced by 'speedtest-cli'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   spice_gtk = throw "'spice_gtk' has been renamed to/replaced by 'spice-gtk'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   spice_protocol = throw "'spice_protocol' has been renamed to/replaced by 'spice-protocol'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b9fef9911001..de79f6804e6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23592,8 +23592,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   solo5 = callPackage ../os-specific/solo5 { };
 
-  speedometer = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/speedometer { };
-
   statik = callPackage ../development/tools/statik { };
 
   statifier = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/statifier { };