diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/go-repo-root/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/go-repo-root/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d17b2d0c5388..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/go-repo-root/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "go-repo-root";
-  version = "unstable-2014-09-11";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/cstrahan/go-repo-root";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "cstrahan";
-    repo = "go-repo-root";
-    rev = "90041e5c7dc634651549f96814a452f4e0e680f9";
-    sha256 = "sha256-5FVELoUq34KjBl1kzYpExDQFvH2PYQ+dbUOBLSe6n+Y=";
-  };
-
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/go-repo-root/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/go-repo-root/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2554b3cad1a5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/go-repo-root/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/tools/go/vcs";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/tools";
-      rev = "9ae4729fba20b3533d829a9c6ba8195b068f2abc";
-      sha256 = "1j51aaskfqc953p5s9naqimr04hzfijm4yczdsiway1xnnvvpfr1";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "code.google.com/p/go.tools/go/vcs";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/tools";
-      rev = "9ae4729fba20b3533d829a9c6ba8195b068f2abc";
-      sha256 = "1j51aaskfqc953p5s9naqimr04hzfijm4yczdsiway1xnnvvpfr1";
-    };
-  }
-]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 832ba8b381db..ba82d3ad970a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   google-musicmanager = throw "google-musicmanager has been removed because Google Play Music was discontinued"; # Added 2021-03-07
   google-music-scripts = throw "google-music-scripts has been removed because Google Play Music was discontinued"; # Added 2021-03-07
   go-pup = throw "'go-pup' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pup'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  go-repo-root = throw "go-repo-root has been dropped due to the lack of maintanence from upstream since 2014"; # Added 2022-06-02
   gpgstats = throw "gpgstats has been removed: upstream is gone"; # Added 2022-02-06
   gpshell = throw "gpshell has been removed, because it was unmaintained in nixpkgs"; # added 2021-12-17
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 42932af4b801..f4e46a40332a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13138,8 +13138,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   go = go_1_17;
 
-  go-repo-root = callPackage ../development/tools/go-repo-root { };
-
   go-junit-report = callPackage ../development/tools/go-junit-report { };
 
   gobang = callPackage ../development/tools/database/gobang {