diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/hdr-plus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/hdr-plus/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 55411e92f7f9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/hdr-plus/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
-, cmake, halide
-, libpng, libjpeg, libtiff, libraw
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "hdr-plus";
-  version = "unstable-2021-12-10";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "timothybrooks";
-    repo = "hdr-plus";
-    rev = "0ab70564493bdbcd5aca899b5885505d0c824435";
-    sha256 = "sha256-QV8bGxkwFpbNzJG4kmrWwFQxUo2XzLPnoI1e32UmM6g=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ halide libpng libjpeg libtiff libraw ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    for bin in hdrplus stack_frames; do
-      install -Dm755 $bin $out/bin/$bin
-    done
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Burst photography pipeline based on Google's HDR+";
-    homepage = "https://www.timothybrooks.com/tech/hdr-plus/";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ OPNA2608 ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b778cc11bab0..ae42c2cbf66c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   hardlink = throw "hardlink was merged into util-linux since 2019-06-14."; # Added 2022-08-12
   inherit (harePackages) hare harec; # Added 2022-08-10
   hawkthorne = throw "hawkthorne has been removed because it depended on a broken version of love"; # Added 2022-01-15
+  hdr-plus = throw "hdr-plus has been removed because it is unmaintained, often breaks and no longer consumed as a dependency"; # Added 2022-11-08
   heapster = throw "Heapster is now retired. See https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/heapster/blob/master/docs/deprecation.md"; # Added 2022-04-05
   heimdalFull = throw "'heimdalFull' has been renamed to/replaced by 'heimdal'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   heme = throw "heme has been removed: upstream is gone"; # added 2022-02-06
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5eafafb831b4..88e1dbef76b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29097,10 +29097,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   hdhomerun-config-gui = callPackage ../applications/video/hdhomerun-config-gui { };
 
-  hdr-plus = callPackage ../applications/graphics/hdr-plus {
-    stdenv = clangStdenv;
-  };
-
   hedgedoc-cli = callPackage ../tools/admin/hedgedoc-cli { };
 
   heimer = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/heimer { };