diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/i3cat/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/i3cat/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 79e93847932f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/i3cat/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "i3cat";
-  version = "1.0";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/vincent-petithory/i3cat";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "vincent-petithory";
-    repo = "i3cat";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-BxiiYzSjvXAMUQSUTKviLvrmGjkCLW6QPrgBBHvvF+Q=";
-  };
-
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "combine multiple i3bar JSON inputs into one to forward to i3bar";
-    homepage = "https://vincent-petithory.github.io/i3cat/";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/i3cat/deps.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/i3cat/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 01e85cbd824d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/i3cat/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/vincent-petithory/structfield";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/vincent-petithory/structfield";
-      rev = "01a738558a47fbf16712994d1737fb31c77e7d11";
-      sha256 = "1kyx71z13mf6hc8ly0j0b9zblgvj5lzzvgnc3fqh61wgxrsw24dw";
-    };
-  }
-]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 32a08816af30..f49f1380e571 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ mapAliases ({
 
   ### I ###
 
+  i3cat = throw "i3cat has been dropped due to the lack of maintanence from upstream since 2016"; # Added 2022-06-02
   iana_etc = throw "'iana_etc' has been renamed to/replaced by 'iana-etc'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   iasl = throw "iasl has been removed, use acpica-tools instead"; # Added 2021-08-08
   ical2org = throw "ical2org has been dropped due to the lack of maintanence from upstream since 2018"; # Added 2022-06-02
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9c5e82e654ce..4b9da14c76ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27232,8 +27232,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   i3blocks-gaps = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix { };
 
-  i3cat = callPackage ../tools/misc/i3cat { };
-
   i3ipc-glib = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/i3ipc-glib.nix { };
 
   i3lock = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix {