diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/hardlink/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/hardlink/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a82318648495..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/hardlink/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pcre2 }:
-
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "hardlink";
-  version = "1.3-4";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/hardlink.git/snapshot/hardlink-aa6325ac4e8100b8ac7d38c7f0bc2708e69bd855.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0g4hyrnd9hpykbf06qvvp3s4yyk7flbd95gilkf7r3w9vqiagvs2";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ pcre2 ];
-  NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-lpcre2-8";
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    $CC -O2 hardlink.c -o hardlink $NIX_CFLAGS_LINK
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/man/man1
-    cp -f hardlink $out/bin/hardlink
-    cp -f hardlink.1 $out/share/man/man1/hardlink.1
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Consolidate duplicate files via hardlinks";
-    homepage = "https://pagure.io/hardlink";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b2a8d4a5a659..3ea7c71457a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ### H ###
 
   hal-flash = throw "hal-flash has been removed as Adobe Flash Player is now deprecated"; # Added 2021-02-07
+  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
   heapster = throw "Heapster is now retired. See https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/heapster/blob/master/docs/deprecation.md"; # Added 2022-04-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d02ad441b1c8..eb7bfd829ab3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7198,8 +7198,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   habitat = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/habitat { };
 
-  hardlink = callPackage ../tools/system/hardlink { };
-
   hashcash = callPackage ../tools/security/hashcash { };
 
   hashcat = callPackage ../tools/security/hashcat { };