diff --git a/pkgs/games/linux-steam-integration/default.nix b/pkgs/games/linux-steam-integration/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a814f30a5f3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/linux-steam-integration/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, git, gtk, gettext,
-  gcc_multi, libressl, gnome3, steam }:
-
-let
-  version = "0.7.3";
-
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "linux-steam-integration";
-  inherit version;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "clearlinux";
-    repo = "linux-steam-integration";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0brv3swx8h170ycxksb31sf5jvj85csfpx7gjlf6yrfz7jw2j6vp";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig git gettext gcc_multi ];
-  buildInputs = [ gtk libressl ];
-
-  # Patch lib paths (AUDIT_PATH and REDIRECT_PATH) in shim.c
-  # Patch path to lsi-steam in lsi-steam.desktop
-  # Patch path to zenity in lsi.c
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/shim/shim.c --replace "/usr/" $out
-    substituteInPlace data/lsi-steam.desktop --replace "/usr/" $out
-    substituteInPlace src/lsi/lsi.c --replace zenity ${gnome3.zenity}/bin/zenity
-    substituteInPlace data/lsi-settings.desktop.in \
-      --replace "Name=Linux Steam Integration" "Name=Linux Steam Integration Settings"
-  '';
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    # Configure 64bit things
-    meson build                           \
-      -Dwith-shim=co-exist                \
-      -Dwith-frontend=true                \
-      -Dwith-steam-binary=${steam}/bin/steam \
-      -Dwith-new-libcxx-abi=true          \
-      -Dwith-libressl-mode=native         \
-      --prefix /                          \
-      --libexecdir lib                    \
-      --libdir lib                        \
-      --bindir bin
-
-    # Configure 32bit things
-    CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32" meson build32 \
-      -Dwith-shim=none                         \
-      -Dwith-libressl-mode=native              \
-      --prefix /                               \
-      --libexecdir lib32                       \
-      --libdir lib32
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    # Build 64bit things
-    ninja -C build
-
-    # Build 32bit things
-    ninja -C build32
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    DESTDIR="$out" ninja -C build install
-    DESTDIR="$out" ninja -C build32 install
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Steam wrapper to improve compability and performance";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Linux Steam Integration is a helper system to make the Steam Client and
-      Steam games run better on Linux. In a nutshell, LSI automatically applies
-      various workarounds to get games working, and fixes long standing bugs in
-      both games and the client
-    '';
-    homepage = "https://github.com/clearlinux/linux-steam-integration";
-    license = licenses.lgpl21;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.etu ];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 1ef754ccba00..5eb7c2011832 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   linuxPackages_testing_hardened = throw "linuxPackages_testing_hardened has been removed, please use linuxPackages_latest_hardened";
   linux_testing_hardened = throw "linux_testing_hardened has been removed, please use linux_latest_hardened";
 
+  linux-steam-integration = throw "linux-steam-integration has been removed, as the upstream project has been abandoned"; # added 2020-05-22
   loadcaffe = throw "loadcaffe has been removed, as the upstream project has been abandoned"; # added 2020-03-28
   lttngTools = lttng-tools;  # added 2014-07-31
   lttngUst = lttng-ust;  # added 2014-07-31
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6ff526349638..d6be9351b6c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23969,10 +23969,6 @@ in
 
   steamcmd = steamPackages.steamcmd;
 
-  linux-steam-integration = callPackage ../games/linux-steam-integration {
-    gtk = pkgs.gtk3;
-  };
-
   protontricks = callPackage ../tools/package-management/protontricks {
     inherit (python3Packages) buildPythonApplication pytest setuptools_scm vdf;
     inherit (gnome3) zenity;