diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/phraseapp-client/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/phraseapp-client/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 12b11cf20d01..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/phraseapp-client/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "phraseapp-client";
-  version = "1.17.1";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/phrase/phraseapp-client";
-  subPackages = [ "." ];
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "phrase";
-    repo = "phraseapp-client";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0j8fygp9bw68p1736hq7n7qv86rghchxbdm1xibvk5jpgph1nzl7";
-  };
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    ln -s $out/bin/phraseapp-client $out/bin/phraseapp
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "http://docs.phraseapp.com";
-    description = "PhraseApp API v2 Command Line Client";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ manveru ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 2ca76cf4cc42..c04558b0ef43 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1017,6 +1017,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   phantomjs = throw "phantomjs 1.9.8 has been dropped due to lack of maintenance and security issues"; # Added 2022-02-20
   phantomjs2 = throw "phantomjs2 has been dropped due to lack of maintenance"; # Added 2022-04-22
   philter = throw "philter has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-04-26
+  phraseapp-client = throw "phraseapp-client is archived by upstream. Use phrase-cli instead"; # Added 2022-05-15
   phwmon = throw "phwmon has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-04-24
 
   # Obsolete PHP version aliases
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f84c54f0ab02..6cfc21135cf0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29051,8 +29051,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   phrase-cli = callPackage ../tools/misc/phrase-cli { };
 
-  phraseapp-client = callPackage ../tools/misc/phraseapp-client { };
-
   pianobar = callPackage ../applications/audio/pianobar { };
 
   pianobooster = qt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/pianobooster { stdenv = gcc10StdenvCompat; };