diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/chunkwm/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/chunkwm/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c0229ba3ae23..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/chunkwm/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip, Carbon, Cocoa, ScriptingBridge }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "chunkwm";
-  version = "0.4.9";
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://github.com/koekeishiya/chunkwm/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0w8q92q97fdvbwc3qb5w44jn4vi3m65ssdvjp5hh6b7llr17vspl";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ Carbon Cocoa ScriptingBridge ];
-  outputs = [ "bin" "out" ];
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    for d in . src/chunkc src/plugins/*; do
-        pushd $d
-        buildPhase
-        popd
-    done
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $bin/bin $out/bin $out/lib/chunkwm/plugins
-    cp src/chunkc/bin/chunkc $bin/bin/chunkc
-    cp bin/chunkwm $out/bin
-    cp plugins/*.so $out/lib/chunkwm/plugins
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Tiling window manager for macOS based on plugin architecture";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/koekeishiya/chunkwm";
-    platforms = platforms.darwin;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lnl7 ];
-    license = licenses.mit;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a87c6b5d10a0..be5e1c6b0d76 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   cgmanager = throw "cgmanager was deprecated by lxc and therefore removed from nixpkgs."; # added 2020-06-05
   checkbashism = checkbashisms; # added 2016-08-16
   chronos = throw "chronos has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was unmaintained"; # added 2020-08-15
+  chunkwm = throw "chunkwm has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # added 2022-01-07
   cide = throw "cide was deprecated on 2019-09-11: abandoned by upstream";
   cinepaint = throw "cinepaint has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was unmaintained"; # added 2019-12-10
   cifs_utils = cifs-utils; # added 2016-08
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 27da81ef92a6..0df53768e038 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1951,10 +1951,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   kwakd = callPackage ../servers/kwakd { };
 
-  chunkwm = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/chunkwm {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon Cocoa ScriptingBridge;
-  };
-
   kwm = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/kwm { };
 
   khd = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/khd {