diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/s3gof3r/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/s3gof3r/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e3b83840879..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/s3gof3r/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "s3gof3r";
-  version = "0.5.0";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/rlmcpherson/s3gof3r";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "rlmcpherson";
-    repo = "s3gof3r";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-88C6c4DRD/4ePTO1+1YiI8ApXWE2uUlr07dDCxGzaoE=";
-  };
-
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Fast, concurrent, streaming access to Amazon S3, including gof3r, a CLI";
-    homepage = "https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rlmcpherson/s3gof3r";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
-    mainProgram = "gof3r";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/s3gof3r/deps.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/s3gof3r/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 49c5d600be2f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/s3gof3r/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/jessevdk/go-flags";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/jessevdk/go-flags";
-      rev = "1b89bf73cd2c3a911d7b2a279ab085c4a18cf539";
-      sha256 = "027nglc5xx1cm03z9sisg0iqrhwcj6gh5z254rrpl8p4fwrxx680";
-    };
-  }
-]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 02f6e4a2a1e4..d0bb0a0eedb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1236,6 +1236,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ### S ###
 
   s2n = s2n-tls; # Added 2021-03-03
+  s3gof3r = throw "s3gof3r has been dropped due to the lack of maintenance from upstream since 2017"; # Added 2022-06-04
   s6Dns = throw "'s6Dns' has been renamed to/replaced by 's6-dns'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   s6LinuxUtils = throw "'s6LinuxUtils' has been renamed to/replaced by 's6-linux-utils'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   s6Networking = throw "'s6Networking' has been renamed to/replaced by 's6-networking'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e61b41d008cd..58a634507973 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10107,8 +10107,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   s5cmd = callPackage ../tools/networking/s5cmd { };
 
-  s3gof3r = callPackage ../tools/networking/s3gof3r { };
-
   s6-dns = skawarePackages.s6-dns;
 
   s6-linux-init = skawarePackages.s6-linux-init;