diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/kid3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/kid3/default.nix
index a29ddbb81508..37bb05d90387 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/kid3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/kid3/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchurl
-, automoc4
 , chromaprint
 , cmake
 , docbook_xml_dtd_45
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     wrapQtAppsHook
   ];
   buildInputs = [
-    automoc4
     chromaprint
     ffmpeg
     flac
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automoc4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automoc4/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ac027ec45301..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automoc4/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt4 }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "automoc4";
-  version = "0.9.88";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://kde/stable/automoc4/0.9.88/${pname}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0jackvg0bdjg797qlbbyf9syylm0qjs55mllhn11vqjsq3s1ch93";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-  buildInputs = [ qt4 ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tools/Automoc4";
-    description = "KDE Meta Object Compiler";
-    license = licenses.bsd2;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.sander ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 2ef27b25740a..4e2ba5f56667 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   at_spi2_atk = throw "'at_spi2_atk' has been renamed to/replaced by 'at-spi2-atk'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   at_spi2_core = throw "'at_spi2_core' has been renamed to/replaced by 'at-spi2-core'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   aucdtect = throw "aucdtect: Upstream no longer provides download urls"; # Added 2020-12-26
+  automoc4 = throw "automoc4 has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2022-05-30
   avldrums-lv2 = x42-avldrums; # Added 2020-03-29
   avxsynth = throw "avxsynth was removed because it was broken"; # Added 2021-05-18
   awesome-4-0 = awesome; # Added 2022-05-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c708fca8436c..7f00cecfce0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14926,8 +14926,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   automake116x = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.16.x.nix { };
 
-  automoc4 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/automoc4 { };
-
   avrdude = callPackage ../development/embedded/avrdude { };
 
   b4 = callPackage ../development/tools/b4 { };