diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/kexpand/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/kexpand/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 35d0a5c2da07..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/kexpand/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-buildGoPackage {
-  pname = "kexpand";
-  version = "unstable-2017-05-12";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/kopeio/kexpand";
-
-  subPackages = [ "." ];
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "kopeio";
-    repo = "kexpand";
-    rev = "c508a43a4e84410dfd30827603e902148c5c1f3c";
-    sha256 = "0946h74lsqnr1106j7i2w2a5jg2bbk831d7prlws4bb2kigfm38p";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 6c8fed798936..b51a766d9a17 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   keepnote = throw "keepnote has been removed from nixpkgs, as it is stuck on python2"; # Added 2022-01-01
   kerberos = libkrb5; # moved from top-level 2021-03-14
   kexectools = kexec-tools; # Added 2021-09-03
+  kexpand = "kexpand awless has been dropped due to the lack of maintanence from upstream since 2017"; # Added 2022-06-01
   keybase-go = throw "'keybase-go' has been renamed to/replaced by 'keybase'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   keysmith = libsForQt5.plasmaMobileGear.keysmith; # Added 2021-07-14
   kgx = gnome-console; # Added 2022-02-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9f8e42774535..4a477bce14f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7436,8 +7436,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   keepkey_agent = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication keepkey_agent;
 
-  kexpand = callPackage ../development/tools/kexpand { };
-
   kent = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/kent { };
 
   keybase = callPackage ../tools/security/keybase {