diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/grib-api/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/grib-api/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f7097dc4a3f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/grib-api/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchurl, fetchpatch, lib, stdenv,
-  cmake, netcdf, gfortran, libpng, openjpeg,
-  enablePython ? false, pythonPackages ? null }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "grib-api";
-  version = "1.28.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/download/attachments/3473437/grib_api-${version}-Source.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0qbj12ap7yy2rl1pq629chnss2jl73wxdj1lwzv0xp87r6z5qdfl";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/grib-api/raw/debian/1.28.0-2/debian/patches/openjpeg2.patch";
-      sha256 = "05faxh51vlidiazxq1ssd3k4cjivk1adyn30k94mxqa1xnb2r2pc";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    # Fix "no member named 'inmem_' in 'jas_image_t'"
-    substituteInPlace "src/grib_jasper_encoding.c" --replace "image.inmem_    = 1;" ""
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake gfortran ];
-  buildInputs = [ netcdf
-                  libpng
-                  openjpeg
-                ] ++ lib.optionals enablePython [
-                  pythonPackages.python
-                ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals enablePython [
-                  pythonPackages.numpy
-                ];
-
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DENABLE_PYTHON=${if enablePython then "ON" else "OFF"}"
-                 "-DENABLE_PNG=ON"
-                 "-DENABLE_FORTRAN=ON"
-                 "-DOPENJPEG_INCLUDE_DIR=${openjpeg.dev}/include/${openjpeg.incDir}"
-               ];
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  # Only do tests that don't require downloading 120MB of testdata
-  # We fix the darwin checkPhase, which searches for libgrib_api.dylib
-  # in /nix/store by setting DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
-  checkPhase = lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin) ''
-    substituteInPlace "tests/include.sh" --replace "set -ea" "set -ea; export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/lib"
-  '' + ''
-    ctest -R "t_definitions|t_calendar|t_unit_tests" -VV
-  '';
-
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/GRIB/Home";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
-    description = "ECMWF Library for the GRIB file format -- DEPRECATED";
-    longDescription = ''
-      The ECMWF GRIB API is an application program interface accessible from C,
-      FORTRAN and Python programs developed for encoding and decoding WMO FM-92
-      GRIB edition 1 and edition 2 messages.
-
-      Please note: GRIB-API support is being discontinued at the end of 2018.
-      After which there will be no further releases. Please upgrade to ecCodes
-    '';
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ knedlsepp ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 81d41311161d..2408c5b82dca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   graalvm8 = throw "graalvm8-ce has been removed by upstream."; # added 2021-10-19
   graalvm8-ce = throw "graalvm8-ce has been removed by upstream."; # added 2021-10-19
   graalvm11 = graalvm11-ce;
+  grib-api = throw "grib-api has been replaced by ecCodes => https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/ECC/GRIB-API+migration"; # added 2022-01-05
   gsettings_desktop_schemas = gsettings-desktop-schemas; # added 2018-02-25
   gtk_doc = gtk-doc; # added 2018-02-25
   gtklick = throw "gtklick has been removed from nixpkgs as the project is stuck on python2"; # added 2022-01-01
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8125d0ad73d0..4465625f2b00 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16815,8 +16815,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   grab-site = callPackage ../tools/backup/grab-site { };
 
-  grib-api = callPackage ../development/libraries/grib-api { };
-
   grilo = callPackage ../development/libraries/grilo { };
 
   grilo-plugins = callPackage ../development/libraries/grilo-plugins { };