diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex-remote-b2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex-remote-b2/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c32d29f2561a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex-remote-b2/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "git-annex-remote-b2";
-  version = "unstable-2015-12-12";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/encryptio/git-annex-remote-b2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "encryptio";
-    repo = "git-annex-remote-b2";
-    rev = "4db46b9fc9ef7b3f4851c2a6b061cb8f90f553ba";
-    sha256 = "sha256-QhotoSdCpiuDyMARW5jExP2887XRMaaxVXBIutvPaYQ=";
-  };
-
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex-remote-b2/deps.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex-remote-b2/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 479b3e7d6372..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex-remote-b2/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/pquerna/ffjson";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/pquerna/ffjson";
-      rev = "674bc015b5b3f50f9bb2561179778586b9af68c5";
-      sha256 = "0l53q7b1g25hfjm1iyynfs413rpav4c51yvdr244ivw1x3hksa7a";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/kothar/go-backblaze.v0";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://gopkg.in/kothar/go-backblaze.v0";
-      rev = "373819725fc560fa962c6cd883b533d2ebec4844";
-      sha256 = "1kmlwfnnfd4h46bb9pz2gw1hxqm1pzkwvidfmnc0zkrilaywk6fx";
-    };
-  }
-]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c5fe6591e6a1..857b3036f543 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   gfm = throw "gfm has been removed"; # Added 2021-01-15
   giblib = throw " giblib has been removed from nixpkgs because upstream is gone"; # Added 2022-01-23
   giflib_4_1 = throw "giflib_4_1 has been removed; use giflib instead"; # Added 2020-02-12
+  git-annex-remote-b2 = throw "git-annex-remote-b2 has been dropped due to the lack of maintanence from upstream since 2016"; # Added 2022-06-02
   git-bz = throw "giz-bz has been removed from nixpkgs as it is stuck on python2"; # Added 2022-01-01
 
   gitAndTools = self // {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 719fa1988ab8..5271cd417e4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6216,8 +6216,6 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (python3Packages) buildPythonApplication pyqt5 git-annex-adapter;
   };
 
-  git-annex-remote-b2 = callPackage ../applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex-remote-b2 { };
-
   git-annex-remote-dbx = callPackage ../applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex-remote-dbx {
     inherit (python3Packages)
     buildPythonApplication