diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pmtools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pmtools/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a284924f0058..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pmtools/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "pmtools-20071116";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.lesswatts.org/patches/linux_acpi/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "91751774976e39f6237efd0326eb35196a9346220b92ad35894a33283e872748";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/pmtools
-    cp acpidump/acpidump acpixtract/acpixtract madt/madt $out/bin/
-    cp README $out/share/pmtools/
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/utilities.php;
-    description = "Linux ACPI utilities";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c0d322b89d88..8f5e866ede54 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pidginwindowmerge = pidgin-window-merge; # added 2018-01-08
   piwik = matomo; # added 2018-01-16
   pltScheme = racket; # just to be sure
+  pmtools = acpica-tools; # added 2018-11-01
   poppler_qt5 = libsForQt5.poppler;  # added 2015-12-19
   postgresql93 = postgresql_9_3;
   postgresql94 = postgresql_9_4;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ebc74e1555c3..f4055b0d4d25 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14808,8 +14808,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pmutils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pm-utils { };
 
-  pmtools = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pmtools { };
-
   policycoreutils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/policycoreutils { };
 
   semodule-utils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/semodule-utils { };