diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/mime-types/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/mime-types/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 77b67e48f923..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/data/misc/mime-types/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip }:
-
-let
-  version = "9";
-in fetchzip rec {
-  name = "mime-types-${version}";
-  url = "https://mirrors.kernel.org/gentoo/distfiles/${name}.tar.bz2";
-  postFetch = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/etc
-    tar xjvf $downloadedFile --directory=$out/etc --strip-components=1
-  '';
-  sha256 = "0gyla4wfiaccs0qh0hw7n08kdpnkkssglcg0z2jblb2lsdr4qna0";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A database of common mappings of file extensions to MIME types";
-    homepage = "https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-misc/mime-types";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4a55239d2656..63fb822fdbcb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   mcgrid = throw "mcgrid has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's not compatible with rivet 3"; # added 2020-05-23
   mcomix = throw "mcomix has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained; try mcomix3 a Python 3 fork"; # added 2019-12-10, modified 2020-11-25
   mididings = throw "mididings has been removed from nixpkgs as it doesn't support recent python3 versions and its upstream stopped maintaining it."; # added 2022-01-12
+  mime-types = mailcap; # added 2022-01-21
   mimms = throw "mimms has been removed from nixpkgs as the upstream project is stuck on python2."; # added 2022-01-01
   mirage = throw "mirage has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained"; # added 2019-12-10
   minergate = throw "minergate has been removed from nixpkgs, because the package is unmaintained and the site has a bad reputation"; # added 2021-08-13
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b6905c893e6a..9d46ec5ae409 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23978,8 +23978,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   sweet = callPackage ../data/themes/sweet { };
 
-  mime-types = callPackage ../data/misc/mime-types { };
-
   shared-mime-info = callPackage ../data/misc/shared-mime-info { };
 
   shared_desktop_ontologies = callPackage ../data/misc/shared-desktop-ontologies { };