diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dbvisualizer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dbvisualizer/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7612c00393fa..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dbvisualizer/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, jre, makeWrapper }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "dbvisualizer-9.5.7";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.dbvis.com/product_download/dbvis-9.5.7/media/dbvis_unix_9_5_7.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1xv4fw7cji2ffvv7z8vjl5lap512pj60s2ynihirrqld7pmklnyr";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp -a . $out
-    ln -sf $out/dbvis $out/bin
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/dbvis --set INSTALL4J_JAVA_HOME ${jre}
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "The universal database tool";
-    homepage = "https://www.dbvis.com/";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfree;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 267ef1a8fc53..b4029f870794 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   d1x_rebirth = dxx-rebirth; # added 2018-04-25
   d2x_rebirth = dxx-rebirth; # added 2018-04-25
   dat = nodePackages.dat;
+  dbvisualizer = throw "dbvisualizer has been remove from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained"; # added 2020-09-20
   dbus_daemon = dbus.daemon; # added 2018-04-25
   dbus_glib = dbus-glib; # added 2018-02-25
   dbus_libs = dbus; # added 2018-04-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ee54eef05068..8c43656647d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20112,8 +20112,6 @@ in
 
   das_watchdog = callPackage ../tools/system/das_watchdog { };
 
-  dbvisualizer = callPackage ../applications/misc/dbvisualizer {};
-
   dd-agent = callPackage ../tools/networking/dd-agent/5.nix { };
   datadog-agent = callPackage ../tools/networking/dd-agent/datadog-agent.nix {
     pythonPackages = datadog-integrations-core {};