diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/xtrt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/xtrt/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d01935f9688..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/xtrt/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ bzip2, fetchFromGitHub, gzip, gnutar, lib, stdenv, unzip, xz }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "xtrt";
-  version = "unstable-2021-02-17";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "figsoda";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "61884fb7c48c7e1e2194afd82b85f415a6dc7c20";
-    sha256 = "073l4q6mx5if791p5a6w8m8bz2aypmjmycaijq4spql8bh6h12vf";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace xtrt \
-      --replace "bzip2 " "${bzip2}/bin/bzip2 " \
-      --replace "gzip " "${gzip}/bin/gzip " \
-      --replace "tar " "${gnutar}/bin/tar " \
-      --replace "unzip " "${unzip}/bin/unzip " \
-      --replace "xz " "${xz}/bin/xz "
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp xtrt $out/bin
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Tiny script to extract archives by their extensions";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/figsoda/xtrt";
-    license = licenses.unlicense;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
-    mainProgram = "xtrt";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 655d76c2be5c..a79839ac2339 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1805,6 +1805,7 @@ mapAliases ({
     "from nixpkgs. Users are urged to switch to 'xone'."
   ); # Added 2022-08-02
   xpraGtk3 = throw "'xpraGtk3' has been renamed to/replaced by 'xpra'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  xtrt = throw "xtrt has been removed due to being abandoned"; # Added 2023-05-25
   xv = xxv; # Added 2020-02-22
   xvidcap = throw "'xvidcap' has been removed because of a broken dependency"; # Added 2022-11-08
   xvfb_run = xvfb-run; # Added 2021-05-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b4c8dc636006..9ae88afbebba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1781,8 +1781,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xrootd = callPackage ../tools/networking/xrootd { };
 
-  xtrt = callPackage ../tools/archivers/xtrt { };
-
   yabridge = callPackage ../tools/audio/yabridge {
     wine = wineWowPackages.staging;
   };