diff --git a/pkgs/games/holdingnuts/default.nix b/pkgs/games/holdingnuts/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bda18209280..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/holdingnuts/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, SDL, qt4 }:
-
-let mirror = "http://download.holdingnuts.net";
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname   = "holdingnuts";
-  version = "0.0.5";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url    = "${mirror}/release/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0iw25jmnqzscg34v66d4zz70lvgjp4l7gi16nna6491xnqha5a8g";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchurl {
-      url    = "${mirror}/patches/holdingnuts-0.0.5-wheel.patch";
-      sha256 = "0hap5anxgc19s5qi64mjpi3wpgphy4dqdxqw34q19dw3gwxw5g8n";
-    })
-    (fetchurl {
-      url    = "${mirror}/patches/holdingnuts-qpixmapcache-workaround.patch";
-      sha256 = "15cf9j9mdm85f0h7w5f5852ic7xpim0243yywkd2qrfp37mi93pd";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/system/SysAccess.c --replace /usr/share $out/share
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-  buildInputs = [ SDL qt4 ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage    = "http://www.holdingnuts.net/";
-    description = "Open Source Poker client and server";
-    license     = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ obadz ];
-    platforms   = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8d5f06f4fbbe..ab609ed2823e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   heme = throw "heme has been removed: upstream is gone"; # added 2022-02-06
   hepmc = hepmc2; # Added 2019-08-05
   hicolor_icon_theme = throw "'hicolor_icon_theme' has been renamed to/replaced by 'hicolor-icon-theme'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  holdingnuts = throw "holdingnuts was removed from nixpkgs, as the project is no longer developed"; # Added 2022-05-10
   holochain-go = throw "holochain-go was abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-01-01
   htmlTidy = throw "'htmlTidy' has been renamed to/replaced by 'html-tidy'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   ht-rust = xh; # Added 2021-02-13
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 19c18ed1aff6..5879294c6842 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31794,8 +31794,6 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (haskellPackages) ghcWithPackages;
   };
 
-  holdingnuts = callPackage ../games/holdingnuts { };
-
   hyperrogue = callPackage ../games/hyperrogue { };
 
   icbm3d = callPackage ../games/icbm3d { };