diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5216cf0e3d89..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip
-, version ? "0.3.5"
-, sha256 ? "1gfgl7qimp76q4z0nv55vv57yfs4kscdr329np701k0xnhncwvrk"
-}:
-
-fetchzip {
-  name = "fontconfig-penultimate-${version}";
-
-  url = "https://github.com/ttuegel/fontconfig-penultimate/archive/${version}.zip";
-  inherit sha256;
-
-  postFetch = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
-    unzip -j $downloadedFile \*.conf -d $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/ttuegel/fontconfig-penultimate";
-    description = "Sensible defaults for Fontconfig";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.ttuegel ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index e3aa478a4f54..5882eadc73bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ mapAliases ({
     fontconfig-ultimate has been removed. The repository has been archived upstream and activity has ceased for several years.
     https://github.com/bohoomil/fontconfig-ultimate/issues/171.
   '';
+  fontconfig-penultimate = throw ''
+    fontconfig-penultimate has been removed.
+    It was a fork of the abandoned fontconfig-ultimate.
+  '';
   # 2020-07-21
   fontconfig_210 = throw ''
     fontconfig 2.10.x hasn't had a release in years, is vulnerable to CVE-2016-5384
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9f406e01e19c..f895fe092664 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12103,8 +12103,6 @@ in
 
   fontconfig = callPackage ../development/libraries/fontconfig { };
 
-  fontconfig-penultimate = callPackage ../data/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate {};
-
   folly = callPackage ../development/libraries/folly { };
 
   folks = callPackage ../development/libraries/folks { };