diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/sweep-visualizer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/sweep-visualizer/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 74f0807a7080..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/sweep-visualizer/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, makeWrapper, fetchurl,
-  alsa-lib, atk, cairo, cups, dbus, expat, fontconfig, freetype, gdk-pixbuf, glib,
-  gnome2, pango, gtk2-x11, nspr, nss,
-  libX11, libxcb, libXcomposite, libXcursor, libXdamage, libXext, libXfixes,
-  libXi, libXrandr, libXrender, libXScrnSaver, libXtst,
-  libudev0-shim
-}:
-  stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-    pname = "sweep-visualizer";
-    version = "0.15.0";
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://s3.amazonaws.com/scanse/Visualizer/v${version}/sweepvisualizer_${version}_amd64.deb";
-      sha256 = "1k6rdjw2340qrzafv6hjxvbvyh3s1wad6d3629nchdcrpyx9xy1c";
-    };
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-    sourceRoot = ".";
-    unpackCmd = ''
-      ar p "$src" data.tar.xz | tar xJ
-    '';
-
-    dontBuild = true;
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/sweep-visualizer
-      mv usr/share/* $out/share
-      mv opt/Sweep\ Visualizer\ BETA/* $out/share/sweep-visualizer/
-      ln -s $out/share/sweep-visualizer/sweep_visualizer $out/bin/sweep_visualizer
-    '';
-
-    preFixup = let
-      libPath = lib.makeLibraryPath [
-        alsa-lib atk cairo cups.lib dbus.lib expat fontconfig.lib freetype
-        gdk-pixbuf glib gnome2.GConf pango gtk2-x11 nspr nss stdenv.cc.cc.lib
-        libX11 libxcb libXcomposite libXcursor libXdamage libXext libXfixes
-        libXi libXrandr libXrender libXScrnSaver libXtst
-      ];
-      runtimeLibs = lib.makeLibraryPath [ libudev0-shim ];
-    in ''
-      for lib in $out/share/sweep-visualizer/*.so; do
-        patchelf --set-rpath "$out/share/sweep-visualizer:${libPath}" $lib
-      done
-      patchelf \
-        --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-        --set-rpath "$out/share/sweep-visualizer:${libPath}" \
-        $out/share/sweep-visualizer/sweep_visualizer
-      wrapProgram "$out/bin/sweep_visualizer" --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${runtimeLibs}
-    '';
-
-    meta = with lib; {
-      homepage = "https://support.scanse.io/hc/en-us/articles/115006008948-Visualizer-Overview";
-      description = "A minimal desktop application for interfacing with the Sweep device";
-      license = licenses.unfree;
-      platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ mt-caret ];
-    };
-  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 09f4b3ba6dc0..eb96787dc4bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1330,6 +1330,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   sundials_3 = throw "sundials_3 was removed in 2020-02. outdated and no longer needed";
   surf-webkit2 = throw "'surf-webkit2' has been renamed to/replaced by 'surf'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   swec = throw "swec has been removed; broken and abandoned upstream"; # Added 2021-10-14
+  sweep-visualizer = throw "'sweep-visualizer' is abondoned upstream and depends on deprecated GNOME2/GTK2"; # Added 2022-06-15
   swfdec = throw "swfdec has been removed as broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2020-08-23
   swtpm-tpm2 = swtpm; # Added 2021-02-26
   syncthing-cli = syncthing; # Added 2021-04-06
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ca95ed4bbc14..4d5aac112392 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4282,8 +4282,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   swappy = callPackage ../applications/misc/swappy { gtk = gtk3; };
 
-  sweep-visualizer = callPackage ../tools/misc/sweep-visualizer { };
-
   swego = callPackage ../servers/swego { };
 
   sydbox = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/sydbox { };