diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/impressive/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/impressive/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f46d893d8948..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/impressive/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, python2, makeWrapper, lib
-, SDL, ghostscript, pdftk, dejavu_fonts }:
-
-let
-  version = "0.12.1";
-  pythonEnv = python2.withPackages (ps: with ps; [pyopengl pygame pillow]);
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    # This project was formerly known as KeyJNote.
-    # See http://keyj.emphy.de/apple-lawsuit/ for details.
-
-    pname = "impressive";
-    inherit version;
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://sourceforge/impressive/Impressive-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1r7ihv41awnlnlry1kymb8fka053wdhzibfwcarn78rr3vs338vl";
-    };
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-    buildInputs = [ pythonEnv ];
-
-    configurePhase = ''
-      # Let's fail at build time if the library we're substituting in doesn't
-      # exist/isn't marked as executable
-      test -x ${SDL}/lib/libSDL.so
-      sed -i "impressive.py" \
-          -e '/^__website__/a SDL_LIBRARY = "${SDL}/lib/libSDL.so"' \
-          -e 's/sdl = CDLL.*/sdl = CDLL(SDL_LIBRARY)/' \
-          -e 's^FontPath =.*/usr/.*$^FontPath = ["${dejavu_fonts}/share/fonts", ""]^'
-    '';
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p "$out/bin" "$out/share/doc/impressive" "$out/share/man/man1"
-      mv impressive.py "$out/bin/impressive"
-      mv impressive.1 "$out/share/man/man1"
-      mv changelog.txt impressive.html license.txt "$out/share/doc/impressive"
-
-      wrapProgram "$out/bin/impressive" \
-         --prefix PATH ":" "${ghostscript}/bin:${pdftk}/bin"
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Impressive, an effect-rich presentation tool for PDFs";
-
-      longDescription = ''
-        Impressive is a program that displays presentation slides.
-        But unlike OpenOffice.org Impress or other similar
-        applications, it does so with style.  Smooth alpha-blended
-        slide transitions are provided for the sake of eye candy, but
-        in addition to this, Impressive offers some unique tools that
-        are really useful for presentations.  Read below if you want
-        to know more about these features.
-
-        Creating presentations for Impressive is very simple: You just
-        need to export a PDF file from your presentation software.
-        This means that you can create slides in the application of
-        your choice and use Impressive for displaying them.  If your
-        application does not support PDF output, you can alternatively
-        use a set of pre-rendered image files – or you use Impressive
-        to make a slideshow with your favorite photos.
-      '';
-
-      homepage = "http://impressive.sourceforge.net/";
-
-      license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-
-      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ lheckemann ];
-      platforms = lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms;
-    };
-  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 256ce30759b4..42b4b8f59b49 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   imagemagick7_light = imagemagick_light; # added 2021-02-22
   imagemagick7 = imagemagick; # added 2021-02-22
   imagemagick7Big = imagemagickBig; # added 2021-02-22
+  impressive = throw "impressive has been removed due to lack of released python 2 support and maintainership in nixpkgs"; # added 2022-01-27
   inboxer = throw "inboxer has been removed as it is no longer maintained and no longer works as Google shut down the inbox service this package wrapped.";
   infiniband-diags = rdma-core; # added 2019-08-09
   inotifyTools = inotify-tools;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 68b7e3e6b83d..c6fbd145cd22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26536,9 +26536,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   imgp = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/graphics/imgp { };
 
-  # Impressive, formerly known as "KeyJNote".
-  impressive = callPackage ../applications/office/impressive { };
-
   index-fm = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/index-fm { };
 
   inkcut = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/inkcut { };