diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pmenu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pmenu/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bd3796a572b0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pmenu/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, python2Packages, gnome-menus }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "pmenu";
-  version = "2018-01-01";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitLab {
-    owner = "o9000";
-    repo = "pmenu";
-    rev = "f98a5bdf20deb0b7f0543e5ce6a8f5574f695e07";
-    sha256 = "131nqafbmbfpgsgss27pz4cyb9fb29m5h1ai1fyvcn286rr9dnp2";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ python2Packages.wrapPython ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ python2Packages.pygtk gnome-menus ];
-
-  pythonPath = [ python2Packages.pygtk ];
-    
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/applications
-    ./install.sh $out
-  '';
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    wrapPythonPrograms
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = https://gitlab.com/o9000/pmenu;
-    description = "Start menu for Linux/BSD";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.romildo ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 720d9305586b..b0d8b0dd0ddc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   processing3 = processing; # added 2019-08-16
   procps-ng = procps; # added 2018-06-08
   pyo3-pack = maturin;
+  pmenu = throw "pmenu has been removed from nixpkgs, as its maintainer is no longer interested in the package."; # added 2019-12-10
   pulseaudioLight = pulseaudio; # added 2018-04-25
   phonon-backend-gstreamer = throw "Please use libsForQt5.phonon-backend-gstreamer, as Qt4 support in this package has been removed."; # added 2019-11-22
   phonon-backend-vlc = throw "Please use libsForQt5.phonon-backend-vlc, as Qt4 support in this package has been removed."; # added 2019-11-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bb11f4730901..cff5ed262b3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20656,8 +20656,6 @@ in
 
   plugin-torture = callPackage ../applications/audio/plugin-torture { };
 
-  pmenu = callPackage ../applications/misc/pmenu { };
-
   polar-bookshelf = callPackage ../applications/misc/polar-bookshelf { };
 
   poezio = python3Packages.poezio;