diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/join-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/join-desktop/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 369aae038633..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/join-desktop/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, alsa-lib
-, autoPatchelfHook
-, dpkg
-, gtk3
-, makeWrapper
-, mesa
-, nss
-, systemd
-, xorg
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "join-desktop";
-  version = "1.1.2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/joaomgcd/JoinDesktop/releases/download/v${version}/com.joaomgcd.join_${version}_amd64.deb";
-    sha256 = "sha256-k1LX/HC3tfL4Raipo7wp/LnfrPa38x8NBeKRyHJ72CU=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoPatchelfHook
-    dpkg
-    makeWrapper
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    alsa-lib
-    gtk3
-    mesa
-    nss
-    xorg.libXScrnSaver
-    xorg.libXtst
-  ];
-
-  unpackPhase = "dpkg-deb -x $src .";
-
-  runtimeDependencies = [
-    (lib.getLib systemd)
-    # TODO: check if they are required
-    # libnotify
-    # libappindicator
-  ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/join-desktop
-
-    mv usr/share/* $out/share
-    mv opt/Join\ Desktop/* $out/share/join-desktop
-
-    ln -s $out/share/join-desktop/com.joaomgcd.join $out/bin/
-
-    substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/com.joaomgcd.join.desktop \
-      --replace "/opt/Join Desktop/com.joaomgcd.join" "com.joaomgcd.join"
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/joaomgcd/JoinDesktop/";
-    description = "Desktop app for Join";
-    sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
-    # on https://joaoapps.com/join/desktop/ "Join Desktop is an open source app" but no license
-    license = licenses.free;
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5ea4c7d94385..89686b869bf0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   jfbpdf = throw "'jfbpdf' has been removed, because it depends on an outdated and insecure version of mupdf"; # Added 2023-06-27
   jfbview = throw "'jfbview' has been removed, because it depends on an outdated and insecure version of mupdf"; # Added 2023-06-27
   jira-cli = throw "jira-cli was removed because it is no longer maintained"; # Added 2023-02-28
+  join-desktop = throw "'join-desktop' has been removed because it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2023-10-04
 
   # Julia
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c460de1f2d2c..986e9379c02f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30706,8 +30706,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   jxplorer  = callPackage ../applications/networking/jxplorer {};
 
-  join-desktop = callPackage ../applications/misc/join-desktop { };
-
   joincap = callPackage ../tools/security/joincap { };
 
   json-plot = callPackage ../applications/graphics/json-plot { };