diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mates/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mates/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 952bd1a2b7d9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mates/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform }:
-
-with rustPlatform;
-
-buildRustPackage rec {
-  name = "mates-${version}";
-  version = "0.1.0";
-
-  depsSha256 = "03mqw9zs3hbsgz8m3qbrbbcg2q47nldfx280dyv0ivfksnlc7lyc";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "untitaker";
-    repo = "mates";
-    rev = "${version}";
-    sha256 = "00dpl7vh2byb4v94zxjbcqj7jnq65vcbrlpkxrrii0ip13dr69pw";
-  };
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Very simple commandline addressbook";
-    homepage = https://github.com/untitaker/mates.rs;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.DamienCassou ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f3276406e076..42999213eb0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2248,8 +2248,6 @@ let
 
   man_db = callPackage ../tools/misc/man-db { };
 
-  mates = callPackage ../tools/misc/mates { };
-
   mawk = callPackage ../tools/text/mawk { };
 
   mbox = callPackage ../tools/security/mbox { };