diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pond/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pond/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 568a2a5bd51b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pond/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, buildGoPackage, trousers, dclxvi, wrapGAppsHook, pkg-config, gtk3, gtkspell3,
-  fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-let
-  gui = true; # Might be implemented with nixpkgs config.
-in
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "pond";
-  version = "unstable-2015-08-30";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/agl/pond";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "agl";
-    repo = "pond";
-    rev = "bce6e0dc61803c23699c749e29a83f81da3c41b2";
-    sha256 = "sha256-BE7+146E9hz8enrfA+sQhtqgHiSZAtjrW1OOqchbr7Y=";
-  };
-
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ trousers gtk3 gtkspell3 ]
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 dclxvi
-    ++ lib.optionals gui [ wrapGAppsHook ];
-  tags = lib.optionals (!gui) [ "nogui" ];
-  excludedPackages = [ "appengine" "bn256cgo" ];
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 ''
-    grep -r 'bn256' | awk -F: '{print $1}' | xargs sed -i \
-      -e "s,golang.org/x/crypto/bn256,github.com/agl/pond/bn256cgo,g" \
-      -e "s,bn256\.,bn256cgo.,g"
-  '';
-
-  # https://hydra.nixos.org/build/150102618/nixlog/2
-  meta.broken = stdenv.isAarch64;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pond/deps.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pond/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 55850f0a89c2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pond/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/crypto";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/crypto";
-      rev = "575fdbe86e5dd89229707ebec0575ce7d088a4a6";
-      sha256 = "1kgv1mkw9y404pk3lcwbs0vgl133mwyp294i18jg9hp10s5d56xa";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/agl/ed25519";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/agl/ed25519";
-      rev = "278e1ec8e8a6e017cd07577924d6766039146ced";
-      sha256 = "165d89cc6dl28j4hkn86pny0jz3sa6hamzdvpvwdj4iha3x6lzc9";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/golang/protobuf";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/golang/protobuf";
-      rev = "59b73b37c1e45995477aae817e4a653c89a858db";
-      sha256 = "1dx22jvhvj34ivpr7gw01fncg9yyx35mbpal4mpgnqka7ajmgjsa";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/net";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/net";
-      rev = "62ac18b461605b4be188bbc7300e9aa2bc836cd4";
-      sha256 = "0lwwvbbwbf3yshxkfhn6z20gd45dkvnmw2ms36diiy34krgy402p";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/agl/go-gtk";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/agl/go-gtk";
-      rev = "91c1edb38c241d73129e6b098ca1c9fa83abfc15";
-      sha256 = "156ixlhakpqgyp35rsvmndrqz8aggv5bcmzg9ynpri3b9j6kim4d";
-    };
-  }
-]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index ba82d3ad970a..c5fe6591e6a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1064,6 +1064,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pocketsphinx = throw "pocketsphinx has been removed: unmaintained"; # Added 2022-04-24
   polarssl = throw "'polarssl' has been renamed to/replaced by 'mbedtls'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   polysh = throw "polysh has been removed from nixpkgs as the upstream has abandoned the project"; # Added 2022-01-01
+  pond = throw "pond has been dropped due to the lack of maintanence from upstream since 2016"; # Added 2022-06-02
   poppler_qt5 = throw "'poppler_qt5' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libsForQt5.poppler'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   powerdns = pdns; # Added 2022-03-28
   portaudio2014 = throw "'portaudio2014' has been removed"; # Added 2022-05-10
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f4e46a40332a..719fa1988ab8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29082,8 +29082,6 @@ with pkgs;
     electron = electron_9;
   };
 
-  pond = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pond { };
-
   ponymix = callPackage ../applications/audio/ponymix { };
 
   portfolio-filemanager = callPackage ../applications/misc/portfolio-filemanager { };