diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/i3.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/i3.nix
index 64109e0c39fd..5bb73cd0bfb1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/i3.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/i3.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ in
       type        = types.package;
       default     = pkgs.i3;
       defaultText = literalExpression "pkgs.i3";
-      example     = literalExpression "pkgs.i3-gaps";
       description = lib.mdDoc ''
         i3 package to use.
       '';
@@ -73,6 +72,6 @@ in
 
   imports = [
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "xserver" "windowManager" "i3-gaps" "enable" ]
-      "Use services.xserver.windowManager.i3.enable and set services.xserver.windowManager.i3.package to pkgs.i3-gaps to use i3-gaps.")
+      "i3-gaps was merged into i3. Use services.xserver.windowManager.i3.enable instead.")
   ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
index 4ffa04d73bf5..b9079c882814 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "i3";
-  version = "4.21.1";
+  version = "4.22";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://i3wm.org/downloads/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-7f14EoXGVKBdxtsnLOAwDEQo5vvYddmZZOV94ltBvB4=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-KGOZEeWdlWOfCSZCqYL14d6lkiUMK1zpjtoQCDNRPks=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/gaps.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/gaps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 35a58bd25f00..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/gaps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchFromGitHub, lib, i3 }:
-
-i3.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs : rec {
-  pname = "i3-gaps";
-  version = "4.21.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Airblader";
-    repo = "i3";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-+JxJjvzEuAA4CH+gufzAzIqd5BSvHtPvLm2zTfXc/xk=";
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fork of the i3 tiling window manager with some additional features";
-    homepage    = "https://github.com/Airblader/i3";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fmthoma ];
-    license     = licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms   = platforms.linux ++ platforms.netbsd ++ platforms.openbsd;
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      Fork of i3wm, a tiling window manager primarily targeted at advanced users
-      and developers. Based on a tree as data structure, supports tiling,
-      stacking, and tabbing layouts, handled dynamically, as well as floating
-      windows. This fork adds a few features such as gaps between windows.
-      Configured via plain text file. Multi-monitor. UTF-8 clean.
-    '';
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 3f7ae1cc2f8e..7041d012f4b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ mapAliases ({
 
   ### I ###
 
+  i3-gaps = i3; # Added 2023-01-03
   i3cat = throw "i3cat has been dropped due to the lack of maintanence from upstream since 2016"; # Added 2022-06-02
   iana_etc = throw "'iana_etc' has been renamed to/replaced by 'iana-etc'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   iasl = throw "iasl has been removed, use acpica-tools instead"; # Added 2021-08-08
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 03bf3164bedb..3dbe4491b0f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29776,8 +29776,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   i3-auto-layout = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/auto-layout.nix { };
 
-  i3-gaps = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/gaps.nix { };
-
   i3-rounded = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/rounded.nix { };
 
   i3altlayout = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/altlayout.nix { };