diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libosmpbf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libosmpbf/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 572b5710fa9a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libosmpbf/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, protobuf}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "libosmpbf-1.5.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/scrosby/OSM-binary/archive/v1.5.0.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-Kr8xJnKXk3MsM4B2OZnMNl5Rv/2jaaAIITh5o82QR2w=";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ protobuf ];
-
-  sourceRoot = "OSM-binary-1.5.0/src";
-
-  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/scrosby/OSM-binary";
-    description = "C library to read and write OpenStreetMap PBF files";
-    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 7f6990c4ffb6..7963127787c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   liblapackWithoutAtlas = lapack-reference; # added 2018-11-05
   liblastfm = libsForQt5.liblastfm; # added 2020-06-14
   liblrdf = lrdf; # added 2018-04-25
+  libosmpbf = throw "libosmpbf was removed because it is no longer required by osrm-backend";
   libqrencode = qrencode;  # added 2019-01-01
   librdf = lrdf; # added 2020-03-22
   librecad2 = librecad;  # backwards compatibility alias, added 2015-10
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7ece4b0da173..ad8bc549b90a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15494,8 +15494,6 @@ in
 
   libosmocore = callPackage ../applications/misc/libosmocore { };
 
-  libosmpbf = callPackage ../development/libraries/libosmpbf {};
-
   libotr = callPackage ../development/libraries/libotr { };
 
   libow = callPackage ../development/libraries/libow { };