diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/git.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/git.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a13fc78fbfb4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/git.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, libX11, libXinerama, libXft, writeText, patches ? [ ]
-, conf ? null }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "dwm-git";
-  version = "20200303";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "git://git.suckless.org/dwm";
-    rev = "61bb8b2241d4db08bea4261c82e27cd9797099e7";
-    sha256 = "1j3vly8dln35vnwnwwlaa8ql9fmnlmrv43jcyc8dbfhfxiw6f34l";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXinerama libXft ];
-
-  prePatch = ''sed -i "s@/usr/local@$out@" config.mk'';
-
-  # Allow users set their own list of patches
-  inherit patches;
-
-  # Allow users to set the config.def.h file containing the configuration
-  postPatch = let
-    configFile = if lib.isDerivation conf || builtins.isPath conf then
-      conf
-    else
-      writeText "config.def.h" conf;
-  in lib.optionalString (conf != null) "cp ${configFile} config.def.h";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://suckless.org/";
-    description = "Dynamic window manager for X, development version";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ xeji ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 6452b0e49a16..796563a432bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   dydisnix = throw "dydisnix has been removed."; # added 2021-01-27
   dysnomia = throw "dysnomia has been removed."; # added 2021-01-27
   dwarf_fortress = dwarf-fortress; # added 2016-01-23
+  dwm-git = throw "dwm-git has been removed from nixpkgs, as it had no updates for 2 years not serving it's purpose."; # added 2021-02-07
   elasticmq = throw "elasticmq has been removed in favour of elasticmq-server-bin"; # added 2021-01-17
   emacsPackagesGen = emacsPackagesFor; # added 2018-08-18
   emacsPackagesNgGen = emacsPackagesFor; # added 2018-08-18
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cefd18a4224c..ad1948b184ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21682,11 +21682,6 @@ in
     patches = config.dwm.patches or [];
   };
 
-  dwm-git = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/dwm/git.nix {
-    patches = config.dwm.patches or [];
-    conf = config.dwm.conf or null;
-  };
-
   dwm-status = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/dwm/dwm-status.nix { };
 
   dynamips = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/dynamips { };