diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/mcgrid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/mcgrid/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 27d8197a4362..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/mcgrid/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fastnlo, rivet, pkgconfig }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "mcgrid";
-  version = "2.0.2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.hepforge.org/archive/mcgrid/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1mw82x7zqbdchnd6shj3dirsav5i2cndp2hjwb8a8xdh4xh9zvfy";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ fastnlo rivet ];
-  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace mcgrid.pc.in \
-      --replace "Cflags:" "Cflags: -std=c++11"
-  '';
-
-  CXXFLAGS = "-std=c++11";
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A software package that provides access to the APPLgrid and fastNLO interpolation tools for Monte Carlo event generator codes, allowing for fast and flexible variations of scales, coupling parameters and PDFs in cutting edge leading- and next-to-leading-order QCD calculations";
-    license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
-    homepage    = "http://mcgrid.hepforge.org";
-    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ veprbl ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 1ef754ccba00..57c94fb0f982 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   matrique = spectral; # added 2020-01-27
   mbedtls_1_3 = throw "mbedtls_1_3 is end of life, see https://tls.mbed.org/kb/how-to/upgrade-2.0"; # added 2019-12-08
   mess = mame; # added 2019-10-30
+  mcgrid = throw "mcgrid has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's not compatible with rivet 3"; # added 2020-05-23
   mcomix = throw "mcomix has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained"; # added 2019-12-10
   mirage = throw "mirage has been femoved from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained"; # added 2019-12-10
   mysql-client = hiPrio mariadb.client;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f7bda438efd2..cda70a01dc95 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25215,8 +25215,6 @@ in
 
   lhapdf = callPackage ../development/libraries/physics/lhapdf { };
 
-  mcgrid = callPackage ../development/libraries/physics/mcgrid { };
-
   mela = callPackage ../development/libraries/physics/mela { };
 
   nlojet = callPackage ../development/libraries/physics/nlojet { };