diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/neap/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/neap/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e5f50dd33706..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/neap/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python2Packages }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "neap";
-  version = "0.7.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "vzxwco";
-    repo = "neap";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "04da8rq23rl1qcvrdm5m3l90xbwyli7x601sckv7hmkip2q3g1kz";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    python2Packages.wrapPython
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    python2Packages.python
-  ];
-
-  pythonPath = [
-    python2Packages.xlib
-    python2Packages.pygtk
-  ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -D -t $out/bin neap
-    install -D -t $out/share/man/man1 neap.1
-    install -D -t $out/share/applications neap.desktop
-  '';
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    wrapPythonPrograms
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Systray workspace pager";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/vzxwco/neap";
-    license = licenses.bsd2;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.romildo ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 07513ae0be3e..860d89333d3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   nagiosPluginsOfficial = monitoring-plugins;
   navit = throw "navit has been removed from nixpkgs, due to being unmaintained"; # added 2021-06-07
   ncat = nmap;  # added 2016-01-26
+  neap = throw "neap was removed from nixpkgs, as it relies on python2"; # added 2022-01-12
   netcat-openbsd = libressl.nc; # added 2018-04-25
   netease-cloud-music = throw "netease-cloud-music has been removed together with deepin"; # added 2020-08-31
   networkmanager_fortisslvpn = networkmanager-fortisslvpn; # added 2018-02-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1b5849b66731..57ec2008e9bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27379,8 +27379,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   n8n = callPackage ../applications/networking/n8n {};
 
-  neap = callPackage ../applications/misc/neap { };
-
   neomutt = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/neomutt { };
 
   natron = callPackage ../applications/video/natron { };