diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/oblogout/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/oblogout/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9acd113d0ab3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/oblogout/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, intltool, file, pythonPackages, cairo }:
-
-pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication {
-  pname = "oblogout-unstable";
-  version = "2009-11-18";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "nikdoof";
-    repo = "oblogout";
-    rev = "ee023158c03dee720a1af9b1307b14ed5a95f5a0";
-    sha256 = "0nj87q94idb5ki4wnb2xipfgc6k6clr3rmm4xxh46b58z4zhhbmj";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ intltool file pythonPackages.distutils_extra ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ cairo ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pythonPackages.pygtk pythonPackages.pillow pythonPackages.dbus-python ];
-
-  patches = [ ./oblogout-0.3-fixes.patch ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace data/oblogout --replace sys.prefix \"$out/${pythonPackages.python.sitePackages}\"
-    substituteInPlace oblogout/__init__.py --replace sys.prefix \"$out\"
-    mkdir -p $out/share/doc
-    cp -a README $out/share/doc
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Openbox logout script";
-    homepage = https://launchpad.net/oblogout;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.romildo ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/oblogout/oblogout-0.3-fixes.patch b/pkgs/tools/X11/oblogout/oblogout-0.3-fixes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c58103c6d407..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/oblogout/oblogout-0.3-fixes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/data/oblogout b/data/oblogout
-index 8058c4a..dfe5285 100755
---- a/data/oblogout
-+++ b/data/oblogout
-@@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ def main(argv = None):
-             config = 'data/oblogout.conf'
-         elif os.path.isfile('%s/.config/oblogout.conf' % os.getenv("HOME")):
-             config = '%s/.config/oblogout.conf' % os.getenv("HOME")
--        else:
-+        elif os.path.isfile('/etc/oblogout.conf'):
-             config = '/etc/oblogout.conf'
-+        else:
-+            config = sys.prefix + '/etc/oblogout.conf'
-                 
-     # Check config in local path, if it exists pass it on     
-     if not os.path.isfile(config):
-diff --git a/data/oblogout.conf b/data/oblogout.conf
-index 810872c..b1c1009 100644
---- a/data/oblogout.conf
-+++ b/data/oblogout.conf
-@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
- [settings]
--usehal = true
-+usehal = false
- 
- [looks]
- opacity = 70
- bgcolor = black
- buttontheme = simplistic
--buttons = cancel, logout, restart, shutdown, suspend, lock
-+buttons = cancel, logout, restart, shutdown, suspend
- 
- [shortcuts]
- cancel = Escape
-@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ lock = K
- hibernate = H
- 
- [commands]
--shutdown = shutdown -h now
--restart = reboot
--suspend = pmi action suspend
--hibernate = pmi action hibernate
--safesuspend = safesuspend
--lock = gnome-screensaver-command -l
--switchuser = gdm-control --switch-user
-+shutdown = systemctl poweroff
-+restart = systemctl reboot
-+suspend = systemctl suspend
-+hibernate = systemctl hibernate
-+# safesuspend = safesuspend
-+# lock = gnome-screensaver-command -l
-+# switchuser = gdm-control --switch-user
- logout = openbox --exit
-diff --git a/oblogout/__init__.py b/oblogout/__init__.py
-index b9e4e01..12f521f 100644
---- a/oblogout/__init__.py
-+++ b/oblogout/__init__.py
-@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class OpenboxLogout():
-             self.logger.debug("Rendering Fade")
-             # Convert Pixbuf to PIL Image
-             wh = (pb.get_width(),pb.get_height())
--            pilimg = Image.fromstring("RGB", wh, pb.get_pixels())
-+            pilimg = Image.frombytes("RGB", wh, pb.get_pixels())
-             
-             pilimg = pilimg.point(lambda p: (p * self.opacity) / 255 )
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b9240b7be204..18cf4f6673eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   nxproxy = nx-libs; # added 2019-02-15
   nylas-mail-bin = throw "deprecated in 2019-09-11: abandoned by upstream";
   opencascade_oce = opencascade; # added 2018-04-25
+  oblogout = throw "oblogout has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's archived upstream."; # added 2019-12-10
   opencl-icd = ocl-icd; # added 2017-01-20
   openexr_ctl = ctl; # added 2018-04-25
   openjpeg_2_1 = openjpeg_2; # added 2018-10-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bac8613b5f88..e8c8def8d109 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20416,8 +20416,6 @@ in
     inherit (gnome2) libglade;
   };
 
-  oblogout = callPackage ../tools/X11/oblogout { };
-
   obs-linuxbrowser = callPackage ../applications/video/obs-studio/linuxbrowser.nix { };
 
   obs-studio = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/obs-studio { };