diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kodestudio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kodestudio/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2620a87ce425..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kodestudio/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, makeDesktopItem, makeWrapper
-, # Patchelf dependencies:
-  alsa-lib, atomEnv, boehmgc, flac, libogg, libvorbis, libXScrnSaver, libGLU, libGL
-, openssl, xorg, zlib
-}:
-
-let
-
-  version = "17.1";
-
-  sha256 = if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-linux"  then "1kddisnvlk48jip6k59mw3wlkrl7rkck2lxpaghn0gfx02cvms5f"
-      else if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-cygwin"   then "1izp42afrlh4yd322ax9w85ki388gnkqfqbw8dwnn4k3j7r5487z"
-      else throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
-
-  urlBase = "https://github.com/Kode/KodeStudio/releases/download/v${version}/KodeStudio-";
-
-  urlStr = if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-linux"  then urlBase + "linux64.tar.gz"
-      else if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-cygwin"   then urlBase + "win32.zip"
-      else throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
-
-in
-
-  stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    pname = "kodestudio";
-    inherit version;
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-        url = urlStr;
-        inherit sha256;
-    };
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-    buildInputs = [ libXScrnSaver ];
-
-    desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
-      name = "kodestudio";
-      exec = "kodestudio";
-      icon = "kodestudio";
-      comment = "Kode Studio is an IDE for Kha based on Visual Studio Code";
-      desktopName = "Kode Studio";
-      genericName = "Text Editor";
-      categories = [ "GNOME" "GTK" "Utility" "TextEditor" "Development" ];
-    };
-
-    sourceRoot = ".";
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p $out
-      cp -r ./* $out
-    '';
-
-    postFixup = lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-linux") ''
-      # Patch Binaries
-      patchelf \
-          --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-          --set-rpath "$out:${atomEnv.libPath}" \
-          $out/kodestudio
-      patchelf \
-          --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-          --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${xorg.libXinerama}/lib:${xorg.libX11}/lib:${alsa-lib}/lib:${libGL}/lib:${libGLU}/lib:${lib.getLib openssl}/lib" \
-          $out/resources/app/extensions/krom/Krom/linux/Krom
-      patchelf \
-          --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-          --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib" \
-          $out/resources/app/extensions/kha/Kha/Kore/Tools/krafix/krafix-linux64
-      patchelf \
-          --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-          --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib" \
-          $out/resources/app/extensions/kha/Kha/Kore/Tools/kraffiti/kraffiti-linux64
-      patchelf \
-          --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-          --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib" \
-          $out/resources/app/extensions/kha/Kha/Tools/kravur/kravur-linux64
-      patchelf \
-          --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-          --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${zlib}/lib" \
-          $out/resources/app/extensions/kha/Kha/Tools/haxe/haxe-linux64
-      patchelf \
-          --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-          --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${libvorbis}/lib:${libogg}/lib:${flac.out}/lib" \
-          $out/resources/app/extensions/kha/Kha/Tools/oggenc/oggenc-linux64
-
-      # Patch Shared Objects
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib" $out/libnode.so
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib" $out/libffmpeg.so
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib" $out/resources/app/extensions/krom/Krom/linux/libv8_libplatform.so
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib" $out/resources/app/extensions/krom/Krom/linux/libicuuc.so
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib" $out/resources/app/extensions/krom/Krom/linux/libv8_libbase.so
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib" $out/resources/app/extensions/krom/Krom/linux/libv8.so
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib" $out/resources/app/extensions/krom/Krom/linux/libicui18n.so
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${boehmgc}/lib" $out/resources/app/extensions/kha/Kha/Backends/Kore/khacpp/project/libs/nekoapi/bin/RPi/libneko.so
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${boehmgc}/lib" $out/resources/app/extensions/kha/Kha/Backends/Kore/khacpp/project/libs/nekoapi/bin/Linux64/libneko.so
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${boehmgc}/lib" $out/resources/app/extensions/kha/Kha/Backends/Kore/khacpp/project/libs/nekoapi/bin/Linux/libneko.so
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib" $out/resources/app/node_modules/pty.js/build/Release/pty.node
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib" $out/resources/app/node_modules/gc-signals/build/Release/gcsignals.node
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib" $out/resources/app/node_modules/gc-signals/build/Release/obj.target/gcsignals.node
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib" $out/resources/app/node_modules/oniguruma/build/Release/onig_scanner.node
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib" $out/resources/app/node_modules/oniguruma/build/Release/obj.target/onig_scanner.node
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib:${xorg.libX11}/lib" $out/resources/app/node_modules/native-keymap/build/Release/keymapping.node
-      patchelf --set-rpath ".:${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib:${xorg.libX11}/lib" $out/resources/app/node_modules/native-keymap/build/Release/obj.target/keymapping.node
-
-      # Rewrite VSCODE_PATH inside bin/kodestudio to $out
-      substituteInPlace $out/bin/kodestudio --replace "/usr/share/kodestudio" $out
-
-      # Patch library calls that expects nix store files to be mode 644:
-      #   A stat is made on srcFile (in the nix store), and its mode used
-      #   for destFile, but it expects the mode to be read write, whereas
-      #   all regular files in the nix store are made read only.
-      #   (33188 is 100644 octal, the required mode)
-      substituteInPlace $out/resources/app/extensions/kha/Kha/Tools/khamake/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-file-sync.js --replace "stat.mode" "33188"
-      substituteInPlace $out/resources/app/extensions/kha/Kha/Kore/Tools/koremake/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-file-sync.js --replace "stat.mode" "33188"
-
-      # Wrap preload libXss
-      wrapProgram $out/bin/kodestudio \
-          --prefix LD_PRELOAD : ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ libXScrnSaver ]}/libXss.so.1
-    '';
-
-    meta = with lib; {
-      description = ''
-        An IDE for Kha based on Visual Studio Code
-      '';
-      longDescription = ''
-        Kode Studio is an IDE for Kha based on Visual Studio Code.
-
-        Kha and Kore are multimedia frameworks for Haxe and C++ respectively
-        (with JavaScript coming soon). Using Kha or Kore you can access all
-        hardware at the lowest possible level in a completely portable way.
-      '';
-      homepage = "http://kode.tech/";
-      downloadPage = "https://github.com/Kode/KodeStudio/releases";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = [ maintainers.patternspandemic ];
-      platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-cygwin" ];
-    };
-  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 6894ed5335cb..1fc44abf1ab8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   kinetic-cpp-client = throw "kinetic-cpp-client has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's abandoned"; # Added 2020-04-28
   kino = throw "kino has been removed because it was broken and abandoned"; # Added 2021-04-25
   knockknock = throw "knockknock has been removed from nixpkgs because the upstream project is abandoned"; # Added 2022-01-01
+  kodestudio = throw "kodestudio has been removed from nixpkgs, as the nix package has been long unmaintained and out of date."; # Added 2022-06-07
   kodiGBM = kodi-gbm;
   kodiPlain = kodi;
   kodiPlainWayland = kodi-wayland;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6dccba0a65e4..22df9a37bda7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27586,8 +27586,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   kn = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/kn { };
 
-  kodestudio = callPackage ../applications/editors/kodestudio { };
-
   kondo = callPackage ../applications/misc/kondo { };
 
   konversation = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/irc/konversation { };