diff --git a/pkgs/games/tdm/default.nix b/pkgs/games/tdm/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 98b7ecdc4778..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/tdm/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, binutils-unwrapped, sconsPackages, gnum4, p7zip, glibc_multi, mesa
-, xorg, libGLU, libGL, openal
-, lib, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem }:
-
-let
-  pname = "tdm";
-  version = "2.08";
-
-  desktop = makeDesktopItem {
-    desktopName = pname;
-    name = pname;
-    exec = "@out@/bin/${pname}";
-    icon = pname;
-    terminal = "false";
-    comment = "The Dark Mod - stealth FPS inspired by the Thief series";
-    type = "Application";
-    categories = "Game;";
-    genericName = pname;
-    fileValidation = false;
-  };
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.thedarkmod.com/sources/thedarkmod.${version}.src.7z";
-    sha256 = "0bmv07j6s6q3m7hnpx7cwrycjkbvlf0y9sg9migakni0jg9yz5ps";
-  };
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    p7zip sconsPackages.scons_3_1_2 gnum4 makeWrapper
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    glibc_multi mesa.dev xorg.libX11.dev openal
-    xorg.libXext.dev xorg.libXxf86vm.dev
-    libGL libGLU
-  ];
-  unpackPhase = ''
-    7z x $src
-  '';
-
-  # I'm pretty sure there's a better way to build 2 targets than a random hook
-  preBuild = ''
-    pushd tdm_update
-    scons BUILD=release TARGET_ARCH=x64
-    install -Dm755 bin/tdm_update.linux64 $out/share/libexec/tdm_update.linux
-    popd
-  '';
-
-  # why oh why can it find ld but not strip?
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i 's!strip \$!${binutils-unwrapped}/bin/strip $!' SConstruct
-    # This adds math.h needed for math::floor
-    sed -i 's|#include "Util.h"|#include "Util.h"\n#include <math.h>|' tdm_update/ConsoleUpdater.cpp
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    install -Dm644 ${desktop}/share/applications/${pname}.desktop $out/share/applications/${pname}.desktop
-    substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/${pname}.desktop --subst-var out
-    install -Dm755 thedarkmod.x64 $out/share/libexec/tdm
-
-    # The package doesn't install assets, these get installed by running tdm_update.linux
-    # Provide a script that runs tdm_update.linux on first launch
-    install -Dm755 <(cat <<'EOF'
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-DIR="$HOME/.local/share/tdm"
-mkdir -p "$DIR"
-cd "$DIR"
-exec "PKGDIR/share/libexec/tdm_update.linux" --noselfupdate
-EOF
-    ) $out/bin/tdm_update
-
-    install -Dm755 <(cat <<'EOF'
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-DIR="$HOME/.local/share/tdm"
-if [ ! -d "$DIR" ]; then
-  echo "Please run tdm_update to (re)download game data"
-else
-  cd "$DIR"
-  exec "PKGDIR/share/libexec/tdm"
-fi
-EOF
-    ) $out/bin/tdm
-    sed -i "s!PKGDIR!$out!g" $out/bin/tdm_update
-    sed -i "s!PKGDIR!$out!g" $out/bin/tdm
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/tdm --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ libGL libGLU ]}
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-  sconsFlags = [ "BUILD=release" "TARGET_ARCH=x64" ];
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=format-security";
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "The Dark Mod - stealth FPS inspired by the Thief series";
-    homepage = "http://www.thedarkmod.com";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cizra ];
-    platforms = with platforms; [ "x86_64-linux" ];  # tdm also supports x86, but I don't have a x86 install at hand to test.
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b7cc30677615..fbf7b9dbf352 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   systool = sysfsutils; # added 2018-04-25
   tahoelafs = tahoe-lafs; # added 2018-03-26
   tangogps = foxtrotgps; # added 2020-01-26
+  tdm = throw "tdm has been removed because nobody can figure out how to fix OpenAL integration. Use precompiled binary and `steam-run` instead.";
   telepathy_farstream = telepathy-farstream; # added 2018-02-25
   telepathy_gabble = telepathy-gabble; # added 2018-02-25
   telepathy_glib = telepathy-glib; # added 2018-02-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 259a468b6863..3cd4729db1f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28595,8 +28595,6 @@ in
     gcc-armhf-embedded = pkgsCross.armhf-embedded.buildPackages.gcc;
   };
 
-  tdm = callPackage ../games/tdm { };
-
   newlib = callPackage ../development/misc/newlib { };
   newlibCross = callPackage ../development/misc/newlib {
     stdenv = crossLibcStdenv;