diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/disper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/disper/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e78bc9773242..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/disper/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python2, xorg, makeWrapper }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "disper";
-  version = "0.3.1.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "apeyser";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
-    sha256 = "1kl4py26n95q0690npy5mc95cv1cyfvh6kxn8rvk62gb8scwg9zn";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  strictDeps = true;
-
-  buildInputs = [ python2 ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export makeFlags="PREFIX=$out"
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-      wrapProgram $out/bin/disper \
-        --prefix "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" : "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ xorg.libXrandr xorg.libX11 ]}"
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "On-the-fly display switch utility";
-    homepage = "https://willem.engen.nl/projects/disper/";
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c30baaac945a4..4d320ff3064fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   desktop_file_utils = throw "'desktop_file_utils' has been renamed to/replaced by 'desktop-file-utils'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   devicemapper = throw "'devicemapper' has been renamed to/replaced by 'lvm2'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   digikam5 = throw "'digikam5' has been renamed to/replaced by 'digikam'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  disper = throw "disper has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-03-18
   displaycal = throw "displaycal has been removed from nixpkgs, as it hasn't migrated to python3"; # Added 2022-01-12
   dmtx = throw "'dmtx' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dmtx-utils'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   dnnl = oneDNN; # Added 2020-04-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0ebbbda0440ea..fb496ef1a0098 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4857,8 +4857,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dirvish  = callPackage ../tools/backup/dirvish { };
 
-  disper = callPackage ../tools/misc/disper { };
-
   dleyna-connector-dbus = callPackage ../development/libraries/dleyna-connector-dbus { };
 
   dleyna-core = callPackage ../development/libraries/dleyna-core { };