diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/ytop/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/ytop/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 64c3bf93aaa..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/ytop/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, IOKit }:
-
-assert stdenv.isDarwin -> IOKit != null;
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "ytop";
-  version = "0.6.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "cjbassi";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "02cpn5257yrmbakx3mlqs97kfambbn9ljb60jbqr1b9w24kd6zgf";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ IOKit ];
-
-  cargoSha256 = "0alqzy9gbj9m4l7xj1jsrnl09pv6z7c73gq787cqwn0gj93aaj19";
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A TUI system monitor written in Rust";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/cjbassi/ytop";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sikmir ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 9ae210ea051..44f279e8b7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   xpraGtk3 = xpra; # added 2018-09-13
   xv = xxv; # added 2020-02-22
   youtubeDL = youtube-dl;  # added 2014-10-26
+  ytop = throw "Abandoned by upstream. Consider switching to bottom instead";
   zdfmediathk = mediathekview; # added 2019-01-19
   gnome_user_docs = gnome-user-docs; # added 2019-11-20
   # spidermonkey is not ABI upwards-ompatible, so only allow this for nix-shell
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 06a0c8f559b..45ce777aa0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8228,10 +8228,6 @@ in
 
   yeshup = callPackage ../tools/system/yeshup { };
 
-  ytop = callPackage ../tools/system/ytop {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) IOKit;
-  };
-
   ytree = callPackage ../tools/misc/ytree { };
 
   yggdrasil = callPackage ../tools/networking/yggdrasil { };