diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig-ultimate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig-ultimate/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b95d6dd559d..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig-ultimate/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-let version = "2016-04-23"; in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "fontconfig-ultimate";
-  inherit version;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    sha256 = "1rd2n60l8bamx84q3l91pd9a0wz9h7p6ajvx1dw22qn8rah4h498";
-    rev = version;
-    repo = "fontconfig-ultimate";
-    owner = "bohoomil";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
-    cp conf.d.infinality/*.conf $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
-
-    # Base rendering settings will be determined by NixOS module
-    rm $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-base-rendering.conf
-
-    # Options controlled by NixOS module
-    rm $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/35-repl-custom.conf
-    rm $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/38-repl-*.conf
-    rm $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/82-*.conf
-    rm $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/83-*.conf
-
-    # Inclusion of local and user configs handled by global configuration
-    rm $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/29-local.conf
-    rm $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/28-user.conf
-
-    cp fontconfig_patches/fonts-settings/*.conf $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
-
-    # fix font priority issue https://github.com/bohoomil/fontconfig-ultimate/issues/173
-    mv $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/{43,60}-wqy-zenhei-sharp.conf
-
-    mkdir -p $out/etc/fonts/presets/{combi,free,ms}
-    cp fontconfig_patches/combi/*.conf $out/etc/fonts/presets/combi
-    cp fontconfig_patches/free/*.conf $out/etc/fonts/presets/free
-    cp fontconfig_patches/ms/*.conf $out/etc/fonts/presets/ms
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Font configuration files, patches, scripts and source packages (Infinality & friends)";
-    homepage = https://github.com/bohoomil/fontconfig-ultimate;
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 641e7459e0c..262304cdbf0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ mapAliases ({
   firefoxWrapper = firefox;           # 2015-09
   flameGraph = flamegraph; # added 2018-04-25
   font-awesome-ttf = font-awesome; # 2018-02-25
+  # 2019-10-31
+  fontconfig-ultimate = throw ''
+    fontconfig-ultimate has been removed. The repository has been archived upstream and activity has ceased for several years.
+    https://github.com/bohoomil/fontconfig-ultimate/issues/171.
+  '';
   font-droid = throw "font-droid has been deprecated by noto-fonts"; # 2019-04-12
   foomatic_filters = foomatic-filters;  # 2016-08
   fuse_exfat = exfat;                   # 2015-09-11
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e56298b2ebd..55b5c900423 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11028,8 +11028,6 @@ in
 
   fontconfig-penultimate = callPackage ../data/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate {};
 
-  fontconfig-ultimate = callPackage ../development/libraries/fontconfig-ultimate {};
-
   folly = callPackage ../development/libraries/folly { };
 
   folks = callPackage ../development/libraries/folks { };