diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/cldr-emoji-annotation/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/cldr-emoji-annotation/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e51f5639cbc..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/data/misc/cldr-emoji-annotation/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, autoreconfHook
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "cldr-emoji-annotation";
-  version = "37.0_13.0_0_2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "fujiwarat";
-    repo = "cldr-emoji-annotation";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0la3h6l58j9jfjvzwz65x56ijx7sppirwpqbqc06if4c2g0kzswj";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Emoji annotation files in CLDR";
-    homepage = "https://www.unicode.org/";
-    license = licenses.unicode-dfs-2016;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/default.nix
index 123d634d65f..c235a412948 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 , cmake
 , extra-cmake-modules
 , cairo
-, cldr-emoji-annotation
+, cldr-annotations
 , pango
 , fribidi
 , fmt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gdk-pixbuf
     wayland
     wayland-protocols
-    cldr-emoji-annotation
+    cldr-annotations
     json_c
     libGL
     libevent
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libxkbfile
   ];
 
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DCLDR_DIR=${cldr-annotations}/share/unicode/cldr" ];
+
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.py;
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 59f145bef95..e6d4c4ec273 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   claws-mail-gtk2 = throw "claws-mail-gtk2 was removed to get rid of Python 2, please use claws-mail"; # Added 2021-12-05
   claws-mail-gtk3 = claws-mail; # Added 2021-07-10
   clawsMail = throw "'clawsMail' has been renamed to/replaced by 'claws-mail'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  cldr-emoji-annotation = throw "'cldr-emoji-annotation' has been removed, as it was unmaintained; use 'cldr-annotations' instead"; # Added 2022-04-03
   clearsilver = throw "clearsilver has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-03-15
   clutter_gtk = throw "'clutter_gtk' has been renamed to/replaced by 'clutter-gtk'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   cmakeWithQt4Gui = throw "cmakeWithQt4Gui has been removed in favor of cmakeWithGui (Qt 5)"; # Added 2021-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c642530a000..87d014c2b86 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23985,8 +23985,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cldr-annotations = callPackage ../data/misc/cldr-annotations { };
 
-  cldr-emoji-annotation = callPackage ../data/misc/cldr-emoji-annotation { };
-
   clearlooks-phenix = callPackage ../data/themes/clearlooks-phenix { };
 
   cnstrokeorder = callPackage ../data/fonts/cnstrokeorder {};