diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/plover/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/plover/default.nix
index 02162a4039e..6bd4ee6b3c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/plover/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/plover/default.nix
@@ -2,30 +2,7 @@
   qtbase, mkDerivationWith }:
 
 {
-  stable = with python27Packages; buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "plover";
-    version = "3.1.1";
-
-    meta = with lib; {
-      broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-      description = "OpenSteno Plover stenography software";
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ twey kovirobi ];
-      license     = licenses.gpl2;
-    };
-
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "openstenoproject";
-      repo = "plover";
-      rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "sha256-LIhTwHMphg+xTR9NKvjAZ6p0mmqPNcZd9C4cgnenmYQ=";
-    };
-
-    nativeBuildInputs     = [ setuptools-scm ];
-    buildInputs           = [ pytest mock ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [
-      six setuptools pyserial appdirs hidapi wxPython xlib wmctrl dbus-python
-    ];
-  };
+  stable = throw "plover.stable was removed because it used Python 2. Use plover.dev instead."; # added 2022-06-05
 
   dev = with python3Packages; mkDerivationWith buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "plover";