diff --git a/pkgs/data/themes/gnome-breeze/default.nix b/pkgs/data/themes/gnome-breeze/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 38733590a34..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/data/themes/gnome-breeze/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "gnome-breeze";
-  version = "unstable-2016-05-26";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "dirruk1";
-    repo = "gnome-breeze";
-    rev = "49a5cd67a270e13a4c04a4b904f126ef728e9221";
-    sha256 = "sha256-lQYVOhFBDOYT+glUHleuymGTfHEE5bIyqUFnS/EDc0I=";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/themes
-    cp -r Breeze* $out/share/themes
-  '';
-
-  preferLocalBuild = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A GTK theme built to match KDE's breeze theme";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/dirruk1/gnome-breeze";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bennofs ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-    hydraPlatforms = [];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index db330743e50..e960196bb6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   gmic_krita_qt = gmic-qt-krita; # Added 2019-09-07
   gmvault = throw "gmvault has been removed because it is unmaintained, mostly broken, and insecure"; # Added 2021-03-08
   gnash = throw "gnash has been removed; broken and abandoned upstream"; # added 2022-02-06
+  gnome-breeze = throw "gnome-breeze has been removed, use libsForQt5.breeze-gtk instead"; # Added 2022-04-22
   gnome-firmware-updater = gnome-firmware; # added 2022-04-14
   gnome-passwordsafe = gnome-secrets; # added 2022-01-30
   gnome-mpv = celluloid; # Added 2019-08-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 517c02e27c3..56467bb56ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24128,8 +24128,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gsettings-desktop-schemas = callPackage ../development/libraries/gsettings-desktop-schemas { };
 
-  gnome-breeze = callPackage ../data/themes/gnome-breeze { };
-
   gnome-icon-theme = callPackage ../data/icons/gnome-icon-theme { };
 
   go-font = callPackage ../data/fonts/go-font { };