diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/dirmngr/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/dirmngr/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b7aeed2ace1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/dirmngr/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, libassuan, libksba, pth, openldap
-, libiconv}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "dirmngr";
-  version = "1.1.1";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnupg/dirmngr/dirmngr-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1zz6m87ca55nq5f59hzm6qs48d37h93il881y7d0rf2d6660na6j";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ libgpg-error libgcrypt libassuan libksba
-                  pth openldap libiconv ];
-
-  meta = {
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4f118f308b1..2abec13745e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   dfu-util-axoloti = throw "dfu-util-axoloti has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-05-13
   dhall-text = throw "'dhall-text' has been deprecated in favor of the 'dhall text' command from 'dhall'"; # Added 2022-03-26
   digikam5 = throw "'digikam5' has been renamed to/replaced by 'digikam'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  dirmngr = throw "dirmngr has been removed: merged into gnupg"; # Added 2022-05-13
   disper = throw "disper has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-03-18
   displaycal = throw "displaycal has been removed from nixpkgs, as it hasn't migrated to python3"; # Added 2022-01-12
   dmtx = throw "'dmtx' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dmtx-utils'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1c0b4aa548e..1b79104e22b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5203,8 +5203,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   wgetpaste = callPackage ../tools/text/wgetpaste { };
 
-  dirmngr = callPackage ../tools/security/dirmngr { };
-
   dismap = callPackage ../tools/security/dismap { };
 
   dirvish  = callPackage ../tools/backup/dirvish { };