diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ctl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ctl/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a9f50a6aaa..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ctl/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, pkg-config, ilmbase, libtiff, openexr }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "ctl";
-  version = "1.5.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "ampas";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
-    sha256 = "0a698rd1cmixh3mk4r1xa6rjli8b8b7dbx89pb43xkgqxy67glwx";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "ctl-1.5.2-ilm_230.patch";
-      url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/CTL/raw/9d7c15a91bccdc0a9485d463bf2789be72e6b17d/f/ctl-1.5.2-ilm_230.patch";
-      sha256 = "0mdx7llwrm0q8ai53zhyxi40i9h5s339dbkqpqv30yzi2xpnfj3d";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Fix include guard name
-    substituteInPlace lib/dpx/dpx_raw.hh \
-        --replace CRL_DPX_RAW_INTERNAL_INCLUDE CTL_DPX_RAW_INTERNAL_INCLUDE
-
-    # Fix undefined symbols (link with Imath)
-    substituteInPlace lib/IlmCtlMath/CMakeLists.txt \
-        --replace "( IlmCtlMath IlmCtl )" "( IlmCtlMath IlmCtl Imath)"
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ libtiff ilmbase openexr ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Color Transformation Language";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/ampas/CTL";
-    license = "A.M.P.A.S"; # BSD-derivative, free but GPL incompatible
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 9bd5066863d..b6a629aed10 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   cpuminer-multi = throw "cpuminer-multi has been removed: deleted by upstream"; # Added 2022-01-07
   crafty = throw "crafty has been removed: deleted by upstream"; # Added 2022-01-07
   cryptol = throw "cryptol was removed due to prolonged broken build"; # Added 2020-08-21
+  ctl = throw "ctl has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-05-13
 
   # CUDA Toolkit
   cudatoolkit_6 = throw "cudatoolkit_6 has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # Added 2021-02-14
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eb1ed2c4b0d..541e81833e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16882,8 +16882,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   python-cosmopolitan = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python-cosmopolitan { };
 
-  ctl = callPackage ../development/libraries/ctl { };
-
   ctpp2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/ctpp2 { };
 
   ctpl = callPackage ../development/libraries/ctpl { };