diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/oci-image-tool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/oci-image-tool/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cac6d1c3f5..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/oci-image-tool/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildGoPackage }:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "oci-image-tool";
-  version = "1.0.0-rc1";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/opencontainers/image-tools";
-  subPackages = [ "cmd/oci-image-tool" ];
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "opencontainers";
-    repo = "image-tools";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0c4n69smqlkf0r6khy9gbg5f810qh9g8jqsl9kibb0dyswizr14r";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A collection of tools for working with the OCI image format specification";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/opencontainers/image-tools";
-    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ nzhang-zh ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 9bd5066863d..3613e37f3a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ### O ###
 
   oathToolkit = oath-toolkit; # Added 2022-04-04
+  oci-image-tool = throw "oci-image-tool is no longer actively maintained, and has had major deficiencies for several years."; # Added 2022-05-14;
   oracleXE = throw "oracleXE has been removed, as it's heavily outdated and unmaintained"; # Added 2020-10-09
   OVMF-CSM = throw "OVMF-CSM has been removed in favor of OVMFFull"; # Added 2021-10-16
   OVMF-secureBoot = throw "OVMF-secureBoot has been removed in favor of OVMFFull"; # Added 2021-10-16
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eb1ed2c4b0d..650607798ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8878,8 +8878,6 @@ with pkgs;
     buildGoModule = buildGo116Module;
   };
 
-  oci-image-tool = callPackage ../tools/misc/oci-image-tool { };
-
   ocproxy = callPackage ../tools/networking/ocproxy { };
 
   ocserv = callPackage ../tools/networking/ocserv { };