diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/lprof/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/lprof/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a1c81f16f2b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/lprof/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, sconsPackages, qt3, lcms1, libtiff, vigra }:
-
-/*  how to calibrate your monitor:
-    Eg see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ICC_Profiles#Loading_ICC_Profiles
-*/
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "lprof-1.11.4.1";
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ sconsPackages.scons_3_0_1 ];
-  buildInputs = [ qt3 lcms1 libtiff vigra ];
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export QTDIR=${qt3}
-    export qt_directory=${qt3}
-  '';
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/lprof/lprof/lprof-1.11.4/lprof-1.11.4.1.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0q8x24fm5yyvm151xrl3l03p7hvvciqnkbviprfnvlr0lyg9wsrn";
-  };
-
-  sconsFlags = "SYSLIBS=1";
-  preBuild = ''
-    export CXX=g++
-  '';
-  prefixKey = "PREFIX=";
-
-  patches = [ ./lcms-1.17.patch  ./keep-environment.patch ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Little CMS ICC profile construction set";
-    homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/lprof";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    broken = true; # Broken since 2020-07-28 (https://hydra.nixos.org/build/135234622)
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/lprof/keep-environment.patch b/pkgs/tools/graphics/lprof/keep-environment.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d0beaed587..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/lprof/keep-environment.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- lprof-1.11.4.1.org/SConstruct	2006-06-06 02:11:32.000000000 +0100
-+++ lprof-1.11.4.1/SConstruct	2017-08-29 12:56:13.425654683 +0100
-@@ -22,12 +22,7 @@
- # opts.Add(BoolOption('qt-mt-lib', 'Flag used to set QT library to either qt-mt or qt. Value of 1 = qt-mt, 0 = qt.', 'yes'))
- 
- # setup base environment 
--env = Environment(
--    ENV = {
--      'PATH' : os.environ[ 'PATH' ],
--      'HOME' : os.environ[ 'HOME' ], # required for distcc
--      'LDFLAGS' : ''
--    }, options = opts)
-+env = Environment(ENV = os.environ, options = opts)
- 
- opts.Update(env)
- opts.Save('lprof.conf', env) # Save, so user doesn't have to 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/lprof/lcms-1.17.patch b/pkgs/tools/graphics/lprof/lcms-1.17.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a88471e143f..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/lprof/lcms-1.17.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/liblprof/lcmsprf.h	2007-08-31 15:36:20.000000000 -0700
-+++ b/src/liblprof/lcmsprf.h	2007-08-31 15:37:39.000000000 -0700
-@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
- #define mmax(a,b) ((a) > (b)?(a):(b))
- #endif
- 
-+#if LCMS_VERSION > 116
-+typedef int BOOL;
-+#endif
- 
- /* Misc operations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
- 
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index f0a7294a3b5..82e36dbd2a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ mapAliases ({
 
   linux-steam-integration = throw "linux-steam-integration has been removed, as the upstream project has been abandoned"; # added 2020-05-22
   loadcaffe = throw "loadcaffe has been removed, as the upstream project has been abandoned"; # added 2020-03-28
+  lprof = throw "lprof has been removed as it's unmaintained upstream and broken in nixpkgs since a while ago"; # added 2021-02-15
   lttngTools = lttng-tools;  # added 2014-07-31
   lttngUst = lttng-ust;  # added 2014-07-31
   lua5_1_sockets = lua51Packages.luasocket; # added 2017-05-02
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 71865341111..9e78007ef48 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4155,8 +4155,6 @@ in
 
   lp_solve = callPackage ../applications/science/math/lp_solve { };
 
-  lprof = callPackage ../tools/graphics/lprof { };
-
   fastlane = callPackage ../tools/admin/fastlane { };
 
   fatresize = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/fatresize {};