diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/navit/CMakeLists.txt.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/navit/CMakeLists.txt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f8a75f319b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/navit/CMakeLists.txt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 763f75b..defa74a 100755
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(endian.h HAVE_ENDIAN_H)
- CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(stdint.h HAVE_STDINT_H)
- CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(byteswap.h HAVE_BYTESWAP_H)
- CHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTS(gypsy gypsy_control_get_default "" GYPSY_FOUND)
--CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(libspeechd.h HAVE_LIBSPEECHD)
-+CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(speech-dispatcher/libspeechd.h HAVE_LIBSPEECHD)
- CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(sys/socket.h HAVE_SOCKET)
- CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(sys/shm.h HAVE_SHMEM)
- CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(snprintf   HAVE_SNPRINTF)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/navit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/navit/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c041c296927..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/navit/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, gtk2, fontconfig, freetype, imlib2
-, SDL_image, libGLU, libGL, libXmu, freeglut, pcre, dbus, dbus-glib, glib
-, librsvg, freeimage, libxslt, cairo, gdk-pixbuf, pango
-, atk, patchelf, fetchurl, bzip2, python, gettext, quesoglc
-, gd, cmake, shapelib, SDL_ttf, fribidi, makeWrapper
-, qtquickcontrols, qtmultimedia, qtspeech, qtsensors
-, qtlocation, qtdeclarative, qtsvg
-, qtSupport ? false, qtbase #need to fix qt_qpainter
-, sdlSupport ? true, SDL
-, xkbdSupport ? true, xkbd
-, espeakSupport ? true, espeak
-, postgresqlSupport ? false, postgresql
-, speechdSupport ? false, speechd ? null
-}:
-
-assert speechdSupport -> speechd != null;
-
-with lib;
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "navit";
-  version = "0.5.3";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "navit-gps";
-    repo = "navit";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "071drvqzxpxbfh0lf0lra5a97rv8ny40l96n9xl0dx0s8w30j61i";
-  };
-
-  sample_map = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.navit-project.org/maps/osm_bbox_11.3,47.9,11.7,48.2.osm.bz2";
-    name = "sample_map.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0vg6b6rhsa2cxqj4rbhfhhfss71syhnfa6f1jg2i2d7l88dm5x7d";
-  };
-
-  patches = [ ./CMakeLists.txt.patch ];
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString (optional sdlSupport "-I${SDL.dev}/include/SDL"
-    ++ optional speechdSupport "-I${speechd}/include/speech-dispatcher");
-
-  # we choose only cmdline and speech-dispatcher speech options.
-  # espeak builtins is made for non-cmdline OS as winCE
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DSAMPLE_MAP=n " "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
-    "-Dspeech/qt5_espeak=FALSE" "-Dsupport/espeak=FALSE"
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    gtk2 fontconfig freetype imlib2 libGLU libGL freeimage
-    libxslt libXmu freeglut python gettext quesoglc gd
-    fribidi pcre  dbus dbus-glib librsvg shapelib glib
-    cairo gdk-pixbuf pango atk
-  ] ++ optionals sdlSupport [ SDL SDL_ttf SDL_image ]
-    ++ optional postgresqlSupport postgresql
-    ++ optional speechdSupport speechd
-    ++ optionals qtSupport [
-      qtquickcontrols qtmultimedia qtspeech qtsensors
-      qtbase qtlocation qtdeclarative qtsvg
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkg-config cmake patchelf bzip2 ];
-
-  # we dont want blank screen by defaut
-  postInstall = ''
-    # emulate DSAMPLE_MAP
-    mkdir -p $out/share/navit/maps/
-    bzcat "${sample_map}" | $out/bin/maptool "$out/share/navit/maps/osm_bbox_11.3,47.9,11.7,48.2.bin"
-  '';
-
-  # TODO: fix upstream?
-  libPath = lib.makeLibraryPath ([ stdenv.cc.libc ] ++ buildInputs );
-  postFixup =
-  ''
-    find "$out/lib" -type f -name "*.so" -exec patchelf --set-rpath $libPath {} \;
-
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/navit \
-      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath (
-        optional xkbdSupport xkbd
-        ++ optional espeakSupport espeak
-        ++ optional speechdSupport speechd ) }
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://www.navit-project.org";
-    description = "Car navigation system with routing engine using OSM maps";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 89553642a2d..9415b6e24ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   mxisd = throw "mxisd has been removed from nixpkgs as it has reached end of life, see https://github.com/kamax-matrix/mxisd/blob/535e0a5b96ab63cb0ddef90f6f42c5866407df95/EOL.md#end-of-life-notice . ma1sd may be a suitable alternative."; # added 2021-04-15
   mysqlWorkbench = mysql-workbench; # added 2017-01-19
   nagiosPluginsOfficial = monitoring-plugins;
+  navit = throw "navit has been removed from nixpkgs, due to being unmaintained"; # added 2021-06-07
   ncat = nmap;  # added 2016-01-26
   netcat-openbsd = libressl.nc; # added 2018-04-25
   netease-cloud-music = throw "netease-cloud-music has been removed together with deepin"; # added 2020-08-31
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f20809c0d5a..40335b63e39 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25673,8 +25673,6 @@ in
 
   navipowm = callPackage ../applications/misc/navipowm { };
 
-  navit = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/navit { };
-
   netbeans = callPackage ../applications/editors/netbeans {
     jdk = jdk11;
   };