diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmongo-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmongo-client/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a6a20141cc624..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmongo-client/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, glib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libmongo-client";
-  version = "0.1.8";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "algernon";
-    repo = "libmongo-client";
-    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
-    sha256 = "1cjx06i3gd9zkyvwm2ysjrf0hkhr7bjg3c27s7n0y31j10igfjp0";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Fix when uses glib in public headers
-    sed -i 's/Requires.private/Requires/g' src/libmongo-client.pc.in
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "http://algernon.github.io/libmongo-client/";
-    description = "An alternative C driver for MongoDB";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix
index 75f9b62148b2d..364ce66de8c58 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 , withRdkafka ? true
 , rdkafka
 , withMongo ? true
-, libmongo-client
 , mongoc
 , withCzmq ? true
 , czmq
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ++ lib.optional withNet libnet
   ++ lib.optional withHadoop hadoop
   ++ lib.optional withRdkafka rdkafka
-  ++ lib.optionals withMongo [ libmongo-client mongoc ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withMongo [ mongoc ]
   ++ lib.optional withCzmq czmq
   ++ lib.optional withRabbitmq rabbitmq-c
   ++ lib.optional withHiredis hiredis
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8a03f6a9b0b01..fad9272fe03ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -879,6 +879,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   liblastfm = libsForQt5.liblastfm; # Added 2020-06-14
   liblrdf = throw "'liblrdf' has been renamed to/replaced by 'lrdf'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   libmicrohttpd_0_9_70 = throw "'libmicrohttpd_0_9_70' has been removed because it is insecure, and has been replaced by 'libmicrohttpd_0_9_69' and 'libmicrohttpd_0_9_71'"; # Added 2022-10-10
+  libmongo-client = throw "'libmongo-client' has been removed, upstream gone"; # Added 2023-06-22
   libmsgpack = throw "'libmsgpack' has been renamed to/replaced by 'msgpack'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   libnih = throw "'libnih' has been removed"; # Converted to throw 2022-05-17
   libosmpbf = throw "libosmpbf was removed because it is no longer required by osrm-backend";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e952f04a5fc91..d181a853143d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9904,8 +9904,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libmbim = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmbim { };
 
-  libmongo-client = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmongo-client { };
-
   libmongocrypt = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmongocrypt { };
 
   libmesode = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmesode { };