diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/cargo-tree/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/cargo-tree/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e0207e01ed3b2..00000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/cargo-tree/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, cmake, curl, libiconv, darwin }:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "cargo-tree";
-  version = "0.29.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "sfackler";
-    repo = "cargo-tree";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "16k41pj66m2221n1v2szir7x7qwx4i0g3svck2c8cj76h0bqyy15";
-  };
-
-  cargoSha256 = "0762gdj4n5mlflhzynnny1h8z792zyxmb4kcn54jj7qzdask4qdy";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig cmake ];
-  buildInputs = [ curl ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libiconv darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cargo subcommand that visualizes a crate's dependency graph in a tree-like format";
-    license = with licenses; [ asl20 mit ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jD91mZM2 ma27 ];
-    homepage = "https://crates.io/crates/cargo-tree";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5882eadc73bda3..d1eb331c5bb66d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   buildGo112Module = throw "buildGo112Module has been removed"; # added 2020-04-26
   bundler_HEAD = bundler; # added 2015-11-15
   cantarell_fonts = cantarell-fonts; # added 2018-03-03
+  cargo-tree = throw "cargo-tree has been removed, use the builtin `cargo tree` command instead."; # added 2020-08-20
   casperjs = throw "casperjs has been removed, it was abandoned by upstream and broken.";
   catfish = xfce.catfish; # added 2019-12-22
   cgmanager = throw "cgmanager was deprecated by lxc and therefore removed from nixpkgs."; # added 2020-06-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8220eb65b17bfc..fbc22fc2ab88fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9450,7 +9450,6 @@ in
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };
   cargo-tarpaulin = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/cargo-tarpaulin { };
-  cargo-tree = callPackage ../tools/package-management/cargo-tree { };
   cargo-update = callPackage ../tools/package-management/cargo-update {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };