4 files changed, 1 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv b/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
index fbe1154ab18d6..5897948a9f83d 100644
--- a/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ loadkit,,,,,,alerque
 lpeg,,,,,,vyp
 lpeg_patterns,,,,,,
 lpeglabel,,,,1.6.0,,
-lpty,,,,,,
 lrexlib-gnu,,,,,,
 lrexlib-pcre,,,,,,vyp
 lrexlib-posix,,,,,,
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/aliases.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/aliases.nix
index 52adbc1898684..47a097fd7f79f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/aliases.nix
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ let
 in
 
 mapAliases {
+  "lpty" = throw "lpy was removed because broken and unmaintained "; # added 2023-10-14
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
index 7deb513b23124..636c411acca4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
@@ -942,29 +942,6 @@ buildLuarocksPackage {
   };
 }) {};
 
-lpty = callPackage({ luaOlder, lua, fetchurl, buildLuarocksPackage }:
-buildLuarocksPackage {
-  pname = "lpty";
-  version = "1.2.2-1";
-  knownRockspec = (fetchurl {
-    url    = "mirror://luarocks/lpty-1.2.2-1.rockspec";
-    sha256 = "04af4mhiqrw3br4qzz7yznw9zy2m50wddwzgvzkvhd99ng71fkzg";
-  }).outPath;
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url    = "http://www.tset.de/downloads/lpty-1.2.2-1.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "071mvz79wi9vr6hvrnb1rv19lqp1bh2fi742zkpv2sm1r9gy5rav";
-  };
-
-  disabled = (luaOlder "5.1");
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ lua ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://www.tset.de/lpty/";
-    description = "A simple facility for lua to control other programs via PTYs.";
-    license.fullName = "MIT";
-  };
-}) {};
-
 lrexlib-gnu = callPackage({ buildLuarocksPackage, luaOlder, lua, fetchgit }:
 buildLuarocksPackage {
   pname = "lrexlib-gnu";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index c4c9897ce8b6d..d780fd08b2603 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -146,10 +146,6 @@ with prev;
     */
   });
 
-  lpty = prev.lpty.overrideAttrs (oa: {
-    meta.broken = luaOlder "5.1" || luaAtLeast "5.3";
-  });
-
   ldbus = prev.ldbus.overrideAttrs (oa: {
     extraVariables = {
       DBUS_DIR = "${dbus.lib}";