diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/22.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/22.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c42af71eacc8a..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/22.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{ mkDerivation }:
-
-mkDerivation {
-  version = "22.3.4.24";
-  sha256 = "0c9713xa8sjw7nr55hysgcnbvj7gzbrpzdl94y1nqn7vw4ni8is3";
-  meta.knownVulnerabilities = [ "CVE-2022-37026" ];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 81cbe3f85f4b0..5e39f204a9992 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -439,9 +439,11 @@ mapAliases ({
   enyo-doom = enyo-launcher; # Added 2022-09-09
   epoxy = libepoxy; # Added 2021-11-11
   epsxe = throw "epsxe has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was unmaintained."; # added 2021-12-15
-  inherit (beam.interpreters) erlangR25 erlangR24 erlangR23 erlangR22; # added 2023-03-21
+  inherit (beam.interpreters) erlangR25 erlangR24 erlangR23; # added 2023-03-21
   erlang_21 = throw "erlangR21 has been removed in favor of newer versions."; # added 2023-03-21
   erlangR21 = erlang_21;
+  erlang_22 = throw "erlangR22 has been removed in favor of newer versions."; # added 2023-03-21
+  erlangR22 = erlang_22;
   esniper = throw "esniper has been removed because upstream no longer maintains it (and it no longer works)"; # Added 2021-04-12
   etcdctl = throw "'etcdctl' has been renamed to/replaced by 'etcd'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   eteroj.lv2 = throw "'eteroj.lv2' has been renamed to/replaced by 'open-music-kontrollers.eteroj'"; # Added 2022-03-09
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0336f895e825e..c8ae15c5119b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16578,7 +16578,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   inherit (beam.interpreters)
-    erlang erlang_25 erlang_24 erlang_23 erlang_22
+    erlang erlang_25 erlang_24 erlang_23
     erlang_odbc erlang_javac erlang_odbc_javac
     elixir elixir_1_14 elixir_1_13 elixir_1_12 elixir_1_11 elixir_1_10
     elixir-ls;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
index ae7fd07d08380..9402bd668e798 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ let
   self = beam;
 
   # Aliases added 2023-03-21
-  versionLoop = f: lib.lists.foldr (version: acc: (f version) // acc) { } [ "25" "24" "23" "22" ];
+  versionLoop = f: lib.lists.foldr (version: acc: (f version) // acc) { } [ "25" "24" "23" ];
 
   interpretersAliases = versionLoop (version: {
     "erlangR${version}" = self.interpreters."erlang_${version}";
@@ -84,21 +84,6 @@ in
       odbcSupport = true;
     };
 
-    erlang_22 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/22.nix {
-      openssl = openssl_1_1;
-      wxGTK = wxGTK32;
-      # Can be enabled since the bug has been fixed in https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2508
-      parallelBuild = true;
-      autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
-      inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
-    };
-    erlang_22_odbc = self.interpreters.erlang_22.override { odbcSupport = true; };
-    erlang_22_javac = self.interpreters.erlang_22.override { javacSupport = true; };
-    erlang_22_odbc_javac = self.interpreters.erlang_22.override {
-      javacSupport = true;
-      odbcSupport = true;
-    };
-
     # Other Beam languages. These are built with `beam.interpreters.erlang`. To
     # access for example elixir built with different version of Erlang, use
     # `beam.packages.erlang_24.elixir`.
@@ -118,6 +103,5 @@ in
     erlang_25 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_25;
     erlang_24 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_24;
     erlang_23 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_23;
-    erlang_22 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_22;
   } // packagesAliases;
 }