diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pmdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pmdk/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f02bfa0dab30..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pmdk/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
-, autoconf, libndctl, pkg-config, gnum4, pandoc
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "pmdk";
-  version = "1.11.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "pmem";
-    repo   = "pmdk";
-    rev    = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-8bnyLtgkKfgIjJkfY/ZS1I9aCYcrz0nrdY7m/TUVWAk=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf pkg-config gnum4 pandoc ];
-  buildInputs = [ libndctl ];
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "man" ];
-
-  patchPhase = "patchShebangs utils";
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error";
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    make install prefix=$out
-
-    mkdir -p $lib $dev $man/share
-    mv $out/share/man $man/share/man
-    mv $out/include $dev/include
-    mv $out/lib     $lib/lib
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Persistent Memory Development Kit";
-    homepage    = "https://github.com/pmem/pmdk";
-    license     = licenses.lgpl21;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
-    platforms   = [ "x86_64-linux" ]; # aarch64 is experimental
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
index 9eacea78a37eb..67abd89d1f9dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ let
     # Server components
     , bzip2, lz4, lzo, snappy, xz, zlib, zstd
     , cracklib, judy, libevent, libxml2
-    , linux-pam, numactl, pmdk
+    , linux-pam, numactl
     , fmt_8
     , withStorageMroonga ? true, kytea, libsodium, msgpack, zeromq
     , withStorageRocks ? true
     , withEmbedded ? false
+    , withNuma ? false
     }:
+
   let
+    isCross = stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform;
+
     libExt = stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary;
 
     mytopEnv = buildPackages.perl.withPackages (p: with p; [ DBDmysql DBI TermReadKey ]);
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ let
       ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && lib.versionAtLeast version "10.6") [
         # workaround for https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-29925
         "-Dhave_C__Wl___as_needed="
-      ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform) [
+      ] ++ lib.optionals isCross [
         # revisit this if nixpkgs supports any architecture whose stack grows upwards
         "-DSTACK_DIRECTION=-1"
         "-DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR=${stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages}"
@@ -169,16 +173,14 @@ let
       buildInputs = common.buildInputs ++ [
         bzip2 lz4 lzo snappy xz zstd
         cracklib judy libevent libxml2
-      ] ++ lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32) numactl
+      ] ++ lib.optional withNuma numactl
         ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ linux-pam ]
-        ++ lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64) pmdk.dev
         ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) mytopEnv
         ++ lib.optionals withStorageMroonga [ kytea libsodium msgpack zeromq ]
         ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast common.version "10.7") [ fmt_8 ];
 
       propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals withEmbedded
-        (lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64) pmdk.lib
-         ++ lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32) numactl);
+        (lib.optional withNuma numactl);
 
       postPatch = ''
         substituteInPlace scripts/galera_new_cluster.sh \
@@ -197,7 +199,7 @@ let
         "-DWITHOUT_EXAMPLE=1"
         "-DWITHOUT_FEDERATED=1"
         "-DWITHOUT_TOKUDB=1"
-      ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32) [
+      ] ++ lib.optionals withNuma [
         "-DWITH_NUMA=ON"
       ] ++ lib.optionals (!withStorageMroonga) [
         "-DWITHOUT_MROONGA=1"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index ee372900ad788..6b487197435a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1214,6 +1214,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pleroma-otp = pleroma; # Added 2021-07-10
   plexpy = throw "'plexpy' has been renamed to/replaced by 'tautulli'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   pltScheme = racket; # just to be sure
+  pmdk = throw "'pmdk' is discontinued, no further support or maintenance is planned by upstream"; # Added 2023-02-06
   pmtools = throw "'pmtools' has been renamed to/replaced by 'acpica-tools'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   pocketsphinx = throw "pocketsphinx has been removed: unmaintained"; # Added 2022-04-24
   polarssl = throw "'polarssl' has been renamed to/replaced by 'mbedtls'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 047f7ece1c2d5..59960ff935622 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17753,8 +17753,6 @@ with pkgs;
     openjdk = openjdk8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
   };
 
-  pmdk = callPackage ../development/libraries/pmdk { };
-
   jdepend = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/jdepend {
     jdk = jdk8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
   };