diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/default.nix
index c1cecc13ec56..e8b0ded4c00d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/default.nix
@@ -112,6 +112,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
     maintainers = [ maintainers.abbradar ];
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/Alexey-Yakovenko/deadbeef";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/darwin.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/darwin.nix
index 131417293207..2cf1b9ff68de 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/darwin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/darwin.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.darwin;
     maintainers = [];
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/default.nix
index 7662eadc4983..caa799c88f61 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/default.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,5 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vandenoever turion doronbehar ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gpicview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gpicview/default.nix
index edafa5612a2d..ae1e64297bd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gpicview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gpicview/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A simple and fast image viewer for X";
     homepage = "http://lxde.sourceforge.net/gpicview/";
-    repositories.git = "git://lxde.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/lxde/gpicview";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/nomacs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/nomacs/default.nix
index 9f3c1e453f8d..29b049ac55be 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/nomacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/nomacs/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Qt-based image viewer";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mindavi ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/nomacs/nomacs.git";
     inherit (qtbase.meta) platforms;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17.nix
index 95e9c7c3307a..ec978b9fc3a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://mupdf.com";
-    repositories.git = "git://git.ghostscript.com/mupdf.git";
     description = "Lightweight PDF, XPS, and E-book viewer and toolkit written in portable C";
     license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra fpletz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix
index 4877051fd982..102c80f6d126 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://mupdf.com";
-    repositories.git = "git://git.ghostscript.com/mupdf.git";
     description = "Lightweight PDF, XPS, and E-book viewer and toolkit written in portable C";
     license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra fpletz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix
index 4694c243b391..41f46ff1c003 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       It uses a layered approach to connect all of the parts.
     '';
     homepage = "https://networkupstools.org/";
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/networkupstools/nut.git";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.pierron ];
     license = with licenses; [ gpl1Plus gpl2Plus gpl3Plus ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/flink/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/flink/default.nix
index 36940d7441dc..b5250a3bd7fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/flink/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/flink/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mbode ];
-    repositories.git = "git://git.apache.org/flink.git";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kontemplate/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kontemplate/default.nix
index 87ae71f6a48d..10c161f45d05 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kontemplate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kontemplate/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     license          = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers      = with maintainers; [ mbode tazjin ];
     platforms        = platforms.unix;
-    repositories.git = "git://github.com/tazjin/kontemplate.git";
 
     longDescription = ''
       Kontemplate is a simple CLI tool that can take sets of
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/spark/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/spark/default.nix
index 7770f98afe51..69cdcc8d1316 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/spark/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/spark/default.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ let
         license = lib.licenses.asl20;
         platforms = lib.platforms.all;
         maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice offline kamilchm illustris ];
-        repositories.git = "git://git.apache.org/spark.git";
       };
     };
 in
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/quassel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/quassel/default.nix
index d218f114143f..4bc930b12d0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/quassel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/quassel/default.nix
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ in (if !buildClient then stdenv.mkDerivation else mkDerivation) rec {
     '';
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ttuegel ];
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/quassel/quassel.git";
     inherit (qtbase.meta) platforms;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/lieer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/lieer/default.nix
index 420b9b28ccfc..a9bf177128d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/lieer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/lieer/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
       GMail account.
     '';
     homepage = "https://lieer.gaute.vetsj.com/";
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/gauteh/lieer.git";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ flokli kaiha ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit/common.nix
index f0e3e4a29d81..d6b787315b8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit/common.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { pname, version, src, gitSrc, buildInputs ? []
-, homepage, repo, description, maintainers
+, homepage, description, maintainers
 }:
 
 { lib, stdenv, openssl, zlib, asciidoc, libxml2, libxslt
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     inherit homepage description;
-    repositories.git = repo;
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = maintainers ++ (with lib.maintainers; [ qyliss ]);
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit/default.nix
index 7d84b286d5f1..f6a0af102303 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ callPackage (import ./common.nix rec {
   buildInputs = [ luajit ];
 
   homepage = "https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/";
-  repo = "git://git.zx2c4.com/cgit";
   description = "Web frontend for git repositories";
   maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
 }) {}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit/pink.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit/pink.nix
index 2719bc122530..75e99a06b1d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit/pink.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit/pink.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ callPackage (import ./common.nix rec {
   };
 
   homepage = "https://git.causal.agency/cgit-pink/about/";
-  repo = "https://git.causal.agency/cgit-pink";
   description = "cgit fork aiming for better maintenance";
   maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ qyliss sternenseemann ];
 }) {}
diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/man-pages/default.nix b/pkgs/data/documentation/man-pages/default.nix
index 60a7e3f229f5..5b33714fc258 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/documentation/man-pages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/man-pages/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Linux development manual pages";
     homepage = "https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/";
-    repositories.git = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = with platforms; unix;
     priority = 30; # if a package comes with its own man page, prefer it
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libass/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libass/default.nix
index 19f6589ec950..704dcd2c73d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libass/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libass/default.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license     = licenses.isc;
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ codyopel ];
-    repositories.git = "git://github.com/libass/libass.git";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcec/default.nix
index e03416a221c1..039d3af37605 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcec/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Allows you (with the right hardware) to control your device with your TV remote control using existing HDMI cabling";
     homepage = "http://libcec.pulse-eight.com";
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/libcec.git";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.titanous ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcec/platform.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcec/platform.nix
index cba1d0ba4c59..d9594c90b624 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcec/platform.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcec/platform.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Platform library for libcec and Kodi addons";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/platform";
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/platform.git";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.titanous ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgcrypt/1.5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgcrypt/1.5.nix
index b30aa89b1485..918ed20efaaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgcrypt/1.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgcrypt/1.5.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "General-pupose cryptographic library";
     license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
-    repositories.git = "git://git.gnupg.org/libgcrypt.git";
     knownVulnerabilities = [
       "CVE-2014-3591"
       "CVE-2015-0837"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgcrypt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgcrypt/default.nix
index 9195019b0559..eb4e8e948629 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgcrypt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgcrypt/default.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
-    repositories.git = "git://git.gnupg.org/libgcrypt.git";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn/default.nix
index e47bb070a36e..a84b617e4c0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       included.
     '';
 
-    repositories.git = "git://git.savannah.gnu.org/libidn.git";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ lsix ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn2/default.nix
index 2b5434e723aa..d8294f56adc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn2/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       detailed information.
     '';
 
-    repositories.git = "https://gitlab.com/jas/libidn2";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ lgpl3Plus gpl2Plus gpl3Plus ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fpletz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblastfm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblastfm/default.nix
index 6b28175a9b62..0f0fec46a277 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblastfm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblastfm/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/lastfm/liblastfm";
-    repositories.git = "git://github.com/lastfm/liblastfm.git";
     description = "Official LastFM library";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liboauth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liboauth/default.nix
index 7ca9ec5acb6d..3f2f02987fbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/liboauth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liboauth/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = platforms.all;
     description = "C library implementing the OAuth secure authentication protocol";
     homepage = "http://liboauth.sourceforge.net/";
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/x42/liboauth.git";
     license = licenses.mit;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libotr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libotr/default.nix
index 53699ab7eacd..bd8a521544c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libotr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libotr/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/";
-    repositories.git = "git://git.code.sf.net/p/otr/libotr";
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
     description = "Library for Off-The-Record Messaging";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb-compat/0.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb-compat/0.1.nix
index b23123f56eaa..f977d72e7242 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb-compat/0.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb-compat/0.1.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://libusb.info/";
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/libusb/libusb-compat-0.1";
     description = "cross-platform user-mode USB device library";
     longDescription = ''
       libusb is a cross-platform user-mode library that provides access to USB devices.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix
index 69410cf2b986..1514d2702103 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://libusb.info/";
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/libusb/libusb";
     description = "cross-platform user-mode USB device library";
     longDescription = ''
       libusb is a cross-platform user-mode library that provides access to USB devices.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
index 9e39c2fd2a65..cda7c091908d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -331,7 +331,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://libvirt.org/";
-    repositories.git = "git://libvirt.org/libvirt.git";
     description = ''
       A toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent
       versions of Linux (and other OSes)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcg-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcg-c/default.nix
index 9722210b9d10..95acc77922ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcg-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcg-c/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.linus ];
-    repositories.git = "git://github.com/imneme/pcg-c.git";
     broken = stdenv.isi686; # https://github.com/imneme/pcg-c/issues/11
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/taglib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/taglib/default.nix
index 5f136a5e6b64..666d013adebc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/taglib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/taglib/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://taglib.org/";
-    repositories.git = "git://github.com/taglib/taglib.git";
     description = "A library for reading and editing audio file metadata";
     longDescription = ''
       TagLib is a library for reading and editing the meta-data of several
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/obfsproxy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/obfsproxy/default.nix
index 0c0781bc577b..5f652cb97f3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/obfsproxy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/obfsproxy/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.2.13";
 
   src = fetchgit {
-    url = meta.repositories.git;
+    url = "https://git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfsproxy.git";
     rev = "refs/tags/${pname}-${version}";
     sha256 = "04ja1cl8xzqnwrd2gi6nlnxbmjri141bzwa5gybvr44d8h3k2nfa";
   };
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A pluggable transport proxy";
     homepage = "https://www.torproject.org/projects/obfsproxy";
-    repositories.git = "https://git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfsproxy.git";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cgdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cgdb/default.nix
index e8136be0eb40..62d26c09e514 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cgdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cgdb/default.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     homepage = "https://cgdb.github.io/";
 
-    repositories.git = "git://github.com/cgdb/cgdb.git";
-
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
 
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ cygwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/systemtap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/systemtap/default.nix
index ac00e3418782..cadf9b9eeb16 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/systemtap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/systemtap/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ in runCommand "systemtap-${kernel.version}-${version}" {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://sourceware.org/systemtap/";
-    repositories.git = url;
     description = "Provides a scripting language for instrumentation on a live kernel plus user-space";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/games/openxcom/default.nix b/pkgs/games/openxcom/default.nix
index 8c115e9b3120..b877c3aac2fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/openxcom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/openxcom/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     description = "Open source clone of UFO: Enemy Unknown";
     homepage = "https://openxcom.org";
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/SupSuper/OpenXcom.git";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.cpages ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/games/spring/springlobby.nix b/pkgs/games/spring/springlobby.nix
index bf603e2f5308..55c61c4cbd82 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/spring/springlobby.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/spring/springlobby.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://springlobby.info/";
-    repositories.git = "git://github.com/springlobby/springlobby.git";
     description = "Cross-platform lobby client for the Spring RTS project";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ qknight domenkozar ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/m-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/m-cli/default.nix
index f19f5a0275bc..939ff36ef0ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/m-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/m-cli/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Swiss Army Knife for macOS";
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
-    repositories.git = "git://github.com/rgcr/m-cli.git";
 
     license = licenses.mit;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bluez/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bluez/default.nix
index fb75b99f03d9..ab9b7055fdda 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bluez/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bluez/default.nix
@@ -135,6 +135,5 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "http://www.bluez.org/";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2 lgpl21 ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    repositories.git = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix
index 8124da489aee..3fdbaa9149a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hostapd/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://hostap.epitest.fi";
-    repositories.git = "git://w1.fi/hostap.git";
     description = "A user space daemon for access point and authentication servers";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ninjatrappeur hexa ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/i7z/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/i7z/default.nix
index 7de8046483d4..9af2aba3d806 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/i7z/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/i7z/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A better i7 (and now i3, i5) reporting tool for Linux";
     homepage = "https://github.com/DimitryAndric/i7z";
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/DimitryAndric/i7z.git";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bluescreen303 ];
     # broken on ARM
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
index 1ac9cbe00ead..220f09ed8b50 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ let
             + ")");
         license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
         homepage = "https://www.kernel.org/";
-        repositories.git = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git";
         maintainers = lib.teams.linux-kernel.members ++ [
           maintainers.thoughtpolice
         ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ldm/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ldm/default.nix
index 072b53b02ec2..f8a519de847e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ldm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ldm/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ assert mountPath != "";
 
 let
   version = "0.5";
-  git = "https://github.com/LemonBoy/ldm.git";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ldm";
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # There is a stable release, but we'll use the lvm branch, which
   # contains important fixes for LVM setups.
   src = fetchgit {
-    url = meta.repositories.git;
+    url = "https://github.com/LemonBoy/ldm";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     sha256 = "0lxfypnbamfx6p9ar5k9wra20gvwn665l4pp2j4vsx4yi5q7rw2n";
   };
@@ -36,8 +35,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "A lightweight device mounter, with libudev as only dependency";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
-
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    repositories.git = git;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/amqp/qpid-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/amqp/qpid-cpp/default.nix
index 434aeeb3a198..c6d66427ab20 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/amqp/qpid-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/amqp/qpid-cpp/default.nix
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ let
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://qpid.apache.org";
-    repositories.git = "git://git.apache.org/qpid.git";
-    repositories.svn = "http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid";
     description = "An AMQP message broker and a C++ messaging API";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix
index 824e90b4869f..4461930b13cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A distributed memory object caching system";
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/memcached/memcached.git";
     homepage = "http://memcached.org/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.coconnor ];
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
index 40cedd713ab0..8ad5fa6b89bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ let
     outputsToInstall = listOf str;
     position = str;
     available = bool;
-    repositories = attrsOf str;
     isBuildPythonPackage = platforms;
     schedulingPriority = int;
     isFcitxEngine = bool;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
index c2425cf94cab..a3e6ff2fd946 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
@@ -92,6 +92,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sander ];
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc.git";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/chrony/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/chrony/default.nix
index cff2d4df8e86..8c8972d0cb5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/chrony/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/chrony/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Sets your computer's clock from time servers on the Net";
     homepage = "https://chrony.tuxfamily.org/";
-    repositories.git = "git://git.tuxfamily.org/gitroot/chrony/chrony.git";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ freebsd ++ openbsd;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz thoughtpolice ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/obfs4/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/obfs4/default.nix
index ab13d3f4ef98..a988a14cd455 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/obfs4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/obfs4/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   version = "0.0.11";
 
   src = fetchgit {
-    url = meta.repositories.git;
+    url = "https://git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfs4.git";
     rev = "refs/tags/${pname}proxy-${version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-VjJ/Pc1YjNB2iLnN/5CxuaxolcaR1IMWgoESMzOXU/g=";
   };
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A pluggable transport proxy";
     homepage = "https://www.torproject.org/projects/obfsproxy";
-    repositories.git = "https://git.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/obfs4.git";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/default.nix
index 255455811a65..06b3cbdbe80a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Utility for bidirectional data transfer between two independent data channels";
     homepage = "http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/";
-    repositories.git = "git://repo.or.cz/socat.git";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2Only ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ eelco ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/nitrokey-app/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/nitrokey-app/default.nix
index d6f2e20611d2..f06877b99fe1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/nitrokey-app/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/nitrokey-app/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
        See https://www.nitrokey.com/ for more information.
     '';
     homepage         = "https://github.com/Nitrokey/nitrokey-app";
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/Nitrokey/nitrokey-app.git";
     license          = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers      = with maintainers; [ kaiha fpletz ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/tor/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/tor/default.nix
index 571b4e7f4da7..14e0be73f01e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/tor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/tor/default.nix
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.torproject.org/";
-    repositories.git = "https://git.torproject.org/git/tor";
     description = "Anonymizing overlay network";
 
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/tor/torsocks.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/tor/torsocks.nix
index 399afe7f75cb..16eeca0ffad7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/tor/torsocks.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/tor/torsocks.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "2.3.0";
 
   src = fetchgit {
-    url    = meta.repositories.git;
+    url    = "https://git.torproject.org/torsocks.git";
     rev    = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     sha256 = "0x0wpcigf22sjxg7bm0xzqihmsrz51hl4v8xf91qi4qnmr4ny1hb";
   };
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description      = "Wrapper to safely torify applications";
     homepage         = "https://github.com/dgoulet/torsocks";
-    repositories.git = "https://git.torproject.org/torsocks.git";
     license          = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     platforms        = lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers      = with lib.maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/evemu/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/evemu/default.nix
index 61ef270df794..6cb349c546b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/evemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/evemu/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Records and replays device descriptions and events to emulate input devices through the kernel's input system";
     homepage = "https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Evemu/";
-    repositories.git = "git://git.freedesktop.org/git/evemu";
     license = with licenses; [ lgpl3Only gpl3Only ];
     maintainers = [ maintainers.amorsillo ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/gohai/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/gohai/default.nix
index 48c68f8d2f2c..a4b07f112ae3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/gohai/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/gohai/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     license          = licenses.mit;
     maintainers      = [ maintainers.tazjin ];
     platforms        = platforms.unix;
-    repositories.git = "git://github.com/DataDog/gohai.git";
 
     longDescription = ''
       Gohai is a tool which collects an inventory of system
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/hardlink/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/hardlink/default.nix
index a790c600a9d3..a82318648495 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/hardlink/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/hardlink/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Consolidate duplicate files via hardlinks";
     homepage = "https://pagure.io/hardlink";
-    repositories.git = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/hardlink.git";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/mq-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/mq-cli/default.nix
index 2c1baa24f6fa..cdbff1921a79 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/mq-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/mq-cli/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     license          = licenses.mit;
     maintainers      = with maintainers; [ tazjin ];
     platforms        = platforms.linux;
-    repositories.git = "git://github.com/aprilabank/mq-cli.git";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/odpdown/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/odpdown/default.nix
index 252167fcea97..27053e36ffa1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/odpdown/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/odpdown/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/thorstenb/odpdown";
-    repositories.git = "https://github.com/thorstenb/odpdown.git";
     description = "Create nice-looking slides from your favourite text editor";
     longDescription = ''
       Have a tool like pandoc, latex beamer etc, that you can write (or