diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
index b77ef42a1657..f392ca52566f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ in
       dictd = 105;
       couchdb = 106;
       #searx = 107; # dynamically allocated as of 2020-10-27
-      kippo = 108;
+      #kippo = 108; # removed 2021-10-07, the kippo package was removed in 1b213f321cdbfcf868b96fd9959c24207ce1b66a during 2021-04
       jenkins = 109;
       systemd-journal-gateway = 110;
       #notbit = 111; # unused
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ in
       dictd = 105;
       couchdb = 106;
       #searx = 107; # dynamically allocated as of 2020-10-27
-      kippo = 108;
+      #kippo = 108; # removed 2021-10-07, the kippo package was removed in 1b213f321cdbfcf868b96fd9959c24207ce1b66a during 2021-04
       jenkins = 109;
       systemd-journal-gateway = 110;
       #notbit = 111; # unused
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 36e2131f2d2f..e3bb78bb49b1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -757,7 +757,6 @@
   ./services/networking/kea.nix
   ./services/networking/keepalived/default.nix
   ./services/networking/keybase.nix
-  ./services/networking/kippo.nix
   ./services/networking/knot.nix
   ./services/networking/kresd.nix
   ./services/networking/lambdabot.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 4db6efb75d82..a35a6fe14c7a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ with lib;
         is broken when using cgroups-v2.
     '')
 
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "kippo" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
+
     # Do NOT add any option renames here, see top of the file
   ];
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/kippo.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/kippo.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fedb0a270f4..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/kippo.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-# NixOS module for kippo honeypot ssh server
-# See all the options for configuration details.
-#
-# Default port is 2222. Recommend using something like this for port redirection to default SSH port:
-# networking.firewall.extraCommands = ''
-#      iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i IN_IFACE -p tcp --dport 22 -j REDIRECT --to-port 2222'';
-#
-# Lastly: use this service at your own risk. I am working on a way to run this inside a VM.
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-with lib;
-let
-  cfg = config.services.kippo;
-in
-{
-  options = {
-    services.kippo = {
-      enable = mkOption {
-        default = false;
-        type = types.bool;
-        description = "Enable the kippo honeypot ssh server.";
-      };
-      port = mkOption {
-        default = 2222;
-        type = types.int;
-        description = "TCP port number for kippo to bind to.";
-      };
-      hostname = mkOption {
-        default = "nas3";
-        type = types.str;
-        description = "Hostname for kippo to present to SSH login";
-      };
-      varPath = mkOption {
-        default = "/var/lib/kippo";
-        type = types.path;
-        description = "Path of read/write files needed for operation and configuration.";
-      };
-      logPath = mkOption {
-        default = "/var/log/kippo";
-        type = types.path;
-        description = "Path of log files needed for operation and configuration.";
-      };
-      pidPath = mkOption {
-        default = "/run/kippo";
-        type = types.path;
-        description = "Path of pid files needed for operation.";
-      };
-      extraConfig = mkOption {
-        default = "";
-        type = types.lines;
-        description = "Extra verbatim configuration added to the end of kippo.cfg.";
-      };
-    };
-
-  };
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs.pythonPackages; [
-      python pkgs.kippo.twisted pycrypto pyasn1 ];
-
-    environment.etc."kippo.cfg".text = ''
-        # Automatically generated by NixOS.
-        # See ${pkgs.kippo}/src/kippo.cfg for details.
-        [honeypot]
-        log_path = ${cfg.logPath}
-        download_path = ${cfg.logPath}/dl
-        filesystem_file = ${cfg.varPath}/honeyfs
-        filesystem_file = ${cfg.varPath}/fs.pickle
-        data_path = ${cfg.varPath}/data
-        txtcmds_path = ${cfg.varPath}/txtcmds
-        public_key = ${cfg.varPath}/keys/public.key
-        private_key = ${cfg.varPath}/keys/private.key
-        ssh_port = ${toString cfg.port}
-        hostname = ${cfg.hostname}
-        ${cfg.extraConfig}
-    '';
-
-    users.users.kippo = {
-      description = "kippo web server privilege separation user";
-      uid = 108; # why does config.ids.uids.kippo give an error?
-    };
-    users.groups.kippo.gid = 108;
-
-    systemd.services.kippo = with pkgs; {
-      description = "Kippo Web Server";
-      after = [ "network.target" ];
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      environment.PYTHONPATH = "${pkgs.kippo}/src/:${pkgs.pythonPackages.pycrypto}/lib/python2.7/site-packages/:${pkgs.pythonPackages.pyasn1}/lib/python2.7/site-packages/:${pkgs.pythonPackages.python}/lib/python2.7/site-packages/:${pkgs.kippo.twisted}/lib/python2.7/site-packages/:.";
-      preStart = ''
-        if [ ! -d ${cfg.varPath}/ ] ; then
-            mkdir -p ${cfg.logPath}/tty
-            mkdir -p ${cfg.logPath}/dl
-            mkdir -p ${cfg.varPath}/keys
-            cp ${pkgs.kippo}/src/honeyfs ${cfg.varPath} -r
-            cp ${pkgs.kippo}/src/fs.pickle ${cfg.varPath}/fs.pickle
-            cp ${pkgs.kippo}/src/data ${cfg.varPath} -r
-            cp ${pkgs.kippo}/src/txtcmds ${cfg.varPath} -r
-
-            chmod u+rw ${cfg.varPath} -R
-            chown kippo.kippo ${cfg.varPath} -R
-            chown kippo.kippo ${cfg.logPath} -R
-            chmod u+rw ${cfg.logPath} -R
-        fi
-        if [ ! -d ${cfg.pidPath}/ ] ; then
-            mkdir -p ${cfg.pidPath}
-            chmod u+rw ${cfg.pidPath}
-            chown kippo.kippo ${cfg.pidPath}
-        fi
-      '';
-
-      serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${pkgs.kippo.twisted}/bin/twistd -y ${pkgs.kippo}/src/kippo.tac --syslog --rundir=${cfg.varPath}/ --pidfile=${cfg.pidPath}/kippo.pid --prefix=kippo -n";
-      serviceConfig.PermissionsStartOnly = true;
-      serviceConfig.User = "kippo";
-      serviceConfig.Group = "kippo";
-    };
-};
-}
-
-