diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17/darwin.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17/darwin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index be1b84b0012f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17/darwin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN mupdf-1.14.0-source.orig/Makerules mupdf-1.14.0-source/Makerules
---- mupdf-1.14.0-source.orig/Makerules	2018-11-02 06:57:12.114012496 +0100
-+++ mupdf-1.14.0-source/Makerules	2018-11-02 10:11:56.717232992 +0100
-@@ -80,13 +80,6 @@
-   HAVE_GLUT := yes
-   SYS_GLUT_CFLAGS := -Wno-deprecated-declarations
-   SYS_GLUT_LIBS := -framework GLUT -framework OpenGL
--  CC = xcrun cc
--  AR = xcrun ar
--  LD = xcrun ld
--  RANLIB = xcrun ranlib
--
--else ifeq ($(OS),Linux)
--  HAVE_OBJCOPY := yes
- 
-   ifeq ($(shell pkg-config --exists freetype2 && echo yes),yes)
- 	SYS_FREETYPE_CFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --cflags freetype2)
-@@ -119,12 +112,6 @@
- 	SYS_CURL_LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs libcurl)
-   endif
- 
--  HAVE_GLUT := yes
--  ifeq ($(HAVE_GLUT),yes)
--	SYS_GLUT_CFLAGS :=
--	SYS_GLUT_LIBS := -lglut -lGL
--  endif
--
-   HAVE_X11 := $(shell pkg-config --exists x11 xext && echo yes)
-   ifeq ($(HAVE_X11),yes)
- 	X11_CFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --cflags x11 xext)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 932e23682f71..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkg-config, freetype, harfbuzz, openjpeg
-, jbig2dec, libjpeg , darwin
-, enableX11 ? true, libX11, libXext, libXi, libXrandr
-, enableCurl ? true, curl, openssl
-, enableGL ? true, libglut, libGLU
-}:
-
-let
-
-  # OpenJPEG version is hardcoded in package source
-  openJpegVersion = with stdenv;
-    lib.versions.majorMinor (lib.getVersion openjpeg);
-
-
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.17.0";
-  pname = "mupdf";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://mupdf.com/downloads/archive/${pname}-${version}-source.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "13nl9nrcx2awz9l83mlv2psi1lmn3hdnfwxvwgwiwbxlkjl3zqq0";
-  };
-
-  patches =
-    # Use shared libraries to decrease size
-    lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) ./mupdf-1.14-shared_libs.patch
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin.patch
-  ;
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i "s/__OPENJPEG__VERSION__/${openJpegVersion}/" source/fitz/load-jpx.c
-  '';
-
-  makeFlags = [ "prefix=$(out) USE_SYSTEM_LIBS=yes" ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ freetype harfbuzz openjpeg jbig2dec libjpeg libglut libGLU ]
-                ++ lib.optionals enableX11 [ libX11 libXext libXi libXrandr ]
-                ++ lib.optionals enableCurl [ curl openssl ]
-                ++ lib.optionals enableGL (
-                  if stdenv.isDarwin then
-                    with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [ GLUT OpenGL ]
-                  else
-                    [ libglut libGLU ])
-                ;
-  outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" "man" "doc" ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    # Don't remove mujs because upstream version is incompatible
-    rm -rf thirdparty/{curl,freetype,glfw,harfbuzz,jbig2dec,libjpeg,openjpeg,zlib}
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p "$out/lib/pkgconfig"
-    cat >"$out/lib/pkgconfig/mupdf.pc" <<EOF
-    prefix=$out
-    libdir=$out/lib
-    includedir=$out/include
-
-    Name: mupdf
-    Description: Library for rendering PDF documents
-    Version: ${version}
-    Libs: -L$out/lib -lmupdf -lmupdf-third
-    Cflags: -I$dev/include
-    EOF
-
-    moveToOutput "bin" "$bin"
-    ln -s "$bin/bin/mupdf-x11" "$bin/bin/mupdf"
-    mkdir -p $bin/share/applications
-    cat > $bin/share/applications/mupdf.desktop <<EOF
-    [Desktop Entry]
-    Type=Application
-    Version=1.0
-    Name=mupdf
-    Comment=PDF viewer
-    Exec=$bin/bin/mupdf-x11 %f
-    Terminal=false
-    MimeType=application/pdf;application/x-pdf;application/x-cbz;application/oxps;application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument;application/epub+zip
-    EOF
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://mupdf.com";
-    description = "Lightweight PDF, XPS, and E-book viewer and toolkit written in portable C";
-    license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    knownVulnerabilities = [
-      "CVE-2020-26519: denial of service when parsing JBIG2"
-      "CVE-2017-5991: NULL pointer dereference"
-    ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17/mupdf-1.14-shared_libs.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17/mupdf-1.14-shared_libs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 131a1bbbf6bd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/1.17/mupdf-1.14-shared_libs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
---- mupdf-1.14.0-source.orig/Makefile	2018-11-02 06:57:12.114012496 +0100
-+++ mupdf-1.14.0-source/Makefile	2018-11-02 09:57:10.067945307 +0100
-@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
- # Do not specify CFLAGS or LIBS on the make invocation line - specify
- # XCFLAGS or XLIBS instead. Make ignores any lines in the makefile that
- # set a variable that was set on the command line.
--CFLAGS += $(XCFLAGS) -Iinclude
-+CFLAGS += $(XCFLAGS) -Iinclude -fPIC
- LIBS += $(XLIBS) -lm
- 
- ifneq ($(threading),no)
-@@ -190,17 +190,21 @@
- 
- # --- Library ---
- 
--MUPDF_LIB = $(OUT)/libmupdf.a
--THIRD_LIB = $(OUT)/libmupdf-third.a
--THREAD_LIB = $(OUT)/libmupdf-threads.a
--PKCS7_LIB = $(OUT)/libmupdf-pkcs7.a
-+MUPDF_LIB = $(OUT)/libmupdf.so
-+THIRD_LIB = $(OUT)/libmupdf-third.so
-+THREAD_LIB = $(OUT)/libmupdf-threads.so
-+PKCS7_LIB = $(OUT)/libmupdf-pkcs7.so
- 
--$(MUPDF_LIB) : $(MUPDF_OBJ)
-+$(MUPDF_LIB) : $(MUPDF_OBJ) $(THIRD_LIB) $(THREAD_LIB)
-+	$(LINK_CMD) $(THIRD_LIBS) -shared -Wl,-soname -Wl,libmupdf.so -Wl,--no-undefined
- $(THIRD_LIB) : $(THIRD_OBJ)
-+	$(LINK_CMD) -shared -Wl,-soname -Wl,libmupdf-third.so -Wl,--no-undefined
- $(THREAD_LIB) : $(THREAD_OBJ)
-+	$(LINK_CMD) -shared -Wl,-soname -Wl,libmupdf-threads.so -Wl,--no-undefined -lpthread
- $(PKCS7_LIB) : $(PKCS7_OBJ)
-+	$(LINK_CMD) -shared -Wl,-soname -Wl,libmupdf-pkcs7.so
- 
--INSTALL_LIBS := $(MUPDF_LIB) $(THIRD_LIB)
-+INSTALL_LIBS := $(MUPDF_LIB) $(THIRD_LIB) $(THREAD_LIB) $(PKCS7_LIB)
- 
- # --- Main tools and viewers ---
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 174e39be5701..13bd13a9b1b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -987,6 +987,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   mpdevil = plattenalbum; # Added 2024-05-22
   mpg321 = throw "'mpg321' has been removed due to it being unmaintained by upstream. Consider using mpg123 instead."; # Added 2024-05-10
   mumble_git = throw "'mumble_git' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pkgs.mumble'"; # Converted to throw 2023-09-10
+  mupdf_1_17 = throw "'mupdf_1_17' has been removed due to being outdated and insecure. Consider using 'mupdf' instead."; # Added 2024-08-22
   murmur_git = throw "'murmur_git' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pkgs.murmur'"; # Converted to throw 2023-09-10
   mutt-with-sidebar = mutt; # Added 2022-09-17
   mysql-client = hiPrio mariadb.client;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 80a71f731b9d..66f4d5cd56dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -32406,7 +32406,6 @@ with pkgs;
     enableX11 = false;
     enableGL = false;
   };
-  mupdf_1_17 = callPackage ../applications/misc/mupdf/1.17 { };
 
   muso = callPackage ../applications/audio/muso {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;