diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/evilvte/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/evilvte/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d5ce5d772e5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/evilvte/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, makeWrapper, pkg-config,
-  gnome2, gtk2, glib, pango, cairo, gdk-pixbuf, atk, freetype, xorg,
-  configH ? ""
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "evilvte";
-  version = "0.5.2-20140827";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/caleb-/evilvte.git";
-    rev = "8dfa41e26bc640dd8d8c7317ff7d04e3c01ded8a";
-    sha256 = "70f1d4234d077121e2223a735d749d1b53f0b84393507b635b8a37c3716e94d3";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    gnome2.vte glib pango gtk2 cairo gdk-pixbuf atk freetype xorg.libX11
-    xorg.xorgproto xorg.libXext makeWrapper pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    cat >src/config.h <<EOF
-    ${configH}
-    EOF
-    make
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "VTE based, highly customizable terminal emulator";
-    homepage = "http://www.calno.com/evilvte";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.bodil ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    knownVulnerabilities = [
-      "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854585"
-    ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 1c03b7397d98..587a90b2aeb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   euca2tools = throw "euca2ools has been removed because it is unmaintained upstream and still uses python2."; # added 2022-01-01
   evolution_data_server = evolution-data-server; # added 2018-02-25
   etcdctl = etcd; # added 2018-04-25
+  evilvte = throw "evilvte has been removed from nixpkgs for being unmaintained with security issues and dependant on an old version of vte which was removed."; # added 2022-01-14
   exfat-utils = exfat;                  # 2015-09-11
   facette = throw "facette has been removed."; # added 2020-01-06
   fast-neural-doodle = throw "fast-neural-doodle has been removed, as the upstream project has been abandoned"; # added 2020-03-28
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fa56f2f0b4a6..6f90fe1b9f40 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1085,8 +1085,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   eterm = callPackage ../applications/terminal-emulators/eterm { };
 
-  evilvte = callPackage ../applications/terminal-emulators/evilvte (config.evilvte or {});
-
   foot = callPackage ../applications/terminal-emulators/foot { };
 
   germinal = callPackage ../applications/terminal-emulators/germinal { };