diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 1357f83aedfe..353d86c39c56 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -11035,12 +11035,6 @@
     githubId = 4708337;
     name = "Marcelo A. de L. Santos";
   };
-  maxhille = {
-    email = "mh@lambdasoup.com";
-    github = "maxhille";
-    githubId = 693447;
-    name = "Max Hille";
-  };
   maximsmol = {
     email = "maximsmol@gmail.com";
     github = "maximsmol";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/aether/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/aether/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 62dbae082d9a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/aether/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-{ autoPatchelfHook, makeDesktopItem, lib, stdenv, wrapGAppsHook
-, alsa-lib, at-spi2-atk, at-spi2-core, atk, cairo, cups, dbus, expat, fontconfig
-, freetype, gdk-pixbuf, glib, gtk3, libcxx, libdrm, libnotify, libpulseaudio, libuuid
-, libX11, libXScrnSaver, libXcomposite, libXcursor, libXdamage, libXext
-, libXfixes, libXi, libXrandr, libXrender, libXtst, libxcb, libxshmfence
-, mesa, nspr, nss, pango, systemd, libappindicator-gtk3, libdbusmenu
-, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, imagemagick, copyDesktopItems
-}:
-
-let
-  binaryName = "AetherP2P";
-  aether-app-git = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "aethereans";
-    repo = "aether-app";
-    rev = "53b6c8b2a9253cbf056ea3ebb077e0e08cbc5b1d";
-    sha256 = "1kgkzh7ih2q9dsckdkinh5dbzvr7gdykf8yz6h8pyhvzyjhk1v0r";
-  };
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "aether";
-  version = "2.0.0-dev.15";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://static.getaether.net/Releases/Aether-${version}/2011262249.19338c93/linux/Aether-${version}%2B2011262249.19338c93.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1hi8w83zal3ciyzg2m62shkbyh6hj7gwsidg3dn88mhfy68himf7";
-    # % in the url / canonical filename causes an error
-    name = "aether-tarball.tar.gz";
-  };
-
-  # there is no logo in the tarball so we grab it from github and convert it in the build phase
-  buildPhase = ''
-    convert ${aether-app-git}/aether-core/aether/client/src/app/ext_dep/images/Linux-Windows-App-Icon.png -resize 512x512 aether.png
-  '';
-
-  dontWrapGApps = true;
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    alsa-lib
-    cups
-    libdrm
-    libuuid
-    libXdamage
-    libX11
-    libXScrnSaver
-    libXtst
-    libxcb
-    libxshmfence
-    mesa
-    nss
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    imagemagick
-    autoPatchelfHook
-    wrapGAppsHook
-    copyDesktopItems
-  ];
-
-  desktopItems = [
-    (makeDesktopItem {
-      name = pname;
-      exec = binaryName;
-      icon = pname;
-      desktopName = "Aether";
-      genericName = meta.description;
-      categories = [ "Network" ];
-      mimeTypes = [ "x-scheme-handler/aether" ];
-    })
-  ];
-
-  installPhase =
-  let
-    libPath = lib.makeLibraryPath [
-      libcxx systemd libpulseaudio libdrm mesa
-      stdenv.cc.cc alsa-lib atk at-spi2-atk at-spi2-core cairo cups dbus expat fontconfig freetype
-      gdk-pixbuf glib gtk3 libnotify libX11 libXcomposite libuuid
-      libXcursor libXdamage libXext libXfixes libXi libXrandr libXrender
-      libXtst nspr nss libxcb pango systemd libXScrnSaver
-      libappindicator-gtk3 libdbusmenu
-    ];
-  in
-  ''
-    mkdir -p $out/{bin,opt/${binaryName},share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps}
-    mv * $out/opt/${binaryName}
-
-    chmod +x $out/opt/${binaryName}/${binaryName}
-    patchelf --set-interpreter ${stdenv.cc.bintools.dynamicLinker} \
-        $out/opt/${binaryName}/${binaryName}
-
-    wrapProgram $out/opt/${binaryName}/${binaryName} \
-        "''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}" \
-        --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gtk3}/share/gsettings-schemas/${gtk3.name}" \
-        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${libPath}
-
-    ln -s $out/opt/${binaryName}/${binaryName} $out/bin/
-
-    ln -s $out/opt/${binaryName}/aether.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Peer-to-peer ephemeral public communities";
-    homepage = "https://getaether.net/";
-    downloadPage = "https://getaether.net/download/";
-    sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
-    license = licenses.agpl3Only;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ maxhille ];
-    # other platforms could be supported by building from source
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index baf87b73eb1d..91e1927e77f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ### A ###
 
   a4term = a4; # Added 2023-10-06
+  aether = throw "aether has been removed from nixpkgs; upstream unmaintained, security issues"; # Added 2023-10-03
   airfield = throw "airfield has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2023-05-19
   alertmanager-bot = throw "alertmanager-bot is broken and has been archived by upstream" ; # Added 2023-07-28
   alsaLib = alsa-lib; # Added 2021-06-09
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f385e33b9649..a9ba5f88c049 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -234,8 +234,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   adcli = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/adcli { };
 
-  aether = callPackage ../applications/networking/aether { };
-
   alda = callPackage ../development/interpreters/alda { };
 
   align = callPackage ../tools/text/align { };