diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index cbc650249127..70964ad80f73 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -1075,7 +1075,6 @@
   ./services/web-servers/phpfpm/default.nix
   ./services/web-servers/pomerium.nix
   ./services/web-servers/unit/default.nix
-  ./services/web-servers/shellinabox.nix
   ./services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
   ./services/web-servers/traefik.nix
   ./services/web-servers/trafficserver/default.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 17ec13b770a8..1315a2e13681 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ with lib;
       The racoon module has been removed, because the software project was abandoned upstream.
     '')
 
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "shellinabox" ] "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/web-servers/shellinabox.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/shellinabox.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c7c51f873eba..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/shellinabox.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-
-  cfg = config.services.shellinabox;
-
-  # If a certificate file is specified, shellinaboxd requires
-  # a file descriptor to retrieve it
-  fd = "3";
-  createFd = optionalString (cfg.certFile != null) "${fd}<${cfg.certFile}";
-
-  # Command line arguments for the shellinabox daemon
-  args = [ "--background" ]
-   ++ optional (! cfg.enableSSL) "--disable-ssl"
-   ++ optional (cfg.certFile != null) "--cert-fd=${fd}"
-   ++ optional (cfg.certDirectory != null) "--cert=${cfg.certDirectory}"
-   ++ cfg.extraOptions;
-
-  # Command to start shellinaboxd
-  cmd = "${pkgs.shellinabox}/bin/shellinaboxd ${concatStringsSep " " args}";
-
-  # Command to start shellinaboxd if certFile is specified
-  wrappedCmd = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash -c 'exec ${createFd} && ${cmd}'";
-
-in
-
-{
-
-  ###### interface
-
-  options = {
-    services.shellinabox = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "shellinabox daemon";
-
-      user = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "root";
-        description = ''
-          User to run shellinaboxd as. If started as root, the server drops
-          privileges by changing to nobody, unless overridden by the
-          <literal>--user</literal> option.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      enableSSL = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = ''
-          Whether or not to enable SSL (https) support.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      certDirectory = mkOption {
-        type = types.nullOr types.path;
-        default = null;
-        example = "/var/certs";
-        description = ''
-          The daemon will look in this directory far any certificates.
-          If the browser negotiated a Server Name Identification the daemon
-          will look for a matching certificate-SERVERNAME.pem file. If no SNI
-          handshake takes place, it will fall back on using the certificate in the
-          certificate.pem file.
-
-          If no suitable certificate is installed, shellinaboxd will attempt to
-          create a new self-signed certificate. This will only succeed if, after
-          dropping privileges, shellinaboxd has write permissions for this
-          directory.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      certFile = mkOption {
-        type = types.nullOr types.path;
-        default = null;
-        example = "/var/certificate.pem";
-        description = "Path to server SSL certificate.";
-      };
-
-      extraOptions = mkOption {
-        type = types.listOf types.str;
-        default = [ ];
-        example = [ "--port=443" "--service /:LOGIN" ];
-        description = ''
-          A list of strings to be appended to the command line arguments
-          for shellinaboxd. Please see the manual page
-          <link xlink:href="https://code.google.com/p/shellinabox/wiki/shellinaboxd_man"/>
-          for a full list of available arguments.
-        '';
-      };
-
-    };
-  };
-
-  ###### implementation
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-
-    assertions =
-      [ { assertion = cfg.enableSSL == true
-            -> cfg.certDirectory != null || cfg.certFile != null;
-          message = "SSL is enabled for shellinabox, but no certDirectory or certFile has been specefied."; }
-        { assertion = ! (cfg.certDirectory != null && cfg.certFile != null);
-          message = "Cannot set both certDirectory and certFile for shellinabox."; }
-      ];
-
-    systemd.services.shellinaboxd = {
-      description = "Shellinabox Web Server Daemon";
-
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      requires = [ "sshd.service" ];
-      after = [ "sshd.service" ];
-
-      serviceConfig = {
-        Type = "forking";
-        User = "${cfg.user}";
-        ExecStart = "${if cfg.certFile == null then "${cmd}" else "${wrappedCmd}"}";
-        ExecReload = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID";
-      };
-    };
-  };
-}