diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/vtun/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/vtun/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 61c18af16561..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/vtun/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, openssl, lzo, zlib, bison, flex }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "vtun";
-  version = "3.0.4";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/vtun/vtun-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1fcqzn2bdjw31j1hvv6lg99v2phhszm29kp2xambxzp32mmxzy5b";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch { url = "http://sources.debian.net/data/main/v/vtun/3.0.3-2.2/debian/patches/08-gcc5-inline.patch";
-                 sha256 = "18sys97v2hx6vac5zp3ld7sa6kz4izv3g9dnkm0lflbaxhym2vs1";
-                })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i -e 's/-m 755//' -e 's/-o root -g 0//' Makefile.in
-    sed -i '/strip/d' Makefile.in
-  '';
-  buildInputs = [ lzo openssl zlib bison flex ];
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-lzo-headers=${lzo}/include/lzo"
-    "--with-ssl-headers=${openssl.dev}/include/openssl"
-    "--with-blowfish-headers=${openssl.dev}/include/openssl"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-      description = "Virtual Tunnels over TCP/IP with traffic shaping, compression and encryption";
-      homepage = "http://vtun.sourceforge.net/";
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index f2a275ecc188..fc822f809e5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -967,6 +967,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   virtmanager-qt = virt-manager-qt; # added 2019-10-29
   virtinst = throw "virtinst has been removed, as it's included in virt-manager"; # added 2021-07-21
   vorbisTools = vorbis-tools; # added 2016-01-26
+  vtun = throw "vtune has been removed as it's unmaintained upstream."; # added 2021-10-29
   way-cooler = throw "way-cooler is abandoned by its author: https://way-cooler.org/blog/2020/01/09/way-cooler-post-mortem.html"; # added 2020-01-13
   webkit = webkitgtk; # added 2019-03-05
   webkitgtk24x-gtk3 = throw "webkitgtk24x-gtk3 has been removed because it's insecure. Please use webkitgtk."; # added 2019-12-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e9d03d1abc44..9865a76b7b12 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10387,10 +10387,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   sentry-native = callPackage ../development/libraries/sentry-native { };
 
-  vtun = callPackage ../tools/networking/vtun {
-    openssl = openssl_1_0_2;
-  };
-
   waifu2x-converter-cpp = callPackage ../tools/graphics/waifu2x-converter-cpp {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) OpenCL;
   };