diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gitin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gitin/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d429b7c561c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gitin/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildGoPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, pkg-config
-, libgit2_0_27
-}:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  version = "0.2.3";
-  pname = "gitin";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/isacikgoz/gitin";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "isacikgoz";
-    repo = "gitin";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "00z6i0bjk3hdxbc0cy12ss75b41yvzyl5pm6rdrvsjhzavry2fa3";
-  };
-
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ libgit2_0_27 ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/isacikgoz/gitin";
-    description = "Text-based user interface for git";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kimat ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gitin/deps.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gitin/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 908665693b81..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gitin/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated by https://github.com/kamilchm/go2nix v1.3.0
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/alecthomas/template";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/alecthomas/template";
-      rev = "fb15b899a75114aa79cc930e33c46b577cc664b1";
-      sha256 = "1vlasv4dgycydh5wx6jdcvz40zdv90zz1h7836z7lhsi2ymvii26";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/alecthomas/units";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/alecthomas/units";
-      rev = "f65c72e2690dc4b403c8bd637baf4611cd4c069b";
-      sha256 = "04jyqm7m3m01ppfy1f9xk4qvrwvs78q9zml6llyf2b3v5k6b2bbc";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/fatih/color";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/fatih/color";
-      rev = "daf2830f2741ebb735b21709a520c5f37d642d85";
-      sha256 = "086z8ssmr1fn9ba4mqnw7pnccfpys6l5yfhvycv1gdrsk7n27mvs";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/isacikgoz/gia";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/isacikgoz/gia";
-      rev = "00556493579ec25f4e199b85ee1e2a73c98d15bb";
-      sha256 = "16nqi4z1pgybcw05wbp3qnbbq407smcr56hq7npnhkirngc5j822";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/jroimartin/gocui";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/jroimartin/gocui";
-      rev = "c055c87ae801372cd74a0839b972db4f7697ae5f";
-      sha256 = "1b1cbjg925l1c5v3ls8amni9716190yzf847cqs9wjnj82z8qa47";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/justincampbell/timeago";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/justincampbell/timeago";
-      rev = "027f40306f1dbe89d24087611680ef95543bf876";
-      sha256 = "1p3va1cn9x5pyvq7k64mnvbxp5zy7h9z49syjyglixgg6avdbp1v";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig";
-      rev = "0b417c4ec4a8a82eecc22a1459a504aa55163d61";
-      sha256 = "1a7b35njpqz94gbd7wvsl3wjzpd5y1fj1lrg2sdh00yq0nax1qj9";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/mattn/go-runewidth";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/mattn/go-runewidth";
-      rev = "14e809f6d78fcf9f48ff9b70981472b64c05f754";
-      sha256 = "1mvlxcdwr0vwp8b2wqs6y7hk72y28sqh03dz5x0xkg48d4y9cplj";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/nsf/termbox-go";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/nsf/termbox-go";
-      rev = "38ba6e5628f1d70bac606cfd210b9ad1a16c3027";
-      sha256 = "03xx5vbnavklsk6wykcc7qhmhvn2074sx0ql06b51vqsxwsa6zw2";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/sahilm/fuzzy";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/sahilm/fuzzy";
-      rev = "d88f8cb825ddd46a2ce86b60382e11645220ee33";
-      sha256 = "0nl4l02s3961p11aj1vgajfy28rqlya2z6af2xjncra59gfhqvlq";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/waigani/diffparser";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/waigani/diffparser";
-      rev = "7391f219313d9175703f67561b222fd2a81bca30";
-      sha256 = "0h3y3ivlghdvkyqsh5lcidqdajhc9g7m1xqm73j9a0ayby0sx1ql";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2";
-      rev = "947dcec5ba9c011838740e680966fd7087a71d0d";
-      sha256 = "0mndnv3hdngr3bxp7yxfd47cas4prv98sqw534mx7vp38gd88n5r";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/libgit2/git2go.v27";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://gopkg.in/libgit2/git2go.v27";
-      rev = "6cc7d3dc6aec2781fe0239315da215f49c76e2f8";
-      sha256 = "0b2m4rjadngyd675bi1k21pyi9r91dsxngzd4mikacpd7yshgvaq";
-    };
-  }
-]
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 722ec3016792..ab3dfc5f5053 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ mapAliases ({
     svn_all_fast_export = svn-all-fast-export;
     topGit = top-git;
   };
+  gitin = throw "gitin has been remove because it was unmaintained and depended on an insecure version of libgit2"; # added 2021-12-07
   glib_networking = glib-networking; # added 2018-02-25
   gmailieer = lieer; # added 2020-04-19
   gmvault = throw "gmvault has been removed because it is unmaintained, mostly broken, and insecure"; # added 2021-03-08
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e23e45590f89..add48f516d55 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5797,8 +5797,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   github-runner = callPackage ../development/tools/continuous-integration/github-runner { };
 
-  gitin = callPackage ../applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gitin { };
-
   gitinspector = callPackage ../applications/version-management/gitinspector { };
 
   gitkraken = callPackage ../applications/version-management/gitkraken { };