diff --git a/modules/module-list.nix b/modules/module-list.nix
index 06c9f8efca7..1f25f2aa1e0 100644
--- a/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@
   ./services/security/frandom.nix
   ./services/security/tor.nix
   ./services/security/torsocks.nix
-  ./services/system/cgroups.nix
   ./services/system/dbus.nix
   ./services/system/kerberos.nix
   ./services/system/nscd.nix
diff --git a/modules/services/system/cgroups.nix b/modules/services/system/cgroups.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d5777909e9..00000000000
--- a/modules/services/system/cgroups.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with pkgs.lib;
-
-let
-
-  cfg = config.services.cgroups;
-
-  cgconfigConf = pkgs.writeText "cgconfig.conf" cfg.groups;
-
-  cgrulesConf = pkgs.writeText "cgrules.conf" cfg.rules;
-
-in
-
-{
-
-  ###### interface
-
-  options = {
-
-    services.cgroups.enable = mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
-      default = false;
-      description = ''
-        Whether to enable support for control groups, a Linux kernel
-        feature for resource management.  It allows you to assign
-        processes to groups that share certain resource limits (e.g.,
-        CPU or memory).  The <command>cgrulesengd</command> daemon
-        automatically assigns processes to the right cgroup depending
-        on the rules defined in
-        <option>services.cgroups.rules</option>.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    services.cgroups.groups = mkOption {
-      type = types.string;
-      default =
-        ''
-          mount {
-            cpu = /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu;
-          }
-        '';
-      example =
-        ''
-          mount {
-            cpu = /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu;
-            cpuacct = /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct;
-          }
-
-          # Create a "www" cgroup with a lower share of the CPU (the
-          # default is 1024).
-          group www {
-            cpu {
-              cpu.shares = "500";
-            }
-          }
-        '';
-      description = ''
-        The contents of the <filename>cgconfig.conf</filename>
-        configuration file, which defines the cgroups.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    services.cgroups.rules = mkOption {
-      type = types.string;
-      default = "";
-      example =
-        ''
-          # All processes executed by the "wwwrun" uid should be
-          # assigned to the "www" CPU cgroup.
-          wwwrun cpu www
-        '';
-      description = ''
-        The contents of the <filename>cgrules.conf</filename>
-        configuration file, which determines to which cgroups
-        processes should be assigned by the
-        <command>cgrulesengd</command> daemon.
-      '';
-    };
-
-  };
-
-  
-  ###### implementation
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.libcgroup ];
-
-    environment.etc =
-      [ { source = cgconfigConf;
-          target = "cgconfig.conf";
-        }
-        { source = cgrulesConf;
-          target = "cgrules.conf";
-        }
-      ];
-
-    # The daemon requires the userspace<->kernelspace netlink
-    # connector.
-    boot.kernelModules = [ "cn" ];
-    
-    jobs.cgroups =
-      { startOn = "startup";
-
-        description = "Control groups daemon";
-
-        path = [ pkgs.libcgroup pkgs.procps pkgs.utillinux ];
-      
-        preStart =
-          ''
-            if [ -d /sys/fs/cgroup ]; then
-              if ! mountpoint -q /sys/fs/cgroup; then
-                mount -t tmpfs -o mode=755 /dev/cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup
-              fi
-            fi
-          
-            cgclear || true
-
-            # Mount the cgroup hierarchies.  Note: we refer to the
-            # store path of cgconfig.conf here to ensure that the job
-            # gets reloaded if the configuration changes.
-            cgconfigparser -l ${cgconfigConf}
-
-            # Move existing processes to the right cgroup.
-            cgclassify --cancel-sticky $(ps --no-headers -eL o tid) || true
-
-            # Force a restart if the rules change:
-            # ${cgrulesConf}
-          '';
-
-        # Run the daemon that moves new processes to the right cgroup.
-        exec = "cgrulesengd";
-
-        daemonType = "fork";
-
-        postStop =
-          ''
-            cgclear
-          '';
-      };
-      
-
-  };
-
-}