diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 4e3acd2c31d..5d487776be2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@
   ./services/networking/hostapd.nix
   ./services/networking/i2pd.nix
   ./services/networking/i2p.nix
-  ./services/networking/ifplugd.nix
   ./services/networking/iodined.nix
   ./services/networking/ircd-hybrid/default.nix
   ./services/networking/kippo.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ifplugd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ifplugd.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 00b94fe2284..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ifplugd.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-
-  inherit (pkgs) ifplugd;
-
-  cfg = config.networking.interfaceMonitor;
-
-  # The ifplugd action script, which is called whenever the link
-  # status changes (i.e., a cable is plugged in or unplugged).
-  plugScript = pkgs.writeScript "ifplugd.action"
-    ''
-      #! ${pkgs.stdenv.shell}
-      iface="$1"
-      status="$2"
-      ${cfg.commands}
-    '';
-
-in
-
-{
-
-  ###### interface
-
-  options = {
-
-    networking.interfaceMonitor.enable = mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
-      default = false;
-      description = ''
-        If <literal>true</literal>, monitor Ethernet interfaces for
-        cables being plugged in or unplugged.  When this occurs, the
-        commands specified in
-        <option>networking.interfaceMonitor.commands</option> are
-        executed.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    networking.interfaceMonitor.beep = mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
-      default = false;
-      description = ''
-        If <literal>true</literal>, beep when an Ethernet cable is
-        plugged in or unplugged.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    networking.interfaceMonitor.commands = mkOption {
-      type = types.lines;
-      default = "";
-      description = ''
-        Shell commands to be executed when the link status of an
-        interface changes.  On invocation, the shell variable
-        <varname>iface</varname> contains the name of the interface,
-        while the variable <varname>status</varname> contains either
-        <literal>up</literal> or <literal>down</literal> to indicate
-        the new status.
-      '';
-    };
-
-  };
-
-
-  ###### implementation
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    systemd.services.ifplugd = {
-      description = "Network interface connectivity monitor";
-      after = [ "network-interfaces.target" ];
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      script = ''
-        ${ifplugd}/sbin/ifplugd --no-daemon --no-startup --no-shutdown \
-          ${if config.networking.interfaceMonitor.beep then "" else "--no-beep"} \
-          --run ${plugScript}
-      '';
-    };
-
-    environment.systemPackages = [ ifplugd ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ifplugd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ifplugd/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d9ff16c8ad..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ifplugd/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libdaemon}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "ifplugd-0.28";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.28.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1w21cpyzkr7igp6vsf4a0jwp2b0axs3kwjiapy676bdk9an58is7";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig libdaemon];
-  configureFlags = "--with-initdir=$out/etc/init.d --disable-lynx";
-  patches = [
-    # From http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/ifplugd/files/ifplugd-0.28-interface.patch?rev=1.1.
-    ./interface.patch
-  ];
-  patchFlags = "-p0";
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c971f3157b9..cb592d252df 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10242,8 +10242,6 @@ let
 
   i7z = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/i7z { };
 
-  ifplugd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ifplugd { };
-
   ima-evm-utils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ima-evm-utils { };
 
   intel2200BGFirmware = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/firmware/intel2200BGFirmware { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix
index 01786591973..fbfa4903b45 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ with import ./release-lib.nix { inherit supportedSystems; };
   iana_etc = linux;
   icewm = linux;
   idutils = all;
-  ifplugd = linux;
   inetutils = linux;
   iputils = linux;
   jnettop = linux;