diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/mist.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/mist.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dd564d715c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/mist.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, makeWrapper, fetchurl, unzip, atomEnv, makeDesktopItem, buildFHSUserEnv, gtk2 }:
-
-let
-  version = "0.11.1";
-  pname = "mist";
-
-  throwSystem = throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Browse and use Ðapps on the Ethereum network";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/ethereum/mist";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
-  };
-
-  urlVersion = builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["-"] version;
-
-  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem rec {
-    name = "Mist";
-    exec = "mist";
-    icon = "mist";
-    desktopName = name;
-    genericName = "Mist Browser";
-    categories = "Network;";
-  };
-
-  mist = stdenv.lib.appendToName "unwrapped" (stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    inherit pname version meta;
-
-    src = {
-      i686-linux = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases/download/v${version}/Mist-linux32-${urlVersion}.zip";
-        sha256 = "1ffzp9aa0g6w3d5pzp69fljk3sd51cbqdgxa1x16vj106sqm0gj7";
-      };
-      x86_64-linux = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases/download/v${version}/Mist-linux64-${urlVersion}.zip";
-        sha256 = "0yx4x72l8gk68yh9saki48zgqx8k92xnkm79dc651wdpd5c25cz3";
-      };
-    }.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or throwSystem;
-
-    buildInputs = [ unzip makeWrapper ];
-
-    buildCommand = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/lib/mist $out/bin
-      unzip -d $out/lib/mist $src
-      ln -s $out/lib/mist/mist $out/bin
-      fixupPhase
-      mkdir -p $out/share/applications
-      ln -s ${desktopItem}/share/applications/* $out/share/applications
-      patchelf \
-        --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-        --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}:${gtk2}/lib:$out/lib/mist" \
-        $out/lib/mist/mist
-    '';
-  });
-in
-buildFHSUserEnv {
-  name = "mist";
-  inherit meta;
-
-  targetPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs; [
-     mist
-  ];
-
-  extraInstallCommands = ''
-    mkdir -p "$out/share/applications"
-    cp "${desktopItem}/share/applications/"* $out/share/applications
-  '';
-
-  runScript = "mist";
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 3df944635c1..0f1b3cc643a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -720,4 +720,12 @@ mapAliases ({
   /* Cleanup before 21.03 */
   riot-desktop = throw "riot-desktop is now element-desktop!";
   riot-web = throw "riot-web is now element-web";
+
+  # added 2020-08-14
+  mist = throw ''
+    Mist have been deprecated and not maintained anymore.
+
+    See the announcement (https://medium.com/@avsa/sunsetting-mist-da21c8e943d2) and
+    view the migration guide (https://medium.com/@omgwtfmarc/mist-migration-patterns-6bcf066ac383).
+  '';
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 41e7af4c09d..82ddf3b4b70 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23974,8 +23974,6 @@ in
 
   masari = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/masari.nix { boost = boost165; };
 
-  mist = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/mist.nix { };
-
   nano-wallet = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/blockchains/nano-wallet { };
 
   namecoin  = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/namecoin.nix  { withGui = true; };