diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
index 4041b4ad163..0dbfb39c32b 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   The NixOS manual is available on virtual console 8 (press Alt+F8 to access)
-   or by running <command>nixos-help</command>.
+   The NixOS manual is available by running <command>nixos-help</command>.
   </para>
 
   <para>
diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/documentation.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/documentation.nix
index 7b3f9c0fe9c..7ad4be9a02e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/documentation.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/documentation.nix
@@ -218,9 +218,7 @@ in
            ++ optionals config.services.xserver.enable [ desktopItem pkgs.nixos-icons ]);
 
       services.mingetty.helpLine = mkIf cfg.doc.enable (
-          "\nRun `nixos-help` "
-        + optionalString config.services.nixosManual.showManual "or press <Alt-F${toString config.services.nixosManual.ttyNumber}> "
-        + "for the NixOS manual."
+          "\nRun 'nixos-help' for the NixOS manual."
       );
     })
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index ccdc39eecd8..6ef915152b2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@
   ./services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
   ./services/misc/nix-gc.nix
   ./services/misc/nix-optimise.nix
-  ./services/misc/nixos-manual.nix
   ./services/misc/nix-ssh-serve.nix
   ./services/misc/novacomd.nix
   ./services/misc/nzbget.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix b/nixos/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix
index 4596e163404..06008d8a5e7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ with lib;
 
     # Show the manual.
     documentation.nixos.enable = mkForce true;
-    services.nixosManual.showManual = true;
 
     # Let the user play Rogue on TTY 8 during the installation.
     #services.rogue.enable = true;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nixos-manual.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nixos-manual.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ab73f49d4be..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nixos-manual.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# This module optionally starts a browser that shows the NixOS manual
-# on one of the virtual consoles which is useful for the installation
-# CD.
-
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-  cfg = config.services.nixosManual;
-  cfgd = config.documentation;
-in
-
-{
-
-  options = {
-
-    # TODO(@oxij): rename this to `.enable` eventually.
-    services.nixosManual.showManual = mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
-      default = false;
-      description = ''
-        Whether to show the NixOS manual on one of the virtual
-        consoles.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    services.nixosManual.ttyNumber = mkOption {
-      type = types.int;
-      default = 8;
-      description = ''
-        Virtual console on which to show the manual.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    services.nixosManual.browser = mkOption {
-      type = types.path;
-      default = "${pkgs.w3m-nographics}/bin/w3m";
-      description = ''
-        Browser used to show the manual.
-      '';
-    };
-
-  };
-
-
-  config = mkMerge [
-    (mkIf cfg.showManual {
-      assertions = singleton {
-        assertion = cfgd.enable && cfgd.nixos.enable;
-        message   = "Can't enable `services.nixosManual.showManual` without `documentation.nixos.enable`";
-      };
-    })
-    (mkIf (cfg.showManual && cfgd.enable && cfgd.nixos.enable) {
-      console.extraTTYs = [ "tty${toString cfg.ttyNumber}" ];
-
-      systemd.services.nixos-manual = {
-        description = "NixOS Manual";
-        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-        serviceConfig = {
-          ExecStart = "${cfg.browser} ${config.system.build.manual.manualHTMLIndex}";
-          StandardInput = "tty";
-          StandardOutput = "tty";
-          TTYPath = "/dev/tty${toString cfg.ttyNumber}";
-          TTYReset = true;
-          TTYVTDisallocate = true;
-          Restart = "always";
-        };
-      };
-    })
-  ];
-
-}