diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index e0197a0da3fe..fb6bc8e1efe6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
   ./programs/autojump.nix
   ./programs/bash/bash.nix
   ./programs/bcc.nix
-  ./programs/blcr.nix
   ./programs/browserpass.nix
   ./programs/captive-browser.nix
   ./programs/ccache.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/blcr.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/blcr.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 804e1d01f12b..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/blcr.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, ... }:
-
-let
-  inherit (lib) mkOption mkIf;
-  cfg = config.environment.blcr;
-  blcrPkg = config.boot.kernelPackages.blcr;
-in
-
-{
-  ###### interface
-
-  options = {
-    environment.blcr.enable = mkOption {
-      default = false;
-      description =
-        "Whether to enable support for the BLCR checkpointing tool.";
-    };
-  };
-
-  ###### implementation
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    boot.kernelModules = [ "blcr" "blcr_imports" ];
-    boot.extraModulePackages = [ blcrPkg ];
-    environment.systemPackages = [ blcrPkg ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 802ffcdc94eb..564c53465e3a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ with lib;
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "networking" "extraResolvconfConf" ] [ "networking" "resolvconf" "extraConfig" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "networking" "resolvconfOptions" ] [ "networking" "resolvconf" "extraOptions" ])
 
+    # BLCR
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "environment.blcr.enable" ] "The BLCR module has been removed")
+
     # Redis
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "redis" "user" ] "The redis module now is hardcoded to the redis user.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "redis" "dbpath" ] "The redis module now uses /var/lib/redis as data directory.")
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/blcr/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/blcr/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e018f4622b48..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/blcr/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, kernel, perl, makeWrapper }:
-
-# BLCR version 0.8.6 should works with linux kernel up to version 3.17.x
-
-assert stdenv.lib.versionOlder "3.18" kernel.version;
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "blcr_${kernel.version}-0.8.6pre4";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = https://upc-bugs.lbl.gov/blcr-dist/blcr-0.8.6_b4.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1a3gdhdnmk592jc652szxgfz8rjd8dax5jwxfsypiqx5lgkj3m21";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ perl makeWrapper ];
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    configureFlagsArray=(
-      --with-linux=${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build
-      --with-kmod-dir=$out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}
-      --with-system-map=${kernel}/System.map
-    )
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    for prog in "$out/bin/"*
-    do
-      wrapProgram "$prog" --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ":" "$out/lib"
-    done
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Berkeley Lab Checkpoint/Restart for Linux (BLCR)";
-    homepage = https://ftg.lbl.gov/projects/CheckpointRestart/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [
-      z77z
-    ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 59cbb9d53000..c849a7e88c48 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15910,8 +15910,6 @@ in
 
     ati_drivers_x11 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ati-drivers { };
 
-    blcr = if stdenv.lib.versionOlder "3.18" kernel.version then callPackage ../os-specific/linux/blcr { } else null;
-
     chipsec = callPackage ../tools/security/chipsec {
       inherit kernel;
       withDriver = true;