diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
index cd1afb3c1c9e..e2e7f637f222 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
@@ -1031,6 +1031,19 @@ services.transmission.settings.rpc-bind-address = "0.0.0.0";
       documentation</link> for more information.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+      The <literal>deepin</literal> package set has been removed from
+      nixpkgs. It was a work in progress to package the
+      <link xlink:href="https://www.deepin.org/en/dde/">Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE)</link>,
+      including libraries, tools and applications, and it was still
+      missing a service to lauch the desktop environment. It has shown
+      to no longer be a feasible goal due to reasons discussed in
+      <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/94870">issue #94870</link>.
+      The package <literal>netease-cloud-music</literal> has also been
+      removed, as it depends on libraries from deepin.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 </section>
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 1fe00e9142ba..fad0b40a9dbc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ with lib;
     # Completely removed modules
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "fonts" "fontconfig" "penultimate" ] "The corresponding package has removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "chronos" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "deepin" ] "The corresponding packages were removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "firefox" "syncserver" "user" ] "")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "firefox" "syncserver" "group" ] "")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "marathon" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5bede5bfc9ff..d36f73e2f867 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   deadbeef-mpris2-plugin = deadbeefPlugins.mpris2; # added 2018-02-23
   deadpixi-sam = deadpixi-sam-unstable;
   debian_devscripts = debian-devscripts; # added 2016-03-23
+  deepin = throw "deepin was a work in progress and it has been canceled and removed https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/94870"; # added 2020-08-31
   desktop_file_utils = desktop-file-utils; # added 2018-02-25
   devicemapper = lvm2; # added 2018-04-25
   digikam5 = digikam; # added 2017-02-18
@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   nagiosPluginsOfficial = monitoring-plugins;
   ncat = nmap;  # added 2016-01-26
   netcat-openbsd = libressl.nc; # added 2018-04-25
+  netease-cloud-music = throw "netease-cloud-music has been removed together with deepin"; # added 2020-08-31
   networkmanager_fortisslvpn = networkmanager-fortisslvpn; # added 2018-02-25
   networkmanager_iodine = networkmanager-iodine; # added 2018-02-25
   networkmanager_l2tp = networkmanager-l2tp; # added 2018-02-25