diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml
index 85eedfe0ec72..988d7f27d1d1 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@
       <literal>/var/lib/powerdns</literal> to <literal>/run/pdns</literal>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+    <package>riak-cs</package> package removed along with <varname>services.riak-cs</varname> module.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+    <package>stanchion</package> package removed along with <varname>services.stanchion</varname> module.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
index 4e0f8ba718eb..bafa22250400 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ in
       hound = 259;
       leaps = 260;
       ipfs  = 261;
-      stanchion = 262;
-      riak-cs = 263;
+      # stanchion = 262; # unused, removed 2020-10-14
+      # riak-cs = 263; # unused, removed 2020-10-14
       infinoted = 264;
       sickbeard = 265;
       headphones = 266;
@@ -593,8 +593,8 @@ in
       hound = 259;
       leaps = 260;
       ipfs = 261;
-      stanchion = 262;
-      riak-cs = 263;
+      # stanchion = 262; # unused, removed 2020-10-14
+      # riak-cs = 263; # unused, removed 2020-10-14
       infinoted = 264;
       sickbeard = 265;
       headphones = 266;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index aa3b71a61241..69954f04adee 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -296,8 +296,6 @@
   ./services/databases/postgresql.nix
   ./services/databases/redis.nix
   ./services/databases/riak.nix
-  ./services/databases/riak-cs.nix
-  ./services/databases/stanchion.nix
   ./services/databases/victoriametrics.nix
   ./services/databases/virtuoso.nix
   ./services/desktops/accountsservice.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/riak-cs.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/riak-cs.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index fa6ac8863318..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/riak-cs.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,202 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-
-  cfg = config.services.riak-cs;
-
-in
-
-{
-
-  ###### interface
-
-  options = {
-
-    services.riak-cs = {
-
-      enable = mkEnableOption "riak-cs";
-
-      package = mkOption {
-        type = types.package;
-        default = pkgs.riak-cs;
-        defaultText = "pkgs.riak-cs";
-        example = literalExample "pkgs.riak-cs";
-        description = ''
-          Riak package to use.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      nodeName = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "riak-cs@127.0.0.1";
-        description = ''
-          Name of the Erlang node.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      anonymousUserCreation = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = ''
-          Anonymous user creation.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      riakHost = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "127.0.0.1:8087";
-        description = ''
-          Name of riak hosting service.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      listener = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "127.0.0.1:8080";
-        description = ''
-          Name of Riak CS listening service.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      stanchionHost = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "127.0.0.1:8085";
-        description = ''
-          Name of stanchion hosting service.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      stanchionSsl = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = true;
-        description = ''
-          Tell stanchion to use SSL.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      distributedCookie = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "riak";
-        description = ''
-          Cookie for distributed node communication.  All nodes in the
-          same cluster should use the same cookie or they will not be able to
-          communicate.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      dataDir = mkOption {
-        type = types.path;
-        default = "/var/db/riak-cs";
-        description = ''
-          Data directory for Riak CS.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      logDir = mkOption {
-        type = types.path;
-        default = "/var/log/riak-cs";
-        description = ''
-          Log directory for Riak CS.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      extraConfig = mkOption {
-        type = types.lines;
-        default = "";
-        description = ''
-          Additional text to be appended to <filename>riak-cs.conf</filename>.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      extraAdvancedConfig = mkOption {
-        type = types.lines;
-        default = "";
-        description = ''
-          Additional text to be appended to <filename>advanced.config</filename>.
-        '';
-      };
-    };
-
-  };
-
-  ###### implementation
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-
-    environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
-    environment.etc."riak-cs/riak-cs.conf".text = ''
-      nodename = ${cfg.nodeName}
-      distributed_cookie = ${cfg.distributedCookie}
-
-      platform_log_dir = ${cfg.logDir}
-
-      riak_host = ${cfg.riakHost}
-      listener = ${cfg.listener}
-      stanchion_host = ${cfg.stanchionHost}
-
-      anonymous_user_creation = ${if cfg.anonymousUserCreation then "on" else "off"}
-
-      ${cfg.extraConfig}
-    '';
-
-    environment.etc."riak-cs/advanced.config".text = ''
-      ${cfg.extraAdvancedConfig}
-    '';
-
-    users.users.riak-cs = {
-      name = "riak-cs";
-      uid = config.ids.uids.riak-cs;
-      group = "riak";
-      description = "Riak CS server user";
-    };
-
-  systemd.services.riak-cs = {
-      description = "Riak CS Server";
-
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      after = [ "network.target" ];
-
-      path = [
-        pkgs.utillinux # for `logger`
-        pkgs.bash
-      ];
-
-      environment.HOME = "${cfg.dataDir}";
-      environment.RIAK_CS_DATA_DIR = "${cfg.dataDir}";
-      environment.RIAK_CS_LOG_DIR = "${cfg.logDir}";
-      environment.RIAK_CS_ETC_DIR = "/etc/riak";
-
-      preStart = ''
-        if ! test -e ${cfg.logDir}; then
-          mkdir -m 0755 -p ${cfg.logDir}
-          chown -R riak-cs ${cfg.logDir}
-        fi
-
-        if ! test -e ${cfg.dataDir}; then
-          mkdir -m 0700 -p ${cfg.dataDir}
-          chown -R riak-cs ${cfg.dataDir}
-        fi
-      '';
-
-      serviceConfig = {
-        ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/riak-cs console";
-        ExecStop = "${cfg.package}/bin/riak-cs stop";
-        StandardInput = "tty";
-        User = "riak-cs";
-        Group = "riak-cs";
-        PermissionsStartOnly = true;
-        # Give Riak a decent amount of time to clean up.
-        TimeoutStopSec = 120;
-        LimitNOFILE = 65536;
-      };
-
-      unitConfig.RequiresMountsFor = [
-        "${cfg.dataDir}"
-        "${cfg.logDir}"
-        "/etc/riak"
-      ];
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/stanchion.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/stanchion.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 97e55bc70c47..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/stanchion.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,194 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-
-  cfg = config.services.stanchion;
-
-in
-
-{
-
-  ###### interface
-
-  options = {
-
-    services.stanchion = {
-
-      enable = mkEnableOption "stanchion";
-
-      package = mkOption {
-        type = types.package;
-        default = pkgs.stanchion;
-        defaultText = "pkgs.stanchion";
-        example = literalExample "pkgs.stanchion";
-        description = ''
-          Stanchion package to use.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      nodeName = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "stanchion@127.0.0.1";
-        description = ''
-          Name of the Erlang node.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      adminKey = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "";
-        description = ''
-          Name of admin user.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      adminSecret = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "";
-        description = ''
-          Name of admin secret
-        '';
-      };
-
-      riakHost = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "127.0.0.1:8087";
-        description = ''
-          Name of riak hosting service.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      listener = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "127.0.0.1:8085";
-        description = ''
-          Name of Riak CS listening service.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      stanchionHost = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "127.0.0.1:8085";
-        description = ''
-          Name of stanchion hosting service.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      distributedCookie = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        default = "riak";
-        description = ''
-          Cookie for distributed node communication.  All nodes in the
-          same cluster should use the same cookie or they will not be able to
-          communicate.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      dataDir = mkOption {
-        type = types.path;
-        default = "/var/db/stanchion";
-        description = ''
-          Data directory for Stanchion.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      logDir = mkOption {
-        type = types.path;
-        default = "/var/log/stanchion";
-        description = ''
-          Log directory for Stanchion.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      extraConfig = mkOption {
-        type = types.lines;
-        default = "";
-        description = ''
-          Additional text to be appended to <filename>stanchion.conf</filename>.
-        '';
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-  ###### implementation
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-
-    environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
-
-    environment.etc."stanchion/advanced.config".text = ''
-      [{stanchion, []}].
-    '';
-
-    environment.etc."stanchion/stanchion.conf".text = ''
-      listener = ${cfg.listener}
-
-      riak_host = ${cfg.riakHost}
-
-      ${optionalString (cfg.adminKey == "") "#"} admin.key=${optionalString (cfg.adminKey != "") cfg.adminKey}
-      ${optionalString (cfg.adminSecret == "") "#"} admin.secret=${optionalString (cfg.adminSecret != "") cfg.adminSecret}
-
-      platform_bin_dir = ${pkgs.stanchion}/bin
-      platform_data_dir = ${cfg.dataDir}
-      platform_etc_dir = /etc/stanchion
-      platform_lib_dir = ${pkgs.stanchion}/lib
-      platform_log_dir = ${cfg.logDir}
-
-      nodename = ${cfg.nodeName}
-
-      distributed_cookie = ${cfg.distributedCookie}
-
-      ${cfg.extraConfig}
-    '';
-
-    users.users.stanchion = {
-      name = "stanchion";
-      uid = config.ids.uids.stanchion;
-      group = "stanchion";
-      description = "Stanchion server user";
-    };
-
-    users.groups.stanchion.gid = config.ids.gids.stanchion;
-
-    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
-      "d '${cfg.logDir}' - stanchion stanchion --"
-      "d '${cfg.dataDir}' 0700 stanchion stanchion --"
-    ];
-
-    systemd.services.stanchion = {
-      description = "Stanchion Server";
-
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      after = [ "network.target" ];
-
-      path = [
-        pkgs.utillinux # for `logger`
-        pkgs.bash
-      ];
-
-      environment.HOME = "${cfg.dataDir}";
-      environment.STANCHION_DATA_DIR = "${cfg.dataDir}";
-      environment.STANCHION_LOG_DIR = "${cfg.logDir}";
-      environment.STANCHION_ETC_DIR = "/etc/stanchion";
-
-      serviceConfig = {
-        ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/stanchion console";
-        ExecStop = "${cfg.package}/bin/stanchion stop";
-        StandardInput = "tty";
-        User = "stanchion";
-        Group = "stanchion";
-        # Give Stanchion a decent amount of time to clean up.
-        TimeoutStopSec = 120;
-        LimitNOFILE = 65536;
-      };
-
-      unitConfig.RequiresMountsFor = [
-        "${cfg.dataDir}"
-        "${cfg.logDir}"
-        "/etc/stanchion"
-      ];
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak-cs/2.1.1.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak-cs/2.1.1.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ebcbafde5dc..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak-cs/2.1.1.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, unzip, erlang, git, wget, which, pam
-, Carbon ? null, Cocoa ? null }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "riak_cs-2.1.1";
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    which unzip erlang git wget
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Carbon Cocoa ]
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux [ pam ];
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.basho.com/riak-cs/2.1/2.1.1/riak-cs-2.1.1.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "115cac127aac6d759c1b429a52e0d18e491c0719a6530b1b88aa52c4efdbedd5";
-  };
-
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i deps/node_package/priv/base/env.sh \
-      -e 's@{{platform_data_dir}}@''${RIAK_DATA_DIR:-/var/db/riak-cs}@' \
-      -e 's@^RUNNER_SCRIPT_DIR=.*@RUNNER_SCRIPT_DIR='$out'/bin@' \
-      -e 's@^RUNNER_BASE_DIR=.*@RUNNER_BASE_DIR='$out'@' \
-      -e 's@^RUNNER_ETC_DIR=.*@RUNNER_ETC_DIR=''${RIAK_ETC_DIR:-/etc/riak-cs}@' \
-      -e 's@^RUNNER_LOG_DIR=.*@RUNNER_LOG_DIR=''${RIAK_LOG_DIR:-/var/log}@'
-
-    sed -i ./Makefile \
-      -e 's@rel: deps compile@rel: deps compile-src@'
-  '';
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    patchShebangs .
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    runHook preBuild
-
-    make locked-deps
-    make rel
-
-    runHook postBuild
-  '';
-
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    mkdir $out
-    mv rel/riak-cs/etc rel/riak-cs/riak-etc
-    mkdir -p rel/riak-cs/etc
-    mv rel/riak-cs/riak-etc rel/riak-cs/etc/riak-cs
-    mv rel/riak-cs/* $out
-
-    for prog in $out/bin/*; do
-      substituteInPlace $prog \
-        --replace '. "`cd \`dirname $0\` && /bin/pwd`/../lib/env.sh"' \
-                  ". $out/lib/env.sh"
-    done
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Dynamo inspired NoSQL DB by Basho with S3 compatibility";
-    platforms   = [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" ];
-    license     = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mdaiter ];
-    knownVulnerabilities = [ "CVE-2017-3163 - see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/33876" ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak-cs/stanchion.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak-cs/stanchion.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fe4ce45f84b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak-cs/stanchion.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, unzip, erlang, git, wget, which, pam 
-, Carbon ? null, Cocoa ? null }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "stanchion-2.1.1";
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    which unzip erlang git wget
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Carbon Cocoa ]
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux [ pam ];
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.basho.com/stanchion/2.1/2.1.1/stanchion-2.1.1.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1443arwgg7qvlx3msyg99qvvhck7qxphdjslcp494i60fhr2g8ja";
-  };
-
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i deps/node_package/priv/base/env.sh \
-      -e 's@{{platform_data_dir}}@''${RIAK_DATA_DIR:-/var/db/stanchion}@' \
-      -e 's@^RUNNER_SCRIPT_DIR=.*@RUNNER_SCRIPT_DIR='$out'/bin@' \
-      -e 's@^RUNNER_BASE_DIR=.*@RUNNER_BASE_DIR='$out'@' \
-      -e 's@^RUNNER_ETC_DIR=.*@RUNNER_ETC_DIR=''${RIAK_ETC_DIR:-/etc/stanchion}@' \
-      -e 's@^RUNNER_LOG_DIR=.*@RUNNER_LOG_DIR=''${RIAK_LOG_DIR:-/var/log}@'
-  '';
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    patchShebangs .
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    runHook preBuild
-
-    make rel
-
-    runHook postBuild
-  '';
-
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    mkdir $out
-    mv rel/stanchion/etc rel/stanchion/riak-etc
-    mkdir -p rel/stanchion/etc
-    mv rel/stanchion/riak-etc rel/stanchion/etc/stanchion
-    mv rel/stanchion/* $out
-
-    for prog in $out/bin/*; do
-      substituteInPlace $prog \
-        --replace '. "`cd \`dirname $0\` && /bin/pwd`/../lib/env.sh"' \
-                  ". $out/lib/env.sh"
-    done
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mdaiter ];
-    description = "Manager for Riak CS";
-    platforms   = [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" ];
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c6d82af16cce..defde7dcc0a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   gtk-recordmydesktop = throw "gtk-recordmydesktop has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained and uses deprecated libraries"; # added 2019-12-10
   qt-recordmydesktop = throw "qt-recordmydesktop has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's abandoned and uses deprecated libraries"; # added 2019-12-10
   rfkill = throw "rfkill has been removed, as it's included in util-linux"; # added 2020-08-23
+  riak-cs = throw "riak-cs is not maintained anymore"; # added 2020-10-14
   rkt = throw "rkt was archived by upstream"; # added 2020-05-16
   ruby_2_0_0 = throw "ruby_2_0_0 was deprecated on 2018-02-13: use a newer version of ruby";
   ruby_2_1_0 = throw "ruby_2_1_0 was deprecated on 2018-02-13: use a newer version of ruby";
@@ -578,6 +579,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   sqliteInteractive = sqlite-interactive;  # added 2014-12-06
   squid4 = squid;  # added 2019-08-22
   sshfsFuse = sshfs-fuse; # added 2016-09
+  stanchion = throw "Stanchion was part of riak-cs which is not maintained anymore"; # added 2020-10-14
   surf-webkit2 = surf; # added 2017-04-02
   sup = throw "sup was deprecated on 2019-09-10: abandoned by upstream";
   swfdec = throw "swfdec has been removed as broken and unmaintained."; # added 2020-08-23
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 870919b93802..2222d4dbc6ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17042,16 +17042,6 @@ in
     erlang = erlang_basho_R16B02;
   };
 
-  riak-cs = callPackage ../servers/nosql/riak-cs/2.1.1.nix {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon Cocoa;
-    erlang = erlang_basho_R16B02;
-  };
-
-  stanchion = callPackage ../servers/nosql/riak-cs/stanchion.nix {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon Cocoa;
-    erlang = erlang_basho_R16B02;
-  };
-
   influxdb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/influxdb { };
 
   mysql57 = callPackage ../servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix {