diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 7244a7e0a894..0cd17775e516 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@
   ./security/pam_usb.nix
   ./security/pam_mount.nix
   ./security/polkit.nix
-  ./security/prey.nix
   ./security/rngd.nix
   ./security/rtkit.nix
   ./security/wrappers/default.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 410db8fd84e7..a946268494ed 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ with lib;
       simply add the brightnessctl package to environment.systemPackages.
     '')
 
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule ["services" "prey" ] ''
+      prey-bash-client is deprecated upstream
+    '')
+
     # Do NOT add any option renames here, see top of the file
   ];
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/prey.nix b/nixos/modules/security/prey.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b899ccb6c3e2..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/security/prey.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-  cfg = config.services.prey;
-  myPrey = pkgs.prey-bash-client.override {
-    apiKey = cfg.apiKey;
-    deviceKey = cfg.deviceKey;
-  };
-in {
-  options = {
-
-    services.prey = {
-      enable = mkOption {
-        default = false;
-        type = types.bool;
-        description = ''
-          Enables the <link xlink:href="http://preyproject.com/" />
-          shell client. Be sure to specify both API and device keys.
-          Once enabled, a <command>cron</command> job will run every 15
-          minutes to report status information.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      deviceKey = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          <literal>Device key</literal> obtained by visiting
-          <link xlink:href="https://panel.preyproject.com/devices" />
-          and clicking on your device.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      apiKey = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          <literal>API key</literal> obtained from
-          <link xlink:href="https://panel.preyproject.com/profile" />.
-        '';
-      };
-    };
-
-  };
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-      environment.systemPackages = [ myPrey ];
-      services.cron.systemCronJobs = [ "*/15 * * * * root ${myPrey}/prey.sh" ];
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/prey/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/prey/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c66756012311..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/prey/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, curl, scrot, imagemagick, xawtv, inetutils, makeWrapper, coreutils
-, apiKey ? ""
-, deviceKey ? "" }:
-
-# TODO: this should assert keys are set, somehow if set through .override assertion fails
-#assert apiKey != "";
-#assert deviceKey != "";
-
-let
-  modulesSrc = fetchgit {
-    url = "git://github.com/prey/prey-bash-client-modules.git";
-    rev = "aba260ef110834cb2e92923a31f50c15970639ee";
-    sha256 = "9cb1ad813d052a0a3e3bbdd329a8711ae3272e340379489511f7dd578d911e30";
-  };
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "prey-bash-client";
-  version = "0.6.0";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/prey/prey-bash-client/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "09cb15jh4jdwvix9nx048ajkw2r5jaflk68y3rkha541n8n0qwh0";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ curl scrot imagemagick xawtv makeWrapper ];
-
-  phases = "unpackPhase installPhase";
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace config --replace api_key=\'\' "api_key='${apiKey}'"
-    substituteInPlace config --replace device_key=\'\' "device_key='${deviceKey}'"
-
-    substituteInPlace prey.sh --replace /bin/bash $(type -Pp bash)
-    mkdir -p $out/modules
-    cp -R . $out
-    cp -R ${modulesSrc}/* $out/modules/
-    wrapProgram "$out/prey.sh" \
-      --prefix PATH ":" "${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ xawtv imagemagick curl scrot inetutils coreutils ]}" \
-      --set CURL_CA_BUNDLE "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = "https://preyproject.com";
-    description = "Proven tracking software that helps you find, lock and recover your devices when stolen or missing";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = with platforms; linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ff448057a86c..c4202c0402f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6027,8 +6027,6 @@ in
 
   prettyping = callPackage ../tools/networking/prettyping { };
 
-  prey-bash-client = callPackage ../tools/security/prey { };
-
   profile-cleaner = callPackage ../tools/misc/profile-cleaner { };
 
   profile-sync-daemon = callPackage ../tools/misc/profile-sync-daemon { };