diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtinst/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtinst/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 37f03d8772f5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtinst/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, python2Packages, intltool, libxml2Python }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let version = "0.600.4"; in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "virtinst";
-  inherit version;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virtinst/virtinst-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "175laiy49dni8hzi0cn14bbsdsigvgr9h6d9z2bcvbpa29spldvf";
-  };
-
-  pythonPath = with python2Packages;
-    [ setuptools eventlet greenlet gflags netaddr carrot routes
-      PasteDeploy m2crypto ipy twisted
-      distutils_extra simplejson cheetah lockfile httplib2
-      # !!! should libvirt be a build-time dependency?  Note that
-      # libxml2Python is a dependency of libvirt.py.
-      libvirt libxml2Python urlgrabber
-    ];
-
-  buildInputs =
-    [ python2Packages.python
-      python2Packages.wrapPython
-      python2Packages.mox
-      intltool
-    ] ++ pythonPath;
-
-  buildPhase = "python setup.py build";
-
-  installPhase =
-    ''
-       python setup.py install --prefix="$out";
-       wrapPythonPrograms
-    '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://virt-manager.org";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [qknight];
-    description = "Command line tool which provides an easy way to provision operating systems into virtual machines";
-    platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8c59db87b739..eeb6df85462a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   virtviewer = virt-viewer; # added 2015-12-24
   virtmanager = virt-manager; # added 2019-10-29
   virtmanager-qt = virt-manager-qt; # added 2019-10-29
+  virtinst = throw "virtinst has been removed, as it's included in virt-manager"; # added 2021-07-21
   vorbisTools = vorbis-tools; # added 2016-01-26
   webkit = webkitgtk; # added 2019-03-05
   webkitgtk24x-gtk3 = throw "webkitgtk24x-gtk3 has been removed because it's insecure. Please use webkitgtk."; # added 2019-12-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d8738ed9bf2e..b27c051849ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27707,8 +27707,6 @@ in
     qtermwidget = lxqt.qtermwidget;
   };
 
-  virtinst = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/virtinst {};
-
   virtscreen = callPackage ../tools/admin/virtscreen {};
 
   virtual-ans = callPackage ../applications/audio/virtual-ans {};