diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index a5d68ce7fe0..acd5ad9de2e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@
   ./programs/tsm-client.nix
   ./programs/udevil.nix
   ./programs/usbtop.nix
-  ./programs/venus.nix
   ./programs/vim.nix
   ./programs/wavemon.nix
   ./programs/waybar.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/venus.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/venus.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 58faf38777d..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/venus.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,173 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-let
-  cfg = config.services.venus;
-
-  configFile = pkgs.writeText "venus.ini"
-    ''
-      [Planet]
-      name = ${cfg.name}
-      link = ${cfg.link}
-      owner_name = ${cfg.ownerName}
-      owner_email = ${cfg.ownerEmail}
-      output_theme = ${cfg.cacheDirectory}/theme
-      output_dir = ${cfg.outputDirectory}
-      cache_directory = ${cfg.cacheDirectory}
-      items_per_page = ${toString cfg.itemsPerPage}
-      ${(concatStringsSep "\n\n"
-            (map ({ name, feedUrl, homepageUrl }:
-            ''
-              [${feedUrl}]
-              name = ${name}
-              link = ${homepageUrl}
-            '') cfg.feeds))}
-    '';
-
-in
-{
-
-  options = {
-    services.venus = {
-      enable = mkOption {
-        default = false;
-        type = types.bool;
-        description = ''
-          Planet Venus is an awesome ‘river of news’ feed reader. It downloads
-          news feeds published by web sites and aggregates their content
-          together into a single combined feed, latest news first.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      dates = mkOption {
-        default = "*:0/15";
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          Specification (in the format described by
-          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle>
-          <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>) of the time at
-          which the Venus will collect feeds.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      user = mkOption {
-        default = "root";
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          User for running venus script.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      group = mkOption {
-        default = "root";
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          Group for running venus script.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      name = mkOption {
-        default = "NixOS Planet";
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          Your planet's name.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      link = mkOption {
-        default = "https://planet.nixos.org";
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          Link to the main page.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      ownerName = mkOption {
-        default = "Rok Garbas";
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          Your name.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      ownerEmail = mkOption {
-        default = "some@example.com";
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          Your e-mail address.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      outputTheme = mkOption {
-        default = "${pkgs.venus}/themes/classic_fancy";
-        type = types.path;
-        description = ''
-          Directory containing a config.ini file which is merged with this one.
-          This is typically used to specify templating and bill of material
-          information.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      outputDirectory = mkOption {
-        type = types.path;
-        description = ''
-          Directory to place output files.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      cacheDirectory = mkOption {
-        default = "/var/cache/venus";
-        type = types.path;
-        description = ''
-            Where cached feeds are stored.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      itemsPerPage = mkOption {
-        default = 15;
-        type = types.int;
-        description = ''
-          How many items to put on each page.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      feeds = mkOption {
-        default = [];
-        example = [
-          {
-            name = "Rok Garbas";
-            feedUrl= "http://url/to/rss/feed.xml";
-            homepageUrl = "http://garbas.si";
-          }
-        ];
-        description = ''
-          List of feeds.
-        '';
-      };
-
-    };
-  };
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-
-    system.activationScripts.venus =
-      ''
-        mkdir -p ${cfg.outputDirectory}
-        chown ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} ${cfg.outputDirectory} -R
-        rm -rf ${cfg.cacheDirectory}/theme
-        mkdir -p ${cfg.cacheDirectory}/theme
-        cp -R ${cfg.outputTheme}/* ${cfg.cacheDirectory}/theme
-        chown ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} ${cfg.cacheDirectory} -R
-      '';
-
-    systemd.services.venus =
-      { description = "Planet Venus Feed Reader";
-        path  = [ pkgs.venus ];
-        script = "exec venus-planet ${configFile}";
-        serviceConfig.User = "${cfg.user}";
-        serviceConfig.Group = "${cfg.group}";
-        startAt = cfg.dates;
-      };
-
-  };
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index c6f705bb2d6..1dd8b48d76b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ with lib;
     '')
 
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "seeks" ] "")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "venus" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
 
     # Do NOT add any option renames here, see top of the file
   ];