diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index e8c4a4c14cf..978d33e7585 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -806,7 +806,6 @@
   ./services/security/torsocks.nix
   ./services/security/usbguard.nix
   ./services/security/vault.nix
-  ./services/system/cgmanager.nix
   ./services/system/cloud-init.nix
   ./services/system/dbus.nix
   ./services/system/earlyoom.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 7776c648af8..c91febdb710 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ with lib;
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "environment" "blcr" "enable" ] "The BLCR module has been removed")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "beegfsEnable" ] "The BeeGFS module has been removed")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "beegfs" ] "The BeeGFS module has been removed")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule ["services" "cgmanager" "enable"] "cgmanager was deprecated by lxc and therefore removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "osquery" ] "The osquery module has been removed")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "fourStore" ] "The fourStore module has been removed")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "fourStoreEndpoint" ] "The fourStoreEndpoint module has been removed")
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/cgmanager.nix b/nixos/modules/services/system/cgmanager.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d3d57aa7692..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/cgmanager.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-  cfg = config.services.cgmanager;
-in {
-  meta.maintainers = [ maintainers.mic92 ];
-
-  ###### interface
-  options.services.cgmanager.enable = mkEnableOption "cgmanager";
-
-  ###### implementation
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    systemd.services.cgmanager = {
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      description = "Cgroup management daemon";
-      restartIfChanged = false;
-      serviceConfig = {
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.cgmanager}/bin/cgmanager -m name=systemd";
-        KillMode = "process";
-        Restart = "on-failure";
-      };
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cgmanager/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cgmanager/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d890ef44f74..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cgmanager/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libnih, dbus, pam, popt }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "cgmanager";
-  version = "0.42";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "15np08h9jrvc1y1iafr8v654mzgsv5hshzc0n4p3pbf0rkra3h7c";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ libnih dbus pam popt ];
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-init-script=systemd"
-    "--sysconfdir=/etc"
-    "--localstatedir=/var"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = "https://linuxcontainers.org/cgmanager/introduction/";
-    description = "A central privileged daemon that manages all your cgroups";
-    license = licenses.lgpl21;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index ff405131074..30d9ce5bcfd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   bundler_HEAD = bundler; # added 2015-11-15
   cantarell_fonts = cantarell-fonts; # added 2018-03-03
   catfish = xfce.catfish; # added 2019-12-22
+  cgmanager = throw "cgmanager was deprecated by lxc and therefore removed from nixpkgs."; # added 2020-06-05
   checkbashism = checkbashisms; # added 2016-08-16
   cide = throw "deprecated in 2019-09-11: abandoned by upstream";
   cinepaint = throw "cinepaint has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was unmaintained"; # added 2019-12-10
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 78a6dc298fe..04d09004083 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16542,8 +16542,6 @@ in
 
   cachefilesd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/cachefilesd { };
 
-  cgmanager = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/cgmanager { };
-
   checkpolicy = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/checkpolicy { };
 
   checksec = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/checksec { };