diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 789faea9197..d6c65251c62 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -850,7 +850,6 @@
   ./services/networking/ofono.nix
   ./services/networking/oidentd.nix
   ./services/networking/onedrive.nix
-  ./services/networking/openfire.nix
   ./services/networking/openvpn.nix
   ./services/networking/ostinato.nix
   ./services/networking/owamp.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 195cf87e6a8..72395b2ee86 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ with lib;
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "shellinabox" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "gogoclient" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "virtuoso" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "openfire" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
 
     # Do NOT add any option renames here, see top of the file
   ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/openfire.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/openfire.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index fe0499d5232..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/openfire.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-{
-  ###### interface
-
-  options = {
-
-    services.openfire = {
-
-      enable = mkEnableOption "OpenFire XMPP server";
-
-      usePostgreSQL = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = true;
-        description = "
-          Whether you use PostgreSQL service for your storage back-end.
-        ";
-      };
-
-    };
-
-  };
-
-
-  ###### implementation
-
-  config = mkIf config.services.openfire.enable {
-
-    assertions = singleton
-      { assertion = !(config.services.openfire.usePostgreSQL -> config.services.postgresql.enable);
-        message = "OpenFire configured to use PostgreSQL but services.postgresql.enable is not enabled.";
-      };
-
-    systemd.services.openfire = {
-      description = "OpenFire XMPP server";
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      after = [ "networking.target" ] ++
-        optional config.services.openfire.usePostgreSQL "postgresql.service";
-      path = with pkgs; [ jre openfire coreutils which gnugrep gawk gnused ];
-      script = ''
-        export HOME=/tmp
-        mkdir /var/log/openfire || true
-        mkdir /etc/openfire || true
-        for i in ${pkgs.openfire}/conf.inst/*; do
-            if ! test -f /etc/openfire/$(basename $i); then
-                cp $i /etc/openfire/
-            fi
-        done
-        openfire start
-      ''; # */
-    };
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/openfire/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/openfire/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a655f1c348f..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/openfire/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, jre }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "openfire";
-  version  = "3_6_3";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.igniterealtime.org/downloadServlet?filename=openfire/openfire_${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0ibzhmh9qw4lmx45ir1i280p30npgwnj7vrkl432kj3zi7hp79q2";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ jre ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    sed -e 's@\(common_jvm_locations=\).*@\1${jre}@' -i bin/openfire
-    cp -r . $out
-    rm -r $out/logs
-    mv $out/conf $out/conf.inst
-    ln -s /var/log/openfire $out/logs
-    ln -s /etc/openfire $out/conf
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "XMPP server in Java";
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    # Some security advisories seem to apply, and each next version wants to
-    # write into larger parts of installation directory; installation is just
-    # unpacking, though
-    broken = true;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 35a2b85d0e3..ec031da6644 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21974,8 +21974,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   oidentd = callPackage ../servers/identd/oidentd { };
 
-  openfire = callPackage ../servers/xmpp/openfire { };
-
   softether = callPackage ../servers/softether { };
 
   qboot = pkgsi686Linux.callPackage ../applications/virtualization/qboot { };