diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml
index 3186eb7449fe..aabddb6f6d77 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@
     <package>btc1</package> has been abandoned upstream, and removed.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+    <package>cpp_ethereum</package> (aleth) has been abandoned upstream, and removed.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
     <package>riak-cs</package> package removed along with <varname>services.riak-cs</varname> module.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cpp-ethereum/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cpp-ethereum/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index aed44d1213ce..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cpp-ethereum/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, cmake
-, jsoncpp
-, libjson-rpc-cpp
-, curl
-, boost
-, leveldb
-, cryptopp
-, libcpuid
-, opencl-headers
-, ocl-icd
-, miniupnpc
-, libmicrohttpd
-, gmp
-, libGLU, libGL
-, extraCmakeFlags ? []
-}:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "cpp-ethereum";
-  version = "1.3.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "ethereum";
-    repo = "cpp-ethereum";
-    rev = "62ab9522e58df9f28d2168ea27999a214b16ea96";
-    sha256 = "1fxgpqhmjhpv0zzs1m3yf9h8mh25dqpa7pmcfy7f9qiqpfdr4zq9";
-  };
-
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release" extraCmakeFlags ];
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    export BOOST_INCLUDEDIR=${boost.dev}/include
-    export BOOST_LIBRARYDIR=${boost.out}/lib
-
-    mkdir -p Build/Install
-    pushd Build
-
-    cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/Install $cmakeFlags
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  runPath = with stdenv.lib; makeLibraryPath ([ stdenv.cc.cc ] ++ buildInputs);
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    make install
-
-    mkdir -p $out
-
-    for f in Install/lib/*.so* $(find Install/bin -executable -type f); do
-      patchelf --set-rpath $runPath:$out/lib $f
-    done
-
-    cp -r Install/* $out
-  '';
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    jsoncpp
-    libjson-rpc-cpp
-    curl
-    boost
-    leveldb
-    cryptopp
-    libcpuid
-    opencl-headers
-    ocl-icd
-    miniupnpc
-    libmicrohttpd
-    gmp
-    libGLU libGL
-  ];
-
-  dontStrip = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Ethereum C++ client";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/ethereum/cpp-ethereum";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ artuuge ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    broken = true; # 2018-04-10
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b7cc30677615..28b5614a80cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ag = silver-searcher; # added 2018-04-25
   aircrackng = aircrack-ng; # added 2016-01-14
   alienfx = throw "alienfx has been removed."; # added 2019-12-08
+  aleth = throw "aleth (previously packaged as cpp_ethereum) has been removed; abandoned upstream."; # added 2020-11-30
   amazon-glacier-cmd-interface = throw "amazon-glacier-cmd-interface has been removed due to it being unmaintained."; # added 2020-10-30
   ammonite-repl = ammonite; # added 2017-05-02
   antimicro = throw "antimicro has been removed as it was broken, see antimicroX instead."; # added 2020-08-06
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   coprthr = throw "coprthr has been removed."; # added 2019-12-08
   corebird = throw "corebird was deprecated 2019-10-02: See https://www.patreon.com/posts/corebirds-future-18921328. Please use Cawbird as replacement.";
   coredumper = throw "coredumper has been removed: abandoned by upstream."; # added 2019-11-16
+  cpp_ethereum = throw "cpp_ethereum has been removed; abandoned upstream."; # added 2020-11-30
   cryptol = throw "cryptol was removed due to prolonged broken build"; # added 2020-08-21
   cpp-gsl = microsoft_gsl; # added 2019-05-24
   cupsBjnp = cups-bjnp; # added 2016-01-02
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3fc30afcfbaa..a0af82b8b145 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20617,8 +20617,6 @@ in
     python3Packages = python37Packages;
   };
 
-  cpp_ethereum = callPackage ../applications/misc/cpp-ethereum { };
-
   crun = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/crun {};
 
   csdp = callPackage ../applications/science/math/csdp { };