diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/guardian-agent/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/guardian-agent/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 46fcdb8dd47b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/guardian-agent/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{ buildGoPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, lib
-, autossh
-, makeWrapper
-, stdenv
-}:
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  pname = "guardian-agent";
-  version = "0.7.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "StanfordSNR";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}-beta";
-    sha256 = "05269y944hcabn6dqa66387rdhx81vcqcyjv6m1hdbz5ba8j7mqn";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/StanfordSNR/guardian-agent";
-
-  deleteVendor = true;
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/doc/${pname}
-    cp -v ./go/src/github.com/StanfordSNR/${pname}/scripts/* $out/bin/
-    cp -vr ./go/src/github.com/StanfordSNR/${pname}/{AUTHORS,doc,LICENSE,README.md} $out/share/doc/guardian-agent
-  '';
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/sga-guard \
-      --prefix PATH : "$out/bin" \
-      --prefix PATH : "${autossh}/bin"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Secure ssh-agent forwarding for Mosh and SSH";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/StanfordSNR/guardian-agent";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mmahut ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    broken = stdenv.isDarwin; # x/sys/unix needs an update, but software is unmaintained
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/guardian-agent/deps.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/guardian-agent/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 950a346ce8be..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/guardian-agent/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated by https://github.com/kamilchm/go2nix v1.3.0
-[
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/hashicorp/yamux";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/hashicorp/yamux";
-      rev = "2f1d1f20f75d5404f53b9edf6b53ed5505508675";
-      sha256 = "1fga3p6j2g24ip9qjfwn3nqjr00m4nnjz92app7ms3sz7vgq2a7s";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/howeyc/gopass";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/howeyc/gopass";
-      rev = "bf9dde6d0d2c004a008c27aaee91170c786f6db8";
-      sha256 = "1jxzyfnqi0h1fzlsvlkn10bncic803bfhslyijcxk55mgh297g45";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/sternhenri/interact";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/sternhenri/interact";
-      rev = "dfeb9ef2030483f98cee2c86f5775fe6c729f10b";
-      sha256 = "00b09fyy9zhv11mbzm18ngg765g0gyb23bmr4fc83i09w912if7j";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/sys";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/sys";
-      rev = "04f50cda93cbb67f2afa353c52f342100e80e625";
-      sha256 = "0hmfsz9y1ingwsn482hlzzmzs7kr3cklm0ana0mbdk70isw2bxnw";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/crypto";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/StanfordSNR/crypto";
-      rev = "e451cabda2acd7a416728ee89b75975b8b0c90d7";
-      sha256 = "0aj6fc0i1dm6rdgr1mlv2pl4s0i6sj821k2p4gig45h5mn06mhpz";
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    goPackagePath = "github.com/jessevdk/go-flags";
-    fetch = {
-      type = "git";
-      url = "https://github.com/jessevdk/go-flags";
-      rev = "c0795c8afcf41dd1d786bebce68636c199b3bb45";
-      sha256 = "0xsmr17mrpm9kx34zfzzirwy0n459h975x49p41fs2f6ly6lk9vp";
-    };
-  }
-
-]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 58afce07bdcc..d7cf6ef30692 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   grub = throw "grub1 was removed after not being maintained upstream for a decade. Please switch to another bootloader"; # Added 2023-04-11
   gtkcord4 = dissent; # Added 2024-03-10
   gtkpod = throw "'gtkpod' was removed due to one of its dependencies, 'anjuta' being unmaintained"; # Added 2024-01-16
+  guardian-agent = throw "'guardian-agent' has been removed, as it hasn't been maintained upstream in years and accumulated many vulnerabilities"; # Added 2024-06-09
   guile-disarchive = disarchive; # Added 2023-10-27
   guile-lint = throw "'guile-lint' has been removed, please use 'guild lint' instead"; # Added 2023-10-16
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 68a09b0f9121..6fc7008c6a8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31396,8 +31396,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gtklock-userinfo-module = callPackage ../tools/wayland/gtklock/userinfo-module.nix { };
 
-  guardian-agent = callPackage ../tools/networking/guardian-agent { };
-
   gv = callPackage ../applications/misc/gv { };
 
   guvcview = libsForQt5.callPackage ../os-specific/linux/guvcview { };