diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/corsmisc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/corsmisc/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c64677f3240..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/corsmisc/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ buildGoModule
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, lib
-}:
-
-buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "corsmisc";
-  version = "1.3.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "drsigned";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "18a70v093jl85vnih80i50wvac8hsg3f2gmcws9jyhj2brndq2qj";
-  };
-
-  vendorSha256 = "1bp6bf99rxlyg91pn1y228q18lawpykmvkl22cydmclms0q0n238";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Tool to discover CORS misconfigurations vulnerabilities";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/drsigned/corsmisc";
-    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a77e2d21ad2c..4e1921437bb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   couchdb = throw "couchdb was removed from nixpkgs, use couchdb3 instead"; # added 2021-03-03
   couchdb2 = throw "couchdb2 was removed from nixpkgs, use couchdb3 instead"; # added 2021-03-03
   coredumper = throw "coredumper has been removed: abandoned by upstream."; # added 2019-11-16
+  corsmisc = throw "corsmisc has been removed (upstream is gone)"; # added 2022-01-24
   cpp_ethereum = throw "cpp_ethereum has been removed; abandoned upstream."; # added 2020-11-30
   cpuminer-multi = throw "cpuminer-multi has been removed: deleted by upstream"; # added 2022-01-07
   crafty = throw "crafty has been removed: deleted by upstream"; # 2022-01-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 332d8125297b..6ccf0b37aa05 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1633,8 +1633,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   corsair = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication corsair-scan;
 
-  corsmisc = callPackage ../tools/security/corsmisc { };
-
   cosign = callPackage ../tools/security/cosign {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) PCSC;
   };