diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index a66747f03844..434cb69868c7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -793,7 +793,6 @@
   ./services/web-servers/traefik.nix
   ./services/web-servers/uwsgi.nix
   ./services/web-servers/varnish/default.nix
-  ./services/web-servers/winstone.nix
   ./services/web-servers/zope2.nix
   ./services/x11/colord.nix
   ./services/x11/compton.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index aa3d120c97f1..b2c030fb7791 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ with lib;
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "virtualisation" "xen" "qemu" ] "You don't need this option anymore, it will work without it.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "logstash" "enableWeb" ] "The web interface was removed from logstash")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "boot" "zfs" "enableLegacyCrypto" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "winstone" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
 
     # ZSH
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "programs" "zsh" "enableSyntaxHighlighting" ] [ "programs" "zsh" "syntaxHighlighting" "enable" ])
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/winstone.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/winstone.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 064ead5ce4bb..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/winstone.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-
-  cfg = config.services.winstone;
-
-  winstoneOpts = { name, ... }: {
-    options = {
-      name = mkOption {
-        default = name;
-        internal = true;
-      };
-
-      serviceName = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          The name of the systemd service. By default, it is
-          derived from the winstone instance name.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      warFile = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          The WAR file that Winstone should serve.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      javaPackage = mkOption {
-        type = types.package;
-        default = pkgs.jre;
-        defaultText = "pkgs.jre";
-        description = ''
-          Which Java derivation to use for running Winstone.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      user = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          The user that should run this Winstone process and
-          own the working directory.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      group = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          The group that will own the working directory.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      workDir = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-        description = ''
-          The working directory for this Winstone instance. Will
-          contain extracted webapps etc. The directory will be
-          created if it doesn't exist.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      extraJavaOptions = mkOption {
-        type = types.listOf types.str;
-        default = [];
-        description = ''
-          Extra command line options given to the java process running
-          Winstone.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      extraOptions = mkOption {
-        type = types.listOf types.str;
-        default = [];
-        description = ''
-          Extra command line options given to the Winstone process.
-        '';
-      };
-    };
-
-    config = {
-      workDir = mkDefault "/run/winstone/${name}";
-      serviceName = mkDefault "winstone-${name}";
-    };
-  };
-
-  mkService = cfg: let
-    opts = concatStringsSep " " (cfg.extraOptions ++ [
-      "--warfile ${cfg.warFile}"
-    ]);
-
-    javaOpts = concatStringsSep " " (cfg.extraJavaOptions ++ [
-      "-Djava.io.tmpdir=${cfg.workDir}"
-      "-jar ${pkgs.winstone}/lib/winstone.jar"
-    ]);
-  in {
-    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-    description = "winstone service for ${cfg.name}";
-    preStart = ''
-      mkdir -p "${cfg.workDir}"
-      chown ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} "${cfg.workDir}"
-    '';
-    serviceConfig = {
-      ExecStart = "${cfg.javaPackage}/bin/java ${javaOpts} ${opts}";
-      User = cfg.user;
-      PermissionsStartOnly = true;
-    };
-  };
-
-in {
-
-  options = {
-    services.winstone = mkOption {
-      default = {};
-      type = with types; attrsOf (submodule winstoneOpts);
-      description = ''
-        Defines independent Winstone services, each serving one WAR-file.
-      '';
-    };
-  };
-
-  config = mkIf (cfg != {}) {
-
-    systemd.services = mapAttrs' (n: c: nameValuePair c.serviceName (mkService c)) cfg;
-
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/winstone/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/winstone/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a92c0a228af..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/winstone/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "winstone-${version}";
-  version = "0.9.10";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/winstone/${name}.jar";
-    sha256 = "17xvq3yk95335c6ag1bmbmxlvh7gqq35ifi64r2l6rnvrf6pqyan";
-  };
-
-  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib
-    cp $src $out/lib/winstone.jar
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://winstone.sourceforge.net/;
-    description = "A simple Java Servlet container";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.cddl;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.rickynils ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4b97691339f2..805118ff3f0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4885,7 +4885,7 @@ in
 
   ola = callPackage ../applications/misc/ola { };
 
-  olive-editor = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/olive-editor { 
+  olive-editor = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/olive-editor {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreFoundation;
   };
 
@@ -14726,7 +14726,7 @@ in
 
   webhook = callPackage ../servers/http/webhook { };
 
-  winstone = callPackage ../servers/http/winstone { };
+  winstone = throw "Winstone is not supported anymore. Alternatives are Jetty or Tomcat.";
 
   xinetd = callPackage ../servers/xinetd { };