diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/qvim.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/qvim.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e3a4a150526..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/qvim.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-args@{ fetchgit, stdenv, ncurses, pkgconfig, gettext
-, lib, config, python, perl, tcl, ruby, qt4
-, libX11, libXext, libSM, libXpm, libXt, libXaw, libXau, libXmu
-, libICE
-, lua
-, features
-, luaSupport       ? config.vim.lua or true
-, perlSupport      ? config.vim.perl or false      # Perl interpreter
-, pythonSupport    ? config.vim.python or true
-, rubySupport      ? config.vim.ruby or true
-, nlsSupport       ? config.vim.nls or false
-, tclSupport       ? config.vim.tcl or false
-, multibyteSupport ? config.vim.multibyte or false
-, cscopeSupport    ? config.vim.cscope or false
-, netbeansSupport  ? config.netbeans or true # eg envim is using it
-
-# by default, compile with darwin support if we're compiling on darwin, but
-# allow this to be disabled by setting config.vim.darwin to false
-, darwinSupport    ? stdenv.isDarwin && (config.vim.darwin or true)
-
-# add .nix filetype detection and minimal syntax highlighting support
-, ftNixSupport     ? config.vim.ftNix or true
-
-, ... }: with args;
-
-let tag = "20140827";
-    sha256 = "0ncgbcm23z25naicxqkblz0mcl1zar2qwgi37y5ar8q8884w9ml2";
-in {
-
-  name = "qvim-7.4." + tag;
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true; # test this
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://bitbucket.org/equalsraf/vim-qt.git";
-    rev = "refs/tags/package-" + tag;
-    inherit sha256;
-  };
-
-  # FIXME: adopt Darwin fixes from vim/default.nix, then chage meta.platforms.linux
-  # to meta.platforms.unix
-  preConfigure = assert (! stdenv.isDarwin); "";
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-vim-name=qvim"
-    "--enable-gui=qt"
-    "--with-features=${features}"
-    "--disable-xsmp"
-    "--disable-xsmp_interact"
-    "--disable-workshop"          # Sun Visual Workshop support
-    "--disable-sniff"             # Sniff interface
-    "--disable-hangulinput"       # Hangul input support
-    "--disable-fontset"           # X fontset output support
-    "--disable-acl"               # ACL support
-    "--disable-gpm"               # GPM (Linux mouse daemon)
-    "--disable-mzscheme"
-  ]
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optionals luaSupport [
-    "--with-lua-prefix=${lua}"
-    "--enable-luainterp"
-  ]
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional pythonSupport      "--enable-pythoninterp"
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional (pythonSupport && stdenv.isDarwin) "--with-python-config-dir=${python}/lib"
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional nlsSupport         "--enable-nls"
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional perlSupport        "--enable-perlinterp"
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional rubySupport        "--enable-rubyinterp"
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional tclSupport         "--enable-tcl"
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional multibyteSupport   "--enable-multibyte"
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional darwinSupport      "--enable-darwin"
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional cscopeSupport      "--enable-cscope";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ ncurses pkgconfig libX11 libXext libSM libXpm libXt libXaw
-    libXau libXmu libICE qt4
-  ]
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional nlsSupport gettext
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional perlSupport perl
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional pythonSupport python
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional tclSupport tcl
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional rubySupport ruby
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional luaSupport lua
-  ;
-
-  postPatch = ''
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString ftNixSupport ''
-    # because we cd to src in the main patch phase, we can't just add this
-    # patch to the list, we have to apply it manually
-    cd runtime
-    patch -p2 < ${./ft-nix-support.patch}
-    cd ..
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
-    rpath=`patchelf --print-rpath $out/bin/qvim`;
-    for i in $nativeBuildInputs; do
-      echo adding $i/lib
-      rpath=$rpath:$i/lib
-    done
-    echo $nativeBuildInputs
-    echo $rpath
-    patchelf --set-rpath $rpath $out/bin/qvim
-  '';
-
-  dontStrip = 1;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "The most popular clone of the VI editor (Qt GUI fork)";
-    homepage    = "https://bitbucket.org/equalsraf/vim-qt/wiki/Home";
-    license = licenses.vim;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ smironov ttuegel ];
-    platforms   = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b020d6fac559..da3d3bdfc6d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   phonon = throw "Please use libsForQt5.phonon, as Qt4 support in this package has been removed."; # added 2019-11-22
   qca-qt5 = libsForQt5.qca-qt5;  # added 2015-12-19
   quake3game = ioquake3; # added 2016-01-14
+  qvim = throw "qvim has been removed."; # added 2020-08-31
   qwt6 = libsForQt5.qwt;  # added 2015-12-19
   qtpfsgui = throw "Is now luminanceHDR"; # added 2019-06-26
   quaternion-git = throw "quaternion-git has been removed in favor of the stable version 'quaternion'"; # added 2020-04-09
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index be86c4cd5bcc..e1140be1057d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23481,12 +23481,6 @@ in
     inherit (xorg) libxcb;
   };
 
-  qvim = lowPrio (callPackage ../applications/editors/vim/qvim.nix {
-    features = "huge"; # one of  tiny, small, normal, big or huge
-    lua = pkgs.lua5;
-    flags = [ "python" "X11" ]; # only flag "X11" by now
-  });
-
   vimpc = callPackage ../applications/audio/vimpc { };
 
   wrapNeovim = callPackage ../applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix { };