diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index fe92449220c4..66a892f13da5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -786,7 +786,6 @@
   ./services/scheduling/atd.nix
   ./services/scheduling/cron.nix
   ./services/scheduling/fcron.nix
-  ./services/scheduling/marathon.nix
   ./services/search/elasticsearch.nix
   ./services/search/elasticsearch-curator.nix
   ./services/search/hound.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 98a1393fef98..4733e3f758b7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ with lib;
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "chronos" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "firefox" "syncserver" "user" ] "")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "firefox" "syncserver" "group" ] "")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "marathon" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "mesos" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "winstone" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "networking" "vpnc" ] "Use environment.etc.\"vpnc/service.conf\" instead.")
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/marathon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/marathon.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e0d20c64b23..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/marathon.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-
-  cfg = config.services.marathon;
-
-in {
-
-  ###### interface
-
-  options.services.marathon = {
-    enable = mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
-      default = false;
-      description = ''
-	Whether to enable the marathon mesos framework.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    master = mkOption {
-      type = types.str;
-      default = "zk://${concatStringsSep "," cfg.zookeeperHosts}/mesos";
-      example = "zk://1.2.3.4:2181,2.3.4.5:2181,3.4.5.6:2181/mesos";
-      description = ''
-	Mesos master address. See <link xlink:href="https://mesosphere.github.io/marathon/docs/"/> for details.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    zookeeperHosts = mkOption {
-      type = types.listOf types.str;
-      default = [ "localhost:2181" ];
-      example = [ "1.2.3.4:2181" "2.3.4.5:2181" "3.4.5.6:2181" ];
-      description = ''
-	ZooKeeper hosts' addresses.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    user = mkOption {
-      type = types.str;
-      default = "marathon";
-      example = "root";
-      description = ''
-	The user that the Marathon framework will be launched as. If the user doesn't exist it will be created.
-	If you want to run apps that require root access or you want to launch apps using arbitrary users, that
-	is using the `--mesos_user` flag then you need to change this to `root`.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    httpPort = mkOption {
-      type = types.int;
-      default = 8080;
-      description = ''
-	Marathon listening port for HTTP connections.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    extraCmdLineOptions = mkOption {
-      type = types.listOf types.str;
-      default = [ ];
-      example = [ "--https_port=8443" "--zk_timeout=10000" "--marathon_store_timeout=2000" ];
-      description = ''
-	Extra command line options to pass to Marathon.
-	See <link xlink:href="https://mesosphere.github.io/marathon/docs/command-line-flags.html"/> for all possible flags.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    environment = mkOption {
-      default = { };
-      type = types.attrs;
-      example = { JAVA_OPTS = "-Xmx512m"; MESOSPHERE_HTTP_CREDENTIALS = "username:password"; };
-      description = ''
-	Environment variables passed to Marathon.
-      '';
-    };
-  };
-
-  ###### implementation
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    systemd.services.marathon = {
-      description = "Marathon Service";
-      environment = cfg.environment;
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      after = [ "network.target" "zookeeper.service" "mesos-master.service" "mesos-slave.service" ];
-
-      serviceConfig = {
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.marathon}/bin/marathon --master ${cfg.master} --zk zk://${concatStringsSep "," cfg.zookeeperHosts}/marathon --http_port ${toString cfg.httpPort} ${concatStringsSep " " cfg.extraCmdLineOptions}";
-        User = cfg.user;
-        Restart = "always";
-        RestartSec = "2";
-      };
-    };
-
-    users.users.${cfg.user}.isSystemUser = true;
-  };
-}