diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/minergate-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/minergate-cli/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fe4103f613c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/minergate-cli/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchurl, lib, stdenv, dpkg, makeWrapper, openssl }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  version = "8.2";
-  pname = "minergate-cli";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://minergate.com/download/ubuntu-cli";
-    sha256 = "393c5ba236f6f92c449496fcda9509f4bfd3887422df98ffa59b3072124a99d8";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ dpkg makeWrapper ];
-
-  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    dpkg-deb -x $src $out
-    pgm=$out/opt/minergate-cli/minergate-cli
-
-    interpreter=${stdenv.glibc}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
-    patchelf --set-interpreter "$interpreter" $pgm
-
-    wrapProgram $pgm --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ openssl stdenv.cc.cc ]}
-
-    rm $out/usr/bin/minergate-cli
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    ln -s $pgm $out/bin
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Minergate CPU/GPU console client mining software";
-    homepage = "https://www.minergate.com/";
-    license = licenses.unfree;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bfortz ];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-};
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/minergate/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/minergate/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f6ec20b0df7e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/minergate/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchurl, lib, stdenv, dpkg, makeWrapper, fontconfig, freetype, openssl, xorg, xkeyboard_config }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  version = "8.1";
-  pname = "minergate";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://minergate.com/download/ubuntu";
-    sha256 = "1dbbbb8e0735cde239fca9e82c096dcc882f6cecda20bba7c14720a614c16e13";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ dpkg makeWrapper ];
-
-  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    dpkg-deb -x $src $out
-    pgm=$out/opt/minergate/minergate
-
-    interpreter=${stdenv.glibc}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
-    patchelf --set-interpreter "$interpreter" $pgm
-
-    wrapProgram $pgm --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ fontconfig freetype openssl stdenv.cc.cc xorg.libX11 xorg.libxcb ]} --prefix "QT_XKB_CONFIG_ROOT" ":" "${xkeyboard_config}/share/X11/xkb"
-
-    rm $out/usr/bin/minergate
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    ln -s $out/opt/minergate/minergate $out/bin
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Minergate CPU/GPU mining software";
-    homepage = "https://www.minergate.com/";
-    license = licenses.unfree;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bfortz ];
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-};
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 1cfda235b6c6..5a16b3c9e552 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -473,7 +473,9 @@ mapAliases ({
   mess = mame; # added 2019-10-30
   mcgrid = throw "mcgrid has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's not compatible with rivet 3"; # added 2020-05-23
   mcomix = throw "mcomix has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained; try mcomix3 a Python 3 fork"; # added 2019-12-10, modified 2020-11-25
-  mirage = throw "mirage has been femoved from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained"; # added 2019-12-10
+  mirage = throw "mirage has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained"; # added 2019-12-10
+  minergate = throw "minergate has been removed from nixpkgs, because the package is unmaintained and the site has a bad reputation"; # added 2021-08-13
+  minergate-cli = throw "minergatecli has been removed from nixpkgs, because the package is unmaintained and the site has a bad reputation"; # added 2021-08-13
   mopidy-gmusic = throw "mopidy-gmusic has been removed because Google Play Music was discontinued"; # added 2021-03-07
   mopidy-local-images = throw "mopidy-local-images has been removed as it's unmaintained. It's functionality has been merged into the mopidy-local extension."; # added 2020-10-18
   mopidy-local-sqlite = throw "mopidy-local-sqlite has been removed as it's unmaintained. It's functionality has been merged into the mopidy-local extension."; # added 2020-10-18
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b0a4e45ec59f..f9de8b6ea03b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6590,10 +6590,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   mhonarc = perlPackages.MHonArc;
 
-  minergate = callPackage ../applications/misc/minergate { };
-
-  minergate-cli = callPackage ../applications/misc/minergate-cli { };
-
   minica = callPackage ../tools/security/minica { };
 
   minidlna = callPackage ../tools/networking/minidlna { };