diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/crackmapexec/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/crackmapexec/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a72fdff89aa..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/crackmapexec/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, python3
-}:
-
-python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  pname = "crackmapexec";
-  version = "5.4.0";
-  format = "pyproject";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Porchetta-Industries";
-    repo = "CrackMapExec";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-V2n840QyLofTfQE4vtFYGfQwl65sklp+KfNS9RCLvI8=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-    poetry-core
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-    aioconsole
-    aardwolf
-    beautifulsoup4
-    dsinternals
-    impacket
-    lsassy
-    masky
-    msgpack
-    neo4j
-    paramiko
-    pylnk3
-    pypsrp
-    pywerview
-    requests
-    requests-ntlm
-    termcolor
-    terminaltables
-    xmltodict
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace '{ git = "https://github.com/mpgn/impacket.git", branch = "master" }' '"x"'
-  '';
-
-  pythonRelaxDeps = true;
-
-  # Project has no tests
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "cme"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Tool for pentesting networks";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Porchetta-Industries/CrackMapExec";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/Porchetta-Industries/CrackMapExec/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    license = with licenses; [ bsd2 ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
-    mainProgram = "cme";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 471a3763e938..dc3aed7f8b83 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   connmanPackages = throw "'connmanPackages' was removed and their subpackages/attributes were promoted to top level."; # Added 2023-10-08
   containerpilot = throw "'containerpilot' has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-06-09
   convoy = throw "'convoy' has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was archived upstream"; # Added 2023-12-27
+  crackmapexec = throw "'crackmapexec' has been removed as it was unmaintained. Use 'netexec' instead"; # 2024-08-11
   crda = throw "'crda' has been removed from nixpkgs, as it is needed only for kernels before 4.16"; # Added 2024-02-06
   cups-kyodialog3 = cups-kyodialog; # Added 2022-11-12
   cvs_fast_export = cvs-fast-export; # Added 2021-06-10
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0420320704d3..d93a1e5566fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6928,8 +6928,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cpufetch = callPackage ../tools/misc/cpufetch { };
 
-  crackmapexec = callPackage ../tools/security/crackmapexec { };
-
   crackxls = callPackage ../tools/security/crackxls { };
 
   crd2pulumi = callPackage ../development/tools/crd2pulumi { };