diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml
index 6916fd225dac..e8e89c5bbc28 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@
      KDE’s old multimedia framework Phonon no longer supports Qt 4. For that reason, Plasma desktop also does not have <option>enableQt4Support</option> option any more.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     The BeeGFS module has been removed.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 5f4a608d74d5..6d1ef0d234ab 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -538,7 +538,6 @@
   ./services/monitoring/zabbix-agent.nix
   ./services/monitoring/zabbix-proxy.nix
   ./services/monitoring/zabbix-server.nix
-  ./services/network-filesystems/beegfs.nix
   ./services/network-filesystems/cachefilesd.nix
   ./services/network-filesystems/davfs2.nix
   ./services/network-filesystems/drbd.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index a109b26a5f3d..c810bcf3bca1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ with lib;
     # BLCR
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "environment.blcr.enable" ] "The BLCR module has been removed")
 
+    # beegfs
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services.beegfsEnable" ] "The BeeGFS module has been removed")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services.beegfs" ] "The BeeGFS module has been removed")
+
     # Redis
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "redis" "user" ] "The redis module now is hardcoded to the redis user.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "redis" "dbpath" ] "The redis module now uses /var/lib/redis as data directory.")
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/beegfs.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/beegfs.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e03a422665a..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/beegfs.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,357 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ...} :
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-  cfg = config.services.beegfs;
-
-  # functions for the generations of config files
-
-  configMgmtd = name: cfg: pkgs.writeText "mgmt-${name}.conf" ''
-    storeMgmtdDirectory = ${cfg.mgmtd.storeDir}
-    storeAllowFirstRunInit = false
-    connAuthFile = ${cfg.connAuthFile}
-    connPortShift = ${toString cfg.connPortShift}
-
-    ${cfg.mgmtd.extraConfig}
-  '';
-
-  configAdmon = name: cfg: pkgs.writeText "admon-${name}.conf" ''
-    sysMgmtdHost = ${cfg.mgmtdHost}
-    connAuthFile = ${cfg.connAuthFile}
-    connPortShift = ${toString cfg.connPortShift}
-
-    ${cfg.admon.extraConfig}
-  '';
-
-  configMeta = name: cfg: pkgs.writeText "meta-${name}.conf" ''
-    storeMetaDirectory = ${cfg.meta.storeDir}
-    sysMgmtdHost = ${cfg.mgmtdHost}
-    connAuthFile = ${cfg.connAuthFile}
-    connPortShift = ${toString cfg.connPortShift}
-    storeAllowFirstRunInit = false
-
-    ${cfg.meta.extraConfig}
-  '';
-
-  configStorage = name: cfg: pkgs.writeText "storage-${name}.conf" ''
-    storeStorageDirectory = ${cfg.storage.storeDir}
-    sysMgmtdHost = ${cfg.mgmtdHost}
-    connAuthFile = ${cfg.connAuthFile}
-    connPortShift = ${toString cfg.connPortShift}
-    storeAllowFirstRunInit = false
-
-    ${cfg.storage.extraConfig}
-  '';
-
-  configHelperd = name: cfg: pkgs.writeText "helperd-${name}.conf" ''
-    connAuthFile = ${cfg.connAuthFile}
-    ${cfg.helperd.extraConfig}
-  '';
-
-  configClientFilename = name : "/etc/beegfs/client-${name}.conf";
-
-  configClient = name: cfg: ''
-    sysMgmtdHost = ${cfg.mgmtdHost}
-    connAuthFile = ${cfg.connAuthFile}
-    connPortShift = ${toString cfg.connPortShift}
-
-    ${cfg.client.extraConfig}
-  '';
-
-  serviceList = [
-    { service = "admon"; cfgFile = configAdmon; }
-    { service = "meta"; cfgFile = configMeta; }
-    { service = "mgmtd"; cfgFile = configMgmtd; }
-    { service = "storage"; cfgFile = configStorage; }
-  ];
-
-  # functions to generate systemd.service entries
-
-  systemdEntry = service: cfgFile: (mapAttrs' ( name: cfg:
-    (nameValuePair "beegfs-${service}-${name}" (mkIf cfg.${service}.enable {
-    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-    requires = [ "network-online.target" ];
-    after = [ "network-online.target" ];
-    serviceConfig = rec {
-      ExecStart = ''
-        ${pkgs.beegfs}/bin/beegfs-${service} \
-          cfgFile=${cfgFile name cfg} \
-          pidFile=${PIDFile}
-      '';
-      PIDFile = "/run/beegfs-${service}-${name}.pid";
-      TimeoutStopSec = "300";
-    };
-  }))) cfg);
-
-  systemdHelperd =  mapAttrs' ( name: cfg:
-    (nameValuePair "beegfs-helperd-${name}" (mkIf cfg.client.enable {
-    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-    requires = [ "network-online.target" ];
-    after = [ "network-online.target" ];
-    serviceConfig = rec {
-      ExecStart = ''
-        ${pkgs.beegfs}/bin/beegfs-helperd \
-          cfgFile=${configHelperd name cfg} \
-          pidFile=${PIDFile}
-      '';
-      PIDFile = "/run/beegfs-helperd-${name}.pid";
-      TimeoutStopSec = "300";
-    };
-   }))) cfg;
-
-  # wrappers to beegfs tools. Avoid typing path of config files
-  utilWrappers = mapAttrsToList ( name: cfg:
-    ( pkgs.runCommand "beegfs-utils-${name}" {
-        nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
-        preferLocalBuild = true;
-        } ''
-        mkdir -p $out/bin
-
-        makeWrapper ${pkgs.beegfs}/bin/beegfs-check-servers \
-                    $out/bin/beegfs-check-servers-${name} \
-                    --add-flags "-c ${configClientFilename name}" \
-                    --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ pkgs.beegfs ]}
-
-        makeWrapper ${pkgs.beegfs}/bin/beegfs-ctl \
-                    $out/bin/beegfs-ctl-${name} \
-                    --add-flags "--cfgFile=${configClientFilename name}"
-
-        makeWrapper ${pkgs.beegfs}/bin/beegfs-ctl \
-                    $out/bin/beegfs-df-${name} \
-                    --add-flags "--cfgFile=${configClientFilename name}" \
-                    --add-flags --listtargets  \
-                    --add-flags --hidenodeid \
-                    --add-flags --pools \
-                    --add-flags --spaceinfo
-
-        makeWrapper ${pkgs.beegfs}/bin/beegfs-fsck \
-                    $out/bin/beegfs-fsck-${name} \
-                    --add-flags "--cfgFile=${configClientFilename name}"
-      ''
-     )) cfg;
-in
-{
-  ###### interface
-
-  options = {
-    services.beegfsEnable = mkEnableOption "BeeGFS";
-
-    services.beegfs = mkOption {
-      default = {};
-      description = ''
-        BeeGFS configurations. Every mount point requires a separate configuration.
-      '';
-      type = with types; attrsOf (submodule ({ ... } : {
-        options = {
-          mgmtdHost = mkOption {
-            type = types.str;
-            default = null;
-            example = "master";
-            description = ''Hostname of managament host.'';
-          };
-
-          connAuthFile = mkOption {
-            type = types.str;
-            default = "";
-            example = "/etc/my.key";
-            description = "File containing shared secret authentication.";
-          };
-
-          connPortShift = mkOption {
-            type = types.int;
-            default = 0;
-            example = 5;
-            description = ''
-              For each additional beegfs configuration shift all
-              service TCP/UDP ports by at least 5.
-            '';
-          };
-
-          client = {
-            enable = mkEnableOption "BeeGFS client";
-
-            mount = mkOption {
-              type = types.bool;
-              default = true;
-              description = "Create fstab entry automatically";
-            };
-
-            mountPoint = mkOption {
-              type = types.str;
-              default = "/run/beegfs";
-              description = ''
-                Mount point under which the beegfs filesytem should be mounted.
-                If mounted manually the mount option specifing the config file is needed:
-                cfgFile=/etc/beegfs/beegfs-client-&lt;name&gt;.conf
-              '';
-            };
-
-            extraConfig = mkOption {
-              type = types.lines;
-              default = "";
-              description = ''
-                Additional lines for beegfs-client.conf.
-                See documentation for further details.
-             '';
-            };
-          };
-
-          helperd = {
-            enable = mkOption {
-              type = types.bool;
-              default = true;
-              description = ''
-                Enable the BeeGFS helperd.
-                The helpered is need for logging purposes on the client.
-                Disabling <literal>helperd</literal> allows for runing the client
-                with <literal>allowUnfree = false</literal>.
-              '';
-            };
-
-            extraConfig = mkOption {
-              type = types.lines;
-              default = "";
-              description = ''
-                Additional lines for beegfs-helperd.conf. See documentation
-                for further details.
-              '';
-            };
-          };
-
-          mgmtd = {
-            enable = mkEnableOption "BeeGFS mgmtd daemon";
-
-            storeDir = mkOption {
-              type = types.path;
-              default = null;
-              example = "/data/beegfs-mgmtd";
-              description = ''
-                Data directory for mgmtd.
-                Must not be shared with other beegfs daemons.
-                This directory must exist and it must be initialized
-                with beegfs-setup-mgmtd, e.g. "beegfs-setup-mgmtd -C -p &lt;storeDir&gt;"
-              '';
-            };
-
-            extraConfig = mkOption {
-              type = types.lines;
-              default = "";
-              description = ''
-                Additional lines for beegfs-mgmtd.conf. See documentation
-                for further details.
-              '';
-            };
-          };
-
-          admon = {
-            enable = mkEnableOption "BeeGFS admon daemon";
-
-            extraConfig = mkOption {
-              type = types.lines;
-              default = "";
-              description = ''
-                Additional lines for beegfs-admon.conf. See documentation
-                for further details.
-              '';
-            };
-          };
-
-          meta = {
-            enable = mkEnableOption "BeeGFS meta data daemon";
-
-            storeDir = mkOption {
-              type = types.path;
-              default = null;
-              example = "/data/beegfs-meta";
-              description = ''
-                Data directory for meta data service.
-                Must not be shared with other beegfs daemons.
-                The underlying filesystem must be mounted with xattr turned on.
-                This directory must exist and it must be initialized
-                with beegfs-setup-meta, e.g.
-                "beegfs-setup-meta -C -s &lt;serviceID&gt; -p &lt;storeDir&gt;"
-              '';
-            };
-
-            extraConfig = mkOption {
-              type = types.str;
-              default = "";
-              description = ''
-                Additional lines for beegfs-meta.conf. See documentation
-                for further details.
-              '';
-            };
-          };
-
-          storage = {
-            enable = mkEnableOption "BeeGFS storage daemon";
-
-            storeDir = mkOption {
-              type = types.path;
-              default = null;
-              example = "/data/beegfs-storage";
-              description = ''
-                Data directories for storage service.
-                Must not be shared with other beegfs daemons.
-                The underlying filesystem must be mounted with xattr turned on.
-                This directory must exist and it must be initialized
-                with beegfs-setup-storage, e.g.
-                "beegfs-setup-storage -C -s &lt;serviceID&gt; -i &lt;storageTargetID&gt; -p &lt;storeDir&gt;"
-              '';
-            };
-
-            extraConfig = mkOption {
-              type = types.str;
-              default = "";
-              description = ''
-                Addional lines for beegfs-storage.conf. See documentation
-                for further details.
-              '';
-            };
-          };
-        };
-      }));
-    };
-  };
-
-  ###### implementation
-
-  config =
-    mkIf config.services.beegfsEnable {
-
-    environment.systemPackages = utilWrappers;
-
-    # Put the client.conf files in /etc since they are needed
-    # by the commandline tools
-    environment.etc = mapAttrs' ( name: cfg:
-      (nameValuePair "beegfs/client-${name}.conf" (mkIf (cfg.client.enable)
-    {
-      enable = true;
-      text = configClient name cfg;
-    }))) cfg;
-
-    # Kernel module, we need it only once per host.
-    boot = mkIf (
-      foldr (a: b: a || b) false
-        (map (x: x.client.enable) (collect (x: x ? client) cfg)))
-    {
-      kernelModules = [ "beegfs" ];
-      extraModulePackages = [ pkgs.linuxPackages.beegfs-module ];
-    };
-
-    # generate fstab entries
-    fileSystems = mapAttrs' (name: cfg:
-      (nameValuePair cfg.client.mountPoint (optionalAttrs cfg.client.mount (mkIf cfg.client.enable {
-      device = "beegfs_nodev";
-      fsType = "beegfs";
-      mountPoint = cfg.client.mountPoint;
-      options = [ "cfgFile=${configClientFilename name}" "_netdev" ];
-    })))) cfg;
-
-    # generate systemd services
-    systemd.services = systemdHelperd //
-      foldr (a: b: a // b) {}
-        (map (x: systemdEntry x.service x.cfgFile) serviceList);
-  };
-}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index a2129ef7076e..f1c3c7dcef34 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ in
   babeld = handleTest ./babeld.nix {};
   bcachefs = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./bcachefs.nix {}; # linux-4.18.2018.10.12 is unsupported on aarch64
   beanstalkd = handleTest ./beanstalkd.nix {};
-  beegfs = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./beegfs.nix {}; # beegfs is unsupported on aarch64
   bind = handleTest ./bind.nix {};
   bittorrent = handleTest ./bittorrent.nix {};
   #blivet = handleTest ./blivet.nix {};   # broken since 2017-07024
diff --git a/nixos/tests/beegfs.nix b/nixos/tests/beegfs.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3465272f5599..000000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/beegfs.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-import ./make-test.nix ({ ... } :
-
-let
-  connAuthFile="beegfs/auth-def.key";
-
-  client = { pkgs, ... } : {
-    networking.firewall.enable = false;
-    services.beegfsEnable = true;
-    services.beegfs.default = {
-      mgmtdHost = "mgmt";
-      connAuthFile = "/etc/${connAuthFile}";
-      client = {
-        mount = false;
-        enable = true;
-      };
-    };
-
-    fileSystems = pkgs.lib.mkVMOverride # FIXME: this should be creatd by the module
-      [ { mountPoint = "/beegfs";
-          device = "default";
-          fsType = "beegfs";
-          options = [ "cfgFile=/etc/beegfs/client-default.conf" "_netdev" ];
-        }
-      ];
-
-    environment.etc.${connAuthFile} = {
-      enable = true;
-      text = "ThisIsALousySecret";
-      mode = "0600";
-    };
-  };
-
-
-  server = service : { pkgs, ... } : {
-    networking.firewall.enable = false;
-    boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = ''
-      ${pkgs.e2fsprogs}/bin/mkfs.ext4 -L data /dev/vdb
-    '';
-
-    virtualisation.emptyDiskImages = [ 4096 ];
-
-    fileSystems = pkgs.lib.mkVMOverride
-      [ { mountPoint = "/data";
-          device = "/dev/disk/by-label/data";
-          fsType = "ext4";
-        }
-      ];
-
-    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ beegfs ];
-    environment.etc.${connAuthFile} = {
-      enable = true;
-      text = "ThisIsALousySecret";
-      mode = "0600";
-    };
-
-    services.beegfsEnable = true;
-    services.beegfs.default = {
-      mgmtdHost = "mgmt";
-      connAuthFile = "/etc/${connAuthFile}";
-      ${service} = {
-        enable = true;
-        storeDir = "/data";
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-in
-{
-  name = "beegfs";
-
-  nodes = {
-    meta = server "meta";
-    mgmt = server "mgmtd";
-    storage1 = server "storage";
-    storage2 = server "storage";
-    client1 = client;
-    client2 = client;
-  };
-
-  testScript = ''
-    # Initalize the data directories
-    $mgmt->waitForUnit("default.target");
-    $mgmt->succeed("beegfs-setup-mgmtd -C -f -p /data");
-    $mgmt->succeed("systemctl start beegfs-mgmtd-default");
-
-    $meta->waitForUnit("default.target");
-    $meta->succeed("beegfs-setup-meta -C -f -s 1 -p /data");
-    $meta->succeed("systemctl start beegfs-meta-default");
-
-    $storage1->waitForUnit("default.target");
-    $storage1->succeed("beegfs-setup-storage -C -f -s 1 -i 1 -p /data");
-    $storage1->succeed("systemctl start beegfs-storage-default");
-
-    $storage2->waitForUnit("default.target");
-    $storage2->succeed("beegfs-setup-storage -C -f -s 2 -i 2 -p /data");
-    $storage2->succeed("systemctl start beegfs-storage-default");
-
-    #
-
-    # Basic test
-    $client1->waitForUnit("beegfs.mount");
-    $client1->succeed("beegfs-check-servers-default");
-    $client1->succeed("echo test > /beegfs/test");
-    $client2->waitForUnit("beegfs.mount");
-    $client2->succeed("test -e /beegfs/test");
-    $client2->succeed("cat /beegfs/test | grep test");
-
-    # test raid0/stripping
-    $client1->succeed("dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1M count=10 of=/beegfs/striped");
-    $client2->succeed("cat /beegfs/striped > /dev/null");
-
-    # check if fs is still healthy
-    $client1->succeed("beegfs-fsck-default --checkfs");
-  '';
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/beegfs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/beegfs/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ce2fea69245..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/beegfs/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,167 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, unzip, which
-, libuuid, attr, xfsprogs, cppunit, rdma-core
-, zlib, openssl, sqlite, jre, openjdk, ant
-, openssh, perl, gfortran, influxdb, curl
-} :
-
-let
-  version = "7.0";
-
-  subdirs = [
-    "beeond_thirdparty/build"
-    "beeond_thirdparty_gpl/build"
-    "thirdparty/build"
-    "opentk_lib/build"
-    "common/build"
-    "admon/build"
-    "java_lib/build"
-    "ctl/build"
-    "fsck/build"
-    "helperd/build"
-    "meta/build"
-    "mgmtd/build"
-    "storage/build"
-    "utils/build"
-    "mon/build"
-    "upgrade/beegfs_mirror_md/build"
-  ];
-
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "beegfs";
-  inherit version;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://git.beegfs.com/pub/v7/repository/archive.tar.bz2?ref=${version}";
-    sha256 = "1wsljd5ybyhl94aqrdfvcs8a0l8w4pr0bs1vhjrf4y7ldhw35m3k";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ which unzip pkgconfig cppunit openjdk ant perl ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    libuuid
-    attr
-    xfsprogs
-    zlib
-    openssl
-    sqlite
-    jre
-    rdma-core
-    openssh
-    gfortran
-    influxdb
-    curl
-  ];
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ]; # required for building beeond
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs ./
-    find -type f -name Makefile -exec sed -i "s:/bin/bash:${stdenv.shell}:" \{} \;
-    find -type f -name Makefile -exec sed -i "s:/bin/true:true:" \{} \;
-    find -type f -name "*.mk" -exec sed -i "s:/bin/true:true:" \{} \;
-
-    # unpack manually and patch variable name
-    sed -i '/tar -C $(SOURCE_PATH) -xzf $(PCOPY_TAR)/d' beeond_thirdparty/build/Makefile
-    cd beeond_thirdparty/source
-    tar xf pcopy-0.96.tar.gz
-    sed -i 's/\([^_]\)rank/\1grank/' pcopy-0.96/src/pcp.cpp
-    cd ../..
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    for i in ${toString subdirs}; do
-      make -C $i BEEGFS_OPENTK_IBVERBS=1 ''${enableParallelBuilding:+-j''${NIX_BUILD_CORES} -l''${NIX_BUILD_CORES}}
-    done
-    make -C admon/build admon_gui BEEGFS_OPENTK_IBVERBS=1
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    binDir=$out/bin
-    docDir=$out/share/doc/beegfs
-    includeDir=$out/include/beegfs
-    libDir=$out/lib
-    libDirPkg=$out/lib/beegfs
-
-    mkdir -p $binDir $libDir $libDirPkg $docDir $includeDir
-
-    cp admon/build/beegfs-admon $binDir
-    cp admon/build/dist/usr/bin/beegfs-admon-gui $binDir
-    cp admon_gui/dist/beegfs-admon-gui.jar $libDirPkg
-    cp admon/build/dist/etc/beegfs-admon.conf $docDir
-
-    cp java_lib/build/jbeegfs.jar $libDirPkg
-    cp java_lib/build/libjbeegfs.so $libDir
-
-    cp ctl/build/beegfs-ctl $binDir
-    cp fsck/build/beegfs-fsck $binDir
-
-    cp utils/scripts/beegfs-check-servers $binDir
-    cp utils/scripts/beegfs-df $binDir
-    cp utils/scripts/beegfs-net $binDir
-
-    cp helperd/build/beegfs-helperd $binDir
-    cp helperd/build/dist/etc/beegfs-helperd.conf $docDir
-
-    cp client_module/build/dist/sbin/beegfs-setup-client $binDir
-    cp client_module/build/dist/etc/beegfs-client.conf $docDir
-
-    cp meta/build/beegfs-meta $binDir
-    cp meta/build/dist/sbin/beegfs-setup-meta $binDir
-    cp meta/build/dist/etc/beegfs-meta.conf $docDir
-
-    cp mgmtd/build/beegfs-mgmtd $binDir
-    cp mgmtd/build/dist/sbin/beegfs-setup-mgmtd $binDir
-    cp mgmtd/build/dist/etc/beegfs-mgmtd.conf $docDir
-
-    cp storage/build/beegfs-storage $binDir
-    cp storage/build/dist/sbin/beegfs-setup-storage $binDir
-    cp storage/build/dist/etc/beegfs-storage.conf $docDir
-
-    cp opentk_lib/build/libbeegfs-opentk.so $libDir
-
-    cp upgrade/beegfs_mirror_md/build/beegfs-mirror-md $binDir
-
-    cp client_devel/build/dist/usr/share/doc/beegfs-client-devel/examples/* $docDir
-    cp -r client_devel/include/* $includeDir
-
-    cp beeond_thirdparty_gpl/build/parallel $out/bin
-    cp beeond_thirdparty/build/pcopy/p* $out/bin
-    cp beeond_thirdparty/build/pcopy/s* $out/bin
-    cp -r beeond/scripts/* $out
-    cp beeond/source/* $out/bin
-  '';
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/beegfs-admon-gui \
-      --replace " java " " ${jre}/bin/java " \
-      --replace "/opt/beegfs/beegfs-admon-gui/beegfs-admon-gui.jar" \
-                "$libDirPkg/beegfs-admon-gui.jar"
-
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/beeond \
-      --replace /opt/beegfs/sbin "$out/bin"
-  '';
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:`pwd`/opentk_lib/build/ \
-      common/build/test-runner --text
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "High performance distributed filesystem with RDMA support";
-    homepage = "https://www.beegfs.io";
-    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
-    license = {
-      fullName = "BeeGFS_EULA";
-      url = "https://www.beegfs.io/docs/BeeGFS_EULA.txt";
-      free = false;
-    };
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ markuskowa ];
-    # 2019-08-09
-    # fails to build and had stability issues earlier
-    broken = true;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/beegfs/kernel-module.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/beegfs/kernel-module.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 286252b927b1..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/beegfs/kernel-module.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, which
-, kmod, kernel
-} :
-
-let
-  version = "7.0";
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "beegfs-module-${version}-${kernel.version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://git.beegfs.com/pub/v7/repository/archive.tar.bz2?ref=${version}";
-    sha256 = "1wsljd5ybyhl94aqrdfvcs8a0l8w4pr0bs1vhjrf4y7ldhw35m3k";
-  };
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" "pic" "stackprotector" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ which kmod ];
-
-  buildInputs = kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
-
-  makeFlags = [ "KDIR=${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build/" ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs ./
-    find -type f -name Makefile -exec sed -i "s:/bin/bash:${stdenv.shell}:" \{} \;
-    find -type f -name Makefile -exec sed -i "s:/bin/true:true:" \{} \;
-    find -type f -name "*.mk" -exec sed -i "s:/bin/true:true:" \{} \;
-  '';
-
-  preBuild = "cd client_module/build";
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    instdir=$out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/extras/fs/beegfs
-    mkdir -p $instdir
-    cp beegfs.ko $instdir
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "High performance distributed filesystem with RDMA support";
-    homepage = "https://www.beegfs.io";
-    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ markuskowa ];
-    broken = stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast kernel.version "4.18";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 238f7b947720..8bc18fc4661b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   at_spi2_core = at-spi2-core; # added 2018-02-25
   bar-xft = lemonbar-xft;  # added 2015-01-16
   bashCompletion = bash-completion; # Added 2016-09-28
+  beegfs = throw "beegfs has been removed."; # added 2019-11-24
   bridge_utils = bridge-utils;  # added 2015-02-20
   bro = zeek; # added 2019-09-29
   btrfsProgs = btrfs-progs; # added 2016-01-03
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a738cd4bf418..020e71e63d1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2164,8 +2164,6 @@ in
 
   beanstalkd = callPackage ../servers/beanstalkd { };
 
-  beegfs = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/beegfs { };
-
   beets = callPackage ../tools/audio/beets {
     pythonPackages = python3Packages;
   };
@@ -16277,8 +16275,6 @@ in
 
     bbswitch = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/bbswitch {};
 
-    beegfs-module = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/beegfs/kernel-module.nix { };
-
     ati_drivers_x11 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ati-drivers { };
 
     chipsec = callPackage ../tools/security/chipsec {