diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 0f1b3cc643a3..9e7bfc7b3ce0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   # so package reduced to alias
   mesa_drivers = mesa.drivers;
   midoriWrapper = midori; # added 2015-01
+  mist = throw "mist has been removed as the upstream project has been abandoned, see https://github.com/ethereum/mist#mist-browser-deprecated"; # added 2020-08-15
   mlt-qt5 = libsForQt5.mlt;  # added 2015-12-19
   mobile_broadband_provider_info = mobile-broadband-provider-info; # added 2018-02-25
   moby = throw "moby has been removed, merged into linuxkit in 2018.  Use linuxkit instead.";
@@ -720,12 +721,4 @@ mapAliases ({
   /* Cleanup before 21.03 */
   riot-desktop = throw "riot-desktop is now element-desktop!";
   riot-web = throw "riot-web is now element-web";
-
-  # added 2020-08-14
-  mist = throw ''
-    Mist have been deprecated and not maintained anymore.
-
-    See the announcement (https://medium.com/@avsa/sunsetting-mist-da21c8e943d2) and
-    view the migration guide (https://medium.com/@omgwtfmarc/mist-migration-patterns-6bcf066ac383).
-  '';
 })