diff --git a/modules/module-list.nix b/modules/module-list.nix
index 1d40a4145ae0..656adcf04b78 100644
--- a/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
   ./services/logging/logrotate.nix
   ./services/logging/logstash.nix
   ./services/logging/syslogd.nix
-  ./services/mail/dovecot.nix
   ./services/mail/dovecot2.nix
   ./services/mail/freepops.nix
   ./services/mail/mail.nix
diff --git a/modules/services/mail/dovecot.nix b/modules/services/mail/dovecot.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ff41c8f43025..000000000000
--- a/modules/services/mail/dovecot.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with pkgs.lib;
-
-let
-
-  cfg = config.services.dovecot;
-
-  dovecotConf =
-    ''
-      base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
-
-      protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s
-    ''
-    + (if cfg.sslServerCert!="" then
-    ''
-      ssl_cert_file = ${cfg.sslServerCert}
-      ssl_key_file = ${cfg.sslServerKey}
-      ssl_ca_file = ${cfg.sslCACert}
-    '' else ''
-      ssl_disable = yes
-      disable_plaintext_auth = no
-    '')
-
-    + ''
-      login_user = ${cfg.user}
-      login_chroot = no
-
-      mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/mail/%u
-
-      maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes
-
-      auth default {
-        mechanisms = plain login
-        userdb passwd {
-        }
-        passdb pam {
-        }
-        user = root
-      }
-      auth_debug = yes
-      auth_verbose = yes
-
-      pop3_uidl_format = %08Xv%08Xu
-
-      log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
-    '';
-
-  confFile = pkgs.writeText "dovecot.conf" dovecotConf;
-
-in
-
-{
-
-  ###### interface
-
-  options = {
-
-    services.dovecot = {
-
-      enable = mkOption {
-        default = false;
-        description = "Whether to enable the Dovecot POP3/IMAP server.";
-      };
-
-      user = mkOption {
-        default = "dovecot";
-        description = "Dovecot user name.";
-      };
-
-      group = mkOption {
-        default = "dovecot";
-        description = "Dovecot group name.";
-      };
-
-      sslServerCert = mkOption {
-        default = "";
-        description = "Server certificate";
-      };
-
-      sslCACert = mkOption {
-        default = "";
-        description = "CA certificate used by the server certificate.";
-      };
-
-      sslServerKey = mkOption {
-        default = "";
-        description = "Server key.";
-      };
-
-    };
-
-  };
-
-
-  ###### implementation
-
-  config = mkIf config.services.dovecot.enable {
-
-    security.pam.services = [ { name = "dovecot"; } ];
-
-    users.extraUsers = singleton
-      { name = cfg.user;
-        uid = config.ids.uids.dovecot;
-        description = "Dovecot user";
-        group = cfg.group;
-      };
-
-    users.extraGroups = singleton
-      { name = cfg.group;
-        gid = config.ids.gids.dovecot;
-      };
-
-    jobs.dovecot =
-      { description = "Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server";
-
-        startOn = "started networking";
-
-        preStart =
-          ''
-            ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/dovecot /var/run/dovecot/login
-            ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown -R ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} /var/run/dovecot
-          '';
-
-        exec = "${pkgs.dovecot}/sbin/dovecot -F -c ${confFile}";
-      };
-
-  };
-
-}