NixOS · Jan 10, 2020 · Jan 10, 2020
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages.nix
@@ -196,94 +196,8 @@ in {
     meta.knownVulnerabilities = [ "Support ended in August 2018." ];
   };
 
-}) // (let
-
-  tbcommon = args: common (args // {
-    pname = "tor-browser";
-    isTorBrowserLike = true;
-
-    unpackPhase = ''
-      # fetchFromGitHub produces ro sources, root dir gets a name that
-      # is too long for shebangs. fixing
-      cp -a $src tor-browser
-      chmod -R +w tor-browser
-      cd tor-browser
-
-      # set times for xpi archives
-      find . -exec touch -d'2010-01-01 00:00' {} \;
-    '';
-
-    meta = (args.meta or {}) // {
-      description = "A web browser built from TorBrowser source tree";
-      longDescription = ''
-        This is a version of TorBrowser with bundle-related patches
-        reverted.
-
-        I.e. it's a variant of Firefox with less fingerprinting and
-        some isolation features you can't get with any extensions.
-
-        Or, alternatively, a variant of TorBrowser that works like any
-        other UNIX program and doesn't expect you to run it from a
-        bundle.
-
-        It will use your default Firefox profile if you're not careful
-        even! Be careful!
-
-        It will clash with firefox binary if you install both. But it
-        should not be a problem because you should run browsers in
-        separate users/VMs anyway.
-
-        Create new profile by starting it as
-
-        $ firefox -ProfileManager
-
-        and then configure it to use your tor instance.
-
-        Or just use `tor-browser-bundle` package that packs this
-        `tor-browser` back into a sanely-built bundle.
-      '';
-      homepage = "https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html";
-      platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-      license = with lib.licenses; [ mpl20 bsd3 ];
-    };
-  });
-
-in rec {
-
-  tor-browser-7-5 = (tbcommon {
-    ffversion = "52.9.0esr";
-    tbversion = "7.5.6";
-
-    # FIXME: fetchFromGitHub is not ideal, unpacked source is >900Mb
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "SLNOS";
-      repo  = "tor-browser";
-      # branch "tor-browser-52.9.0esr-7.5-2-slnos"
-      rev   = "95bb92d552876a1f4260edf68fda5faa3eb36ad8";
-      sha256 = "1ykn3yg4s36g2cpzxbz7s995c33ij8kgyvghx38z4i8siaqxdddy";
-    };
-  }).override {
-    gtk3Support = false;
-  };
-
-  tor-browser-8-5 = tbcommon rec {
-    ffversion = "60.9.0esr";
-    tbversion = "8.5.6";
-
-    # FIXME: fetchFromGitHub is not ideal, unpacked source is >900Mb
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "SLNOS";
-      repo  = "tor-browser";
-      # branch "tor-browser-60.9.0esr-8.5-2-slnos"
-      rev   = "0489ae3158cd8c0e16c2e78b94083d8cbf0209dc";
-      sha256 = "0y5s7d8pg8ak990dp8d801j9823igaibfhv9hsa79nib5yllifzs";
-    };
-
-    patches = [
-      missing-documentation-patch
-    ];
-  };
-
-  tor-browser = tor-browser-8-5;
+  tor-browser-7-5 = throw "firefoxPackages.tor-browser-7-5 was removed because it was out of date and inadequately maintained. Please use tor-browser-bundle-bin instead. See #77452.";
+  tor-browser-8-5 = throw "firefoxPackages.tor-browser-8-5 was removed because it was out of date and inadequately maintained. Please use tor-browser-bundle-bin instead. See #77452.";
+  tor-browser = throw "firefoxPackages.tor-browser was removed because it was out of date and inadequately maintained. Please use tor-browser-bundle-bin instead. See #77452.";
 
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/tor-browser-bundle-bin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/tor-browser-bundle-bin/default.nix
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
 
 # Extra preferences
 , extraPrefs ? ""
-
-# For meta
-, tor-browser-bundle
 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
@@ -394,7 +391,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Tor Browser Bundle built by torproject.org";
-    longDescription = tor-browser-bundle.meta.longDescription;
+    longDescription = ''
+      Tor Browser Bundle is a bundle of the Tor daemon, Tor Browser (heavily patched version of
+      Firefox), several essential extensions for Tor Browser, and some tools that glue those
+      together with a convenient UI.
+
+      `tor-browser-bundle-bin` package is the official version built by torproject.org patched with
+      `patchelf` to work under nix and with bundled scripts adapted to the read-only nature of
+      the `/nix/store`.
+    '';
     homepage = "https://www.torproject.org/";
     platforms = attrNames srcs;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline matejc doublec thoughtpolice joachifm hax404 cap ];