diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 320fc2d..a282146 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ NixOS modules ([src](modules/modules.nix))
     and [database replication](docs/services.md#setup-clightning-database-replication).\
     Available plugins:
     * [clboss](https://github.com/ZmnSCPxj/clboss): automated C-Lightning Node Manager
-    * [commando](https://github.com/lightningd/plugins/tree/master/commando): control your node over lightning
     * [currencyrate](https://github.com/lightningd/plugins/tree/master/currencyrate): currency converter
     * [helpme](https://github.com/lightningd/plugins/tree/master/helpme): walks you through setting up a fresh c-lightning node
     * [monitor](https://github.com/lightningd/plugins/tree/master/monitor): helps you analyze the health of your peers and channels
diff --git a/modules/clightning-plugins/commando.nix b/modules/clightning-plugins/commando.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b9c19f4..0000000
--- a/modules/clightning-plugins/commando.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-let cfg = config.services.clightning.plugins.commando; in
-{
-  options.services.clightning.plugins.commando = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "commando (clightning plugin)";
-    readers = mkOption {
-      type = with types; listOf str;
-      default = [];
-      example = [ "0266e4598d1d3c415f572a8488830b60f7e744ed9235eb0b1ba93283b315c03518" ];
-      description = ''
-        IDs of nodes which can execute read-only commands (list*, get*, ...).
-      '';
-    };
-    writers = mkOption {
-      type = with types; listOf str;
-      default = [];
-      example = [ "0266e4598d1d3c415f572a8488830b60f7e744ed9235eb0b1ba93283b315c03518" ];
-      description = ''
-        IDs of nodes which can execute any commands.
-      '';
-    };
-  };
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    services.clightning.extraConfig = ''
-      plugin=${config.nix-bitcoin.pkgs.clightning-plugins.commando.path}
-    ''
-    + concatMapStrings (reader: ''
-      commando_reader=${reader}
-    '') cfg.readers
-    + concatMapStrings (writer: ''
-      commando_writer=${writer}
-    '') cfg.writers;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/modules/clightning-plugins/default.nix b/modules/clightning-plugins/default.nix
index b31352a..8669860 100644
--- a/modules/clightning-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/modules/clightning-plugins/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ let
 in {
   imports = [
     ./clboss.nix
-    ./commando.nix
     ./feeadjuster.nix
     ./prometheus.nix
     ./summary.nix
diff --git a/modules/obsolete-options.nix b/modules/obsolete-options.nix
index e07bf30..1465963 100644
--- a/modules/obsolete-options.nix
+++ b/modules/obsolete-options.nix
@@ -61,6 +61,21 @@ in {
     "btcpayserver"
     "rtl"
     "electrs"
+  ]) ++
+  # 0.0.77
+  (
+    let
+      optionName = [ "services" "clightning" "plugins" "commando" ];
+    in [
+      (mkRemovedOptionModule (optionName ++ [ "enable" ]) ''
+        clightning 0.12.0 ships with a reimplementation of the commando plugin
+        that is incompatible with the commando module that existed in
+        nix-bitcoin. The new built-in commando plugin is always enabled. For
+        information on how to use it, run `lightning-cli help commando` and
+        `lightning-cli help commando-rune`.
+      '')
+      (mkRemovedOptionModule (optionName ++ [ "readers" ]) "")
+      (mkRemovedOptionModule (optionName ++ [ "writers" ]) "")
   ]);
 
   config = {
diff --git a/pkgs/clightning-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/clightning-plugins/default.nix
index b87c3d5..46d8022 100644
--- a/pkgs/clightning-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/clightning-plugins/default.nix
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ let
   version = builtins.substring 0 7 src.rev;
 
   plugins = with nbPython3Packages; {
-    commando = {
-      description = "Enable RPC over lightning";
-      extraPkgs = [ nbPython3Packages.runes ];
-    };
     currencyrate = {
       description = "Currency rate fetcher and converter";
       extraPkgs = [ requests cachetools ];
diff --git a/test/tests.nix b/test/tests.nix
index 1d74b40..77129ba 100644
--- a/test/tests.nix
+++ b/test/tests.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ let
       services.clightning.extraConfig = mkIf config.test.noConnections "disable-dns";
       test.data.clightning-plugins = let
         plugins = config.services.clightning.plugins;
-        enabled = builtins.filter (plugin: plugins.${plugin}.enable) (builtins.attrNames plugins);
+        removed = [ "commando" ];
+        enabled = builtins.filter (plugin: plugins.${plugin}.enable)
+                                  (subtractLists removed (builtins.attrNames plugins));
         nbPkgs = config.nix-bitcoin.pkgs;
         pluginPkgs = nbPkgs.clightning-plugins // {
           clboss.path = "${nbPkgs.clboss}/bin/clboss";
@@ -158,11 +160,6 @@ let
         prometheus.enable = true;
         rebalance.enable = true;
         summary.enable = true;
-        commando = {
-          enable = true;
-          readers = [ "0266e4598d1d3c415f572a8488830b60f7e744ed9235eb0b1ba93283b315c03518" ];
-          writers = [ "0336efaa22b8ba77ae721a25d589e1c5f2486073dd2f041add32a23316150e8b62" ];
-        };
         zmq = let tcpEndpoint = "tcp://127.0.0.1:5501"; in {
           enable = true;
           channel-opened = tcpEndpoint;