diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/percona-xtrabackup/2_4.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/percona-xtrabackup/2_4.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d2f951c5f89..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/percona-xtrabackup/2_4.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
-
-callPackage ./generic.nix (args // {
-  version = "2.4.26";
-  sha256 = "sha256-/erBv/Asi/MfoSvAcQ647VAgOfiViPunFWmvy/W9J18=";
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index d459d90fd2bc..a77df8b115ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1100,6 +1100,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pentablet-driver = xp-pen-g430-driver; # Added 2022-06-23
   percona-server = percona-server56; # Added 2022-11-01
   percona-server56 = throw "'percona-server56' has been dropped due to lack of maintenance, no upstream support and security issues"; # Added 2022-11-01
+  percona-xtrabackup_2_4 = throw "'percona-xtrabackup_2_4' has been renamed to/replaced by 'percona-xtrabackup'"; # Added 2022-12-23
   perlXMLParser = throw "'perlXMLParser' has been renamed to/replaced by 'perlPackages.XMLParser'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   perlArchiveCpio = throw "'perlArchiveCpio' has been renamed to/replaced by 'perlPackages.ArchiveCpio'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   pgadmin = pgadmin4;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 599f8a995f9a..31326355f96f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10466,10 +10466,6 @@ with pkgs;
   perceptualdiff = callPackage ../tools/graphics/perceptualdiff { };
 
   percona-xtrabackup = percona-xtrabackup_8_0;
-  percona-xtrabackup_2_4 = callPackage ../tools/backup/percona-xtrabackup/2_4.nix {
-    boost = boost159;
-    openssl = openssl_1_1;
-  };
   percona-xtrabackup_8_0 = callPackage ../tools/backup/percona-xtrabackup/8_0.nix {
     boost = boost177;
     openssl = openssl_1_1;