diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-teardown/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-teardown/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f5c299b24d76..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-teardown/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{
-  writeShellApplication,
-  coreutils,
-  gnused,
-  gnugrep,
-  which,
-
-  # apparmor deps
-  apparmor-parser,
-  apparmor-bin-utils,
-  libapparmor,
-}:
-writeShellApplication {
-  name = "apparmor-teardown";
-  runtimeInputs = [
-    apparmor-parser
-    apparmor-bin-utils
-    coreutils
-    gnused
-    gnugrep
-    which
-  ];
-
-  text = ''
-    set +e # the imported script tries to `read` an empty line
-    # shellcheck source=/dev/null
-    . ${apparmor-parser}/lib/apparmor/rc.apparmor.functions
-    remove_profiles
-    exit 0
-  '';
-
-  inherit (libapparmor) meta;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 17f35a1a3d5a..304775b98a97 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ mapAliases {
   apacheKafka_3_9 = throw "apacheKafka_2_8 through _4_0 have been removed from nixpkgs as outdated"; # Added 2026-07-07
   apacheKafka_4_0 = throw "apacheKafka_2_8 through _4_0 have been removed from nixpkgs as outdated"; # Added 2026-07-07
   apmplanner2 = throw "'apmplanner2' has been removed as it depends on insecure&unmaintained qtwebkit"; # Added 2026-04-26
+  apparmor-teardown = warnAlias "'apparmor-teardown' has been replaced by 'apparmor-init', which more closely follows intended teardown procedures." apparmor-init; # Added 2026-07-14
   apple-sdk_11 = throw "apple-sdk_11 was removed as Nixpkgs no longer supports macOS 11; see the 25.11 release notes"; # Added 2025-05-10
   apple-sdk_12 = throw "apple-sdk_12 was removed as Nixpkgs no longer supports macOS 12; see the 25.11 release notes"; # Added 2025-05-10
   apple-sdk_13 = throw "apple-sdk_13 was removed as Nixpkgs no longer supports macOS 13; see the 25.11 release notes"; # Added 2025-05-10