diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pl/plover/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pl/plover/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8753ebb0316c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pl/plover/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  python3Packages,
+  # For aliases
+  plover,
+}:
+python3Packages.toPythonApplication python3Packages.plover
+# Aliases to now-dropped plover.stable and plover.dev
+# Added 2026-04-22
+# TODO(@ShamrockLee): remove after Nixpkgs 25.11 EOL
+// lib.optionalAttrs (config.allowAliases && !(lib.oldestSupportedReleaseIsAtLeast 2605)) {
+  dev =
+    lib.throwIf (lib.oldestSupportedReleaseIsAtLeast 2511) "plover.dev was renamed. Use plover instead."
+      plover; # Added 2026-04-26
+  stable = throw "plover.stable was renamed. Use plover instead."; # Added 2022-06-05; updated 2026-04-26
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/4.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/4.nix
index 9c3cd4926213..4d65eb0875eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/4.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
-  config,
   stdenv,
-  plover,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   fetchpatch,
@@ -93,12 +91,3 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
   };
 }
-// lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
-  # TODO: After 26.05 branch-off, remove these aliases
-  dev =
-    if lib.versionOlder "25.05" lib.version then
-      throw "plover.dev was renamed. Use plover-dev instead." # added 2025-06-05`
-    else
-      plover;
-  stable = throw "plover.stable was renamed. Use plover instead."; # added 2022-06-05; updated 2025-06-27
-}