diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b8a804f9aaa1..6a9d88d910ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   clangAnalyzer = clang-analyzer;  # added 2015-02-20
   clawsMail = claws-mail; # added 2016-04-29
   clutter_gtk = clutter-gtk; # added 2018-02-25
+  cmakeWithQt4Gui = throw "cmakeWithQt4Gui has been removed in favor of cmakeWithGui (Qt 5)"; # added 2021-05
   codimd = hedgedoc; # added 2020-11-29
   compton = picom; # added 2019-12-02
   compton-git = compton; # added 2019-05-20