diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix
index f82175e39bec..67e59ba8c7ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix
@@ -42,23 +42,14 @@ lib.makeExtensible (
 
     beets-minimal = self.beets.override { disableAllPlugins = true; };
 
-    beets-unstable = callPackage ./common.nix {
-      inherit python3Packages;
-      version = "2.3.1";
-      src = fetchFromGitHub {
-        owner = "beetbox";
-        repo = "beets";
-        rev = "d487d675b9115672c484eab8a6729b1f0fd24b68";
-        hash = "sha256-INxL2XDn8kwRYYcZATv/NdLmAtfQvxVDWKB1OYo8dxY=";
-      };
-    };
-
     alternatives = callPackage ./plugins/alternatives.nix { beets = self.beets-minimal; };
     audible = callPackage ./plugins/audible.nix { beets = self.beets-minimal; };
     copyartifacts = callPackage ./plugins/copyartifacts.nix { beets = self.beets-minimal; };
     filetote = callPackage ./plugins/filetote.nix { beets = self.beets-minimal; };
   }
   // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
+    beets-unstable = lib.warn "beets-unstable was aliased to beets, since upstream releases are frequent nowadays" self.beets;
+
     extrafiles = throw "extrafiles is unmaintained since 2020 and broken since beets 2.0.0";
   }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 3983c112f00e..b150770f0772 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ mapAliases {
   BeatSaberModManager = beatsabermodmanager; # Added 2024-06-12
   beam_nox = throw "beam_nox has been removed in favor of beam_minimal or beamMinimalPackages"; # Added 2025-04-01
   beatsabermodmanager = throw "'beatsabermodmanager' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintainenance. Consider using 'bs-manager' instead"; # Added 2025-03-18
+  inherit (beetsPackages) beets-unstable;
   betterbird = throw "betterbird has been removed as there were insufficient maintainer resources to keep up with security updates"; # Added 2024-10-25
   betterbird-unwrapped = throw "betterbird has been removed as there were insufficient maintainer resources to keep up with security updates"; # Added 2024-10-25
   bfc = throw "bfc has been removed, as it does not build with supported LLVM versions"; # Added 2025-08-10
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0a95aa07adee..989871a1cb8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2392,7 +2392,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   beetsPackages = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../tools/audio/beets { });
-  inherit (beetsPackages) beets beets-unstable;
+  inherit (beetsPackages) beets;
 
   binlore = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/binlore { };