diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/restinio_0_6/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/restinio_0_6/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 91b83060ecbe..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/restinio_0_6/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
-
-stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "restinio";
-  version = "0.6.19";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/Stiffstream/restinio/releases/download/v.${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    hash = "sha256-fyHuvrlm4XDWq1TpsZiskn1DkJASFzngN8D6O7NnskA=";
-  };
-
-  sourceRoot = ".";
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    mkdir -p $out/include
-    mv restinio-*/dev/restinio $out/include
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Cross-platform, efficient, customizable, and robust asynchronous HTTP/WebSocket server C++14 library";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Stiffstream/restinio";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/Stiffstream/restinio/releases/tag/v.${version}";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5871a61f155e..f51bbb63ced8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1186,6 +1186,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   redocly-cli = redocly; # Added 2024-04-14
   redpanda = redpanda-client; # Added 2023-10-14
   redpanda-server = throw "'redpanda-server' has been removed because it was broken for a long time"; # Added 2024-06-10
+  restinio_0_6 = throw "restinio_0_6 has been removed from nixpkgs as it's not needed by downstream packages"; # Added 2024-07-04
   restya-board = throw "'restya-board' has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-01-22
   retdec-full = throw "'retdec-full' is no longer needed, please use 'retdec'"; # Added 2024-02-05
   retroshare06 = retroshare;