diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix
index eeca6ccfbb46..b35fd4b927d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/default.nix
@@ -24,41 +24,6 @@ rec {
 
   electron = electron_16;
 
-  electron_3 = mkElectron "3.1.13" {
-    x86_64-linux = "1psmbplz6jhnnf6hmfhxbmmhn4n1dpnhzbc12pxn645xhfpk9ark";
-    x86_64-darwin = "1vvjm4jifzjqvbs2kjlwg1h9p2czr2b5imjr9hld1j8nyfrzb0dx";
-    i686-linux = "04i0rcp4ajp4nf4arcl5crcc7a85sf0ixqd8jx07k2b1irv4dc23";
-    armv7l-linux = "1pzs2cj12xw18jwab0mb8xhndwd95lbsj5ml5xdw2mb0ip5jsvsa";
-    aarch64-linux = "13pc7xn0dkb8i31vg9zplqcvb7r9r7q3inmr3419b5p9bl0687x8";
-  };
-
-  electron_4 = mkElectron "4.2.12" {
-    x86_64-linux = "72c5319c92baa7101bea3254a036c0cd3bcf257f4a03a0bb153668b7292ee2dd";
-    x86_64-darwin = "89b0e16bb9b7072ed7ed1906fccd08540acdd9f42dd8a29c97fa17d811b8c5e5";
-    i686-linux = "bf96b1736141737bb064e48bdb543302fd259de634b1790b7cf930525f47859f";
-    armv7l-linux = "2d970b3020627e5381fd4916dd8fa50ca9556202c118ab4cba09c293960689e9";
-    aarch64-linux = "938b7cc5f917247a120920df30374f86414b0c06f9f3dc7ab02be1cadc944e55";
-    headers = "0943wc2874s58pkpzm1l55ycgbhv60m62r8aix88gl45i6zngb2g";
-  };
-
-  electron_5 = mkElectron "5.0.13" {
-    x86_64-linux = "8ded43241c4b7a6f04f2ff21c75ae10e4e6db1794e8b1b4f7656c0ed21667f8f";
-    x86_64-darwin = "589834815fb9667b3c1c1aa6ccbd87d50e5660ecb430f6b475168b772b9857cd";
-    i686-linux = "ccf4a5ed226928a30bd3ea830913d99853abb089bd4a6299ffa9fa0daa8d026a";
-    armv7l-linux = "96ad83802bc61d87bb952027d49e5dd297f58e4493e66e393b26e51e09065add";
-    aarch64-linux = "01f0fd313b060fb28a1022d68fb224d415fa22986e2a8f4aded6424b65e35add";
-    headers = "0najajj1kjj0rbqzjvk9ipq0pgympwad77hs019cz2m8ssaxqfrv";
-  };
-
-  electron_6 = mkElectron "6.1.12" {
-    x86_64-linux = "dc628216588a896e72991d46071d06ef11aed2cdeca18d11d472c29cfbf12349";
-    x86_64-darwin = "6c7244319fdfb90899a48ffd0f426e36dba7c3fc5e29b28a4d29fdca7fb924d3";
-    i686-linux = "4e61dc4aed1c1b933b233e02833948f3b17f81f3444f02e9108a78c0540159ab";
-    armv7l-linux = "06071b4dc59a6773ff604550ed9e7a7ae8722b5343cbb5d4b94942fe537211dc";
-    aarch64-linux = "4ae23b75be821044f7e5878fe8e56ab3109cbd403ecd88221effa6abf850260b";
-    headers = "0im694h8wqp31yzncwfnhz5g1ijrmqnypcakl0h7xcn7v25yp7s3";
-  };
-
   electron_7 = mkElectron "7.3.3" {
     x86_64-linux = "a947228a859149bec5bd937f9f3c03eb0aa4d78cfe4dfa9aead60d3646a357f9";
     x86_64-darwin = "e081436abef52212065f560ea6add1c0cd13d287a1b3cc76b28d2762f7651a4e";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 3517f43fbeee..699cbec070ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ mapAliases ({
   ec2_api_tools = ec2-api-tools; # added 2021-10-08
   elasticmq = throw "elasticmq has been removed in favour of elasticmq-server-bin"; # added 2021-01-17
   elasticsearch7-oss = throw "elasticsearch7-oss has been removed, as the distribution is no longer provided by upstream. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/114456"; # added 2021-06-09
+  electron_3 = throw "electron_3 has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # added 2021-01-06
+  electron_4 = throw "electron_4 has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # added 2021-01-06
+  electron_5 = throw "electron_5 has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # added 2021-01-06
+  electron_6 = throw "electron_6 has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # added 2021-01-06
   electrum-dash = throw "electrum-dash has been removed from nixpkgs as the project is abandoned."; # added 2022-01-01
   emacsPackagesGen = emacsPackagesFor; # added 2018-08-18
   emacsPackagesNgGen = emacsPackagesFor; # added 2018-08-18
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 82bd5f88666f..a3b696fa046a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14111,10 +14111,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   inherit (callPackages ../development/tools/electron { })
     electron
-    electron_3
-    electron_4
-    electron_5
-    electron_6
     electron_7
     electron_8
     electron_9