diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/nix-direnv/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/nix-direnv/default.nix
index 1873cc60557d..0de14426f213 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/nix-direnv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/nix-direnv/default.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,9 @@
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , gnugrep
-, nixStable
-, nixUnstable
-, enableFlakes ? false
+, nix
+, enableFlakes ? null # deprecated
 }:
-
-let
-  nix = if enableFlakes then nixUnstable else nixStable;
-in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nix-direnv";
   version = "1.5.0";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index dafbd0c6d301..48d1c21445fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   nfsUtils = nfs-utils;  # added 2014-12-06
   nginxUnstable = nginxMainline; # added 2018-04-25
   nilfs_utils = nilfs-utils; # added 2018-04-25
+  nix-direnv-flakes = nix-direnv;
   nix-review = nixpkgs-review; # added 2019-12-22
   nixFlakes = nixStable; # added 2021-05-21
   nmap_graphical = nmap-graphical;  # added 2017-01-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 64a2e12a9c00..20aee3ff0962 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3338,7 +3338,6 @@ with pkgs;
   nfstrace = callPackage ../tools/networking/nfstrace { };
 
   nix-direnv = callPackage ../tools/misc/nix-direnv { };
-  nix-direnv-flakes = callPackage ../tools/misc/nix-direnv { enableFlakes = true; };
 
   nix-output-monitor = haskell.lib.justStaticExecutables (haskellPackages.nix-output-monitor);