diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix
index 01ab649261e5..7c33178708dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
   parallelBuild ? false,
   systemd,
   wxSupport ? true,
-  systemdSupport ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform systemd, # systemd support in epmd
+  # systemd support for epmd
+  systemdSupport ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform systemd,
   # updateScript deps
   writeScript,
   common-updater-scripts,
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
   odbcSupport ? false,
   odbcPackages ? [ unixODBC ],
   opensslPackage ? openssl,
+  systemdSupport ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform systemd,
   wxPackages ? [
     libGL
     libGLU
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a0a2d4b040d2..ae0a409a1b39 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ mapAliases {
   bashInteractive_5 = throw "'bashInteractive_5' has been renamed to/replaced by 'bashInteractive'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   bash_5 = throw "'bash_5' has been renamed to/replaced by 'bash'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   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
   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
@@ -564,6 +565,7 @@ mapAliases {
 
   erlang_24 = throw "erlang_24 has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream";
   erlang_27-rc3 = throw "erlang_27-rc3 has been removed in favor of erlang_27"; # added 2024-05-20
+  erlang_nox = throw "erlang_nox has been removed in favor of beam_minimal.packages.erlang or beamMinimalPackages.erlang"; # added 2025-04-01
   erlangR24 = throw "erlangR24 has been removed in favor of erlang_24"; # added 2024-05-24
   erlangR24_odbc = throw "erlangR24_odbc has been removed in favor of erlang_24_odbc"; # added 2024-05-24
   erlangR24_javac = throw "erlangR24_javac has been removed in favor of erlang_24_javac"; # added 2024-05-24
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 94d3caeddc03..f96fd83a8adb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   akkoma = callPackage ../by-name/ak/akkoma/package.nix {
-    beamPackages = beam_nox.packages.erlang_26.extend (
+    beamPackages = beam_minimal.packages.erlang_26.extend (
       self: super: {
         elixir = self.elixir_1_16;
         rebar3 = self.rebar3WithPlugins {
@@ -7373,14 +7373,9 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   beam = callPackage ./beam-packages.nix { };
-  beam_nox = callPackage ./beam-packages.nix {
-    beam = beam_nox;
-    wxSupport = false;
-  };
   beam_minimal = callPackage ./beam-packages.nix {
     beam = beam_minimal;
     wxSupport = false;
-    systemdSupport = false;
   };
 
   inherit (beam.interpreters)
@@ -7398,8 +7393,6 @@ with pkgs;
     elixir-ls
     ;
 
-  erlang_nox = beam_nox.interpreters.erlang;
-
   inherit (beam.packages.erlang)
     erlang-ls
     ex_doc