diff --git a/doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md b/doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md
index 1e1e190b3eda..1fac5244af66 100644
--- a/doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md
+++ b/doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md
@@ -291,14 +291,17 @@ Some of them are as follows:
 * *vendor* - can point to the source of the package, or to Nixpkgs itself
 * *product* - name of the package
 * *version* - version of the package
-* *update* - name of the latest update, can be a patch version for semantically versioned packages
-* *edition* - any additional specification about the version
+* *update* - vendor-specific string part of the version string of the latest update (e.g. `rc1`, `beta`, etc...)
+* *edition* - deprecated and should be set to `*`
 
 You can find information about all of these attributes in the [official specification](https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/security-content-automation-protocol/specifications/cpe/naming) (heading 5.3.3, pages 11-13).
 
-Any fields that don't have a value are set to either `-` if the value is not available or `*` when the field can match any value.
+Any fields that don't have a value are set to either:
 
-For example, for glibc 2.40.1 CPE would be `cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.40:1:*:*:*:*:*:*`.
+* `*` (ANY) when the field can match any value
+* `-` (NA) when the value is not meaningful or not used in the description
+
+For example, for glibc 2.40.1 CPE would be `cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.40.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*`.
 
 #### `meta.identifiers.cpeParts` {#var-meta-identifiers-cpeParts}
 
@@ -314,14 +317,13 @@ It is up to the package author to make sure all parts are correct and match expe
 Following functions help with filling out `version` and `update` fields:
 
 * [`lib.meta.cpeFullVersionWithVendor`](#function-library-lib.meta.cpeFullVersionWithVendor)
-* [`lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor`](#function-library-lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor)
 
 For many packages to make CPE available it should be enough to specify only:
 
 ```nix
 {
   # ...
-  meta.identifiers.cpeParts = lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor vendor version;
+  meta.identifiers.cpeParts = lib.meta.cpeFullVersionWithVendor vendor version;
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/meta.nix b/lib/meta.nix
index 1a1676f56aff..3341caf0e0fb 100644
--- a/lib/meta.nix
+++ b/lib/meta.nix
@@ -633,132 +633,4 @@ rec {
     update = "*";
   };
 
-  /**
-    Alternate version of [`lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor`](#function-library-lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor).
-    If `cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor` succeeds, returns an attribute set with `success` set to `true` and `value` set to the result.
-    Otherwise, `success` is set to `false` and `error` is set to the string representation of the error.
-
-    # Inputs
-
-    `vendor`
-
-    : package's vendor
-
-    `version`
-
-    : package's version
-
-    # Type
-
-    ```
-    tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor :: String -> String -> ({ success = true; value :: { update :: String; vendor :: String; version :: String; }; } | { success = false; error :: String; })
-    ```
-
-    # Examples
-    :::{.example}
-    ## `lib.meta.tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor` usage example
-
-    ```nix
-    lib.meta.tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor "gnu" "1.2.3"
-    => {
-      success = true;
-      value = {
-        vendor = "gnu";
-        version = "1.2";
-        update = "3";
-      };
-    }
-    ```
-
-    :::
-    :::{.example}
-    ## `lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor` error example
-
-    ```nix
-    lib.meta.tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor "gnu" "5.3p0"
-    => {
-      success = false;
-      error = "version 5.3p0 doesn't match regex `([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)`";
-    }
-    ```
-
-    :::
-  */
-  tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor =
-    vendor: version:
-    let
-      regex = "([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)";
-      # we have to call toString here in case version is an attrset with __toString attribute
-      versionMatch = builtins.match regex (toString version);
-    in
-    if versionMatch == null then
-      {
-        success = false;
-        error = "version ${version} doesn't match regex `${regex}`";
-      }
-    else
-      {
-        success = true;
-        value = {
-          inherit vendor;
-          version = elemAt versionMatch 0;
-          update = elemAt versionMatch 1;
-        };
-      };
-
-  /**
-    Generate [CPE parts](#var-meta-identifiers-cpeParts) from inputs. Copies `vendor` to the result. When `version` matches `X.Y.Z` where all parts are numerical, sets `version` and `update` fields to `X.Y` and `Z`. Throws an error if the version doesn't match the expected template.
-
-    # Inputs
-
-    `vendor`
-
-    : package's vendor
-
-    `version`
-
-    : package's version
-
-    # Type
-
-    ```
-    cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor :: String -> String -> { update :: String; vendor :: String; version :: String; }
-    ```
-
-    # Examples
-    :::{.example}
-    ## `lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor` usage example
-
-    ```nix
-    lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor "gnu" "1.2.3"
-    => {
-      vendor = "gnu";
-      version = "1.2";
-      update = "3";
-    }
-    ```
-
-    :::
-    :::{.example}
-    ## `lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor` usage in derivations
-
-    ```nix
-    mkDerivation rec {
-      version = "1.2.3";
-      # ...
-      meta = {
-        # ...
-        identifiers.cpeParts = lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor "gnu" version;
-      };
-    }
-    ```
-
-    :::
-  */
-  cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor =
-    vendor: version:
-    let
-      result = tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor vendor version;
-    in
-    if result.success then result.value else throw result.error;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
index 79f1bf5f1d09..fbf72005f92d 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ let
   inherit (lib.meta)
     availableOn
     cpeFullVersionWithVendor
-    tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor
     ;
 
   inherit (lib.generators)
@@ -491,7 +490,6 @@ let
       success = true;
       value = cpeFullVersionWithVendor vendor version;
     })
-    tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor
   ];
 
   # The meta attribute is passed in the resulting attribute set,