diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libtorrent/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libtorrent-rakshasa/package.nix
similarity index 97%
rename from pkgs/by-name/li/libtorrent/package.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/li/libtorrent-rakshasa/package.nix
index e6e3dcb89924..a30747ce9f0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libtorrent/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libtorrent-rakshasa/package.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "rakshasa-libtorrent";
+  pname = "libtorrent-rakshasa";
   version = "0.16.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index d9387656098c..5d2bd869f819 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1354,6 +1354,7 @@ mapAliases {
   libsoup = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘libsoup’ has been renamed to ‘libsoup_2_4’" libsoup_2_4; # Added 2024-12-02
   libstdcxx5 = throw "libstdcxx5 is severly outdated and has been removed"; # Added 2024-11-24
   libtensorflow-bin = libtensorflow; # Added 2022-09-25
+  libtorrent = throw "'libtorrent' has been renamed to 'libtorrent-rakshasa' for clearer distinction from 'libtorrent-rasterbar'"; # Added 2025-09-10
   libtorrentRasterbar = throw "'libtorrentRasterbar' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libtorrent-rasterbar'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   libtorrentRasterbar-1_2_x = throw "'libtorrentRasterbar-1_2_x' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libtorrent-rasterbar-1_2_x'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   libtorrentRasterbar-2_0_x = throw "'libtorrentRasterbar-2_0_x' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libtorrent-rasterbar-2_0_x'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17