diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
index 6f51ba512c12..43ff0018714f 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
@@ -24,16 +24,13 @@ rec {
   * `allowSubstitutes = false;`
   * to a derivation’s attributes.
   */
-  runCommand = runCommandNoCC;
-  runCommandLocal = runCommandNoCCLocal;
-
-  runCommandNoCC = name: env: runCommandWith {
+  runCommand = name: env: runCommandWith {
     stdenv = stdenvNoCC;
     runLocal = false;
     inherit name;
     derivationArgs = env;
   };
-  runCommandNoCCLocal = name: env: runCommandWith {
+  runCommandLocal = name: env: runCommandWith {
     stdenv = stdenvNoCC;
     runLocal = true;
     inherit name;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5a16b3c9e552..d529b474aff3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -728,6 +728,8 @@ mapAliases ({
   rubyPackages_2_5 = throw "rubyPackages_2_5 was deprecated in 2021-02: use a newer version of rubyPackages instead";
   rubygems = throw "rubygems was deprecated on 2016-03-02: rubygems is now bundled with ruby";
   rubyMinimal = throw "rubyMinimal was removed due to being unused";
+  runCommandNoCC = lib.warn "runCommandNoCC is deprecated. Use the equivalent runCommand function instead." runCommand;
+  runCommandNoCCLocal = lib.warn "runCommandNoCCLocal is deprecated. Use the equivalent runCommandLocal function instead." runCommandLocal;
   runwayml = throw "runwayml is now a webapp"; # added 2021-04-17
   rxvt_unicode-with-plugins = rxvt-unicode; # added 2020-02-02
   rxvt_unicode = rxvt-unicode-unwrapped; # added 2020-02-02