diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ag/agebox/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ag/agebox/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f9d73063ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ag/agebox/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  # Required based on 'go' directive in go.mod,
+  # remove when Go in nixpkgs defaults to 1.23 or later.
+  buildGo123Module,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+}:
+
+buildGo123Module rec {
+  pname = "agebox";
+  version = "0.7.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "slok";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-RtFa7k+tw0hyf7bYm51aIxptaD4uOH6/3WDjeoWEEKA=";
+  };
+
+  vendorHash = "sha256-57YbYDvRYOzQATEFpAuGzQzOYNY8n5LUrcu8jhjSiNI=";
+
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-X main.Version=${version}"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/slok/agebox";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/slok/agebox/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    description = "Age based repository file encryption gitops tool";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lesuisse ];
+    mainProgram = "agebox";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 972743705c9f..9884796a343e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ mapAliases {
   aeon = throw "aeon has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-07-15
   afl = throw "afl has been removed as the upstream project was archived. Consider using 'aflplusplus'"; # Added 2024-04-21
   agda-pkg = throw "agda-pkg has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2024-09-10"
-  agebox = throw "agebox has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2024-07-13
   airfield = throw "airfield has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2023-05-19
   alertmanager-bot = throw "alertmanager-bot is broken and has been archived by upstream"; # Added 2023-07-28
   alsa-project = throw "alsa-project was removed and its sub-attributes were promoted to top-level."; # Added 2023-11-12