diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 75deabefb836..9649879e18f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   prometheus-unifi-exporter = throw "prometheus-unifi-exporter is deprecated and archived by upstream, use unifi-poller instead"; # Added 2022-06-03
   protobuf3_7 = throw "protobuf3_7 does not receive updates anymore and has been removed"; # Added 2022-10-03
   protobuf3_11 = throw "protobuf3_11 does not receive updates anymore and has been removed"; # Added 2022-09-28
+  protobuf3_17 = throw "protobuf3_17 does not receive updates anymore and has been removed"; # Added 2023-05-21
   protonup = protonup-ng; # Added 2022-11-06
   proxytunnel = throw "proxytunnel has been removed from nixpkgs, because it has not been update upstream since it was added to nixpkgs in 2008 and has therefore bitrotted."; # added 2021-12-15
   pulseaudio-hsphfpd = throw "pulseaudio-hsphfpd upstream has been abandoned"; # Added 2022-03-23
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 73fc4012e5a3..f075f26c97a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23493,7 +23493,6 @@ with pkgs;
   protobuf3_21 = callPackage ../development/libraries/protobuf/3.21.nix { };
   protobuf3_20 = callPackage ../development/libraries/protobuf/3.20.nix { };
   protobuf3_19 = callPackage ../development/libraries/protobuf/3.19.nix { };
-  protobuf3_17 = callPackage ../development/libraries/protobuf/3.17.nix { };
 
   protobufc = callPackage ../development/libraries/protobufc { };