diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lima/bin.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lima/bin.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f9ee61291426..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lima/bin.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenvNoCC,
-  lib,
-  fetchurl,
-  writeScript,
-  installShellFiles,
-  qemu,
-  makeBinaryWrapper,
-  autoPatchelfHook,
-}:
-
-let
-  version = "0.22.0";
-
-  dist = {
-    aarch64-darwin = rec {
-      archSuffix = "Darwin-arm64";
-      url = "https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases/download/v${version}/lima-${version}-${archSuffix}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "271e0224d3e678450424abd4e6766a14ea52b146824bf8cfac7a0f486ceb2a0c";
-    };
-
-    x86_64-darwin = rec {
-      archSuffix = "Darwin-x86_64";
-      url = "https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases/download/v${version}/lima-${version}-${archSuffix}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "f2d331ef783e0bb00e193efc3d5c9438df5d284b1cbac771e5d239c3459b2b3d";
-    };
-
-    aarch64-linux = rec {
-      archSuffix = "Linux-aarch64";
-      url = "https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases/download/v${version}/lima-${version}-${archSuffix}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "8c5c6dc21fae19c5645bf8db8f441aeab7fba21fbe882b2b9db58c126d07846b";
-    };
-
-    x86_64-linux = rec {
-      archSuffix = "Linux-x86_64";
-      url = "https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases/download/v${version}/lima-${version}-${archSuffix}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "58e66114ae1e991512a86b6952ab3a1ffe0e12e08199a9a3ea13c3d2f24b307e";
-    };
-  };
-in
-stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
-  inherit version;
-  pname = "lima";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    inherit
-      (dist.${stdenvNoCC.hostPlatform.system}
-        or (throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenvNoCC.hostPlatform.system}")
-      )
-      url
-      sha256
-      ;
-  };
-
-  sourceRoot = ".";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    makeBinaryWrapper
-    installShellFiles
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenvNoCC.hostPlatform.isLinux [ autoPatchelfHook ];
-
-  installPhase =
-    ''
-      runHook preInstall
-      mkdir -p $out
-      cp -r bin share $out
-      chmod +x $out/bin/limactl
-      wrapProgram $out/bin/limactl \
-        --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ qemu ]}
-    ''
-    + lib.optionalString (stdenvNoCC.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenvNoCC.hostPlatform) ''
-      # the shell completion only works with a patched $out/bin/limactl and so
-      # needs to run after the autoPatchelfHook is executed in postFixup.
-      doShellCompletion() {
-        installShellCompletion --cmd limactl \
-          --bash <($out/bin/limactl completion bash) \
-          --fish <($out/bin/limactl completion fish) \
-          --zsh <($out/bin/limactl completion zsh)
-      }
-      postFixupHooks+=(doShellCompletion)
-    ''
-    + ''
-      runHook postInstall
-    '';
-
-  doInstallCheck = true;
-  installCheckPhase = ''
-    USER=nix $out/bin/limactl validate $out/share/lima/examples/default.yaml
-    USER=nix $out/bin/limactl validate $out/share/lima/examples/experimental/vz.yaml
-  '';
-
-  # Stripping removes entitlements of the binary on Darwin making it non-operational.
-  # Therefore, disable stripping on Darwin.
-  dontStrip = stdenvNoCC.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
-
-  passthru.updateScript =
-    let
-      lima-bin = builtins.toString ./bin.nix;
-    in
-    writeScript "update-lima-bin.sh" ''
-      #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-      #!nix-shell -i bash -p common-updater-scripts curl jq gawk
-
-      set -eou pipefail
-
-      LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -Ls https://api.github.com/repos/lima-vm/lima/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name | cut -c 2-)
-      curl -Ls -o SHA256SUMS https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases/download/v$LATEST_VERSION/SHA256SUMS
-      AARCH64_DARWIN_SHA256=$(cat SHA256SUMS | awk '/Darwin-arm64/{print $1}')
-      X86_64_DARWIN_SHA256=$(cat SHA256SUMS | awk '/Darwin-x86_64/{print $1}')
-      AARCH64_LINUX_SHA256=$(cat SHA256SUMS | awk '/Linux-aarch64/{print $1}')
-      X86_64_LINUX_SHA256=$(cat SHA256SUMS | awk '/Linux-x86_64/{print $1}')
-
-      # reset version first so that all platforms are always updated and in sync
-      update-source-version lima-bin $LATEST_VERSION $AARCH64_DARWIN_SHA256 --file=${lima-bin} --ignore-same-version --system=aarch64-darwin
-      update-source-version lima-bin $LATEST_VERSION $X86_64_DARWIN_SHA256 --file=${lima-bin} --ignore-same-version --system=x86_64-darwin
-      update-source-version lima-bin $LATEST_VERSION $AARCH64_LINUX_SHA256 --file=${lima-bin} --ignore-same-version --system=aarch64-linux
-      update-source-version lima-bin $LATEST_VERSION $X86_64_LINUX_SHA256 --file=${lima-bin} --ignore-same-version --system=x86_64-linux
-      rm SHA256SUMS
-    '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/lima-vm/lima";
-    description = "Linux virtual machines (on macOS, in most cases)";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ tricktron ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 08350e4c731c..684373d28eb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ mapAliases {
   licensor = throw "'licensor' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
   lightdm_gtk_greeter = lightdm-gtk-greeter; # Added 2022-08-01
   lightstep-tracer-cpp = throw "lightstep-tracer-cpp is deprecated since 2022-08-29; the upstream recommends migration to opentelemetry projects.";
+  lima-bin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "lima-bin has been replaced by lima" lima; # Added 2025-05-13
   lime3ds = throw "lime3ds is deprecated, use 'azahar' instead."; # Added 2025-03-22
   limesctl = throw "limesctl has been removed because it is insignificant."; # Added 2024-11-25
   linenoise-ng = throw "'linenoise-ng' has been removed as the upstream project was archived. Consider using 'linenoise' instead."; # Added 2025-05-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b36a8a52b50d..0d5733076306 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16343,8 +16343,6 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin) sigtool;
   };
 
-  lima-bin = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/lima/bin.nix { };
-
   image_optim = callPackage ../applications/graphics/image_optim { inherit (nodePackages) svgo; };
 
   # using the new configuration style proposal which is unstable