diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/packages.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/packages.nix
index 4131b6a53920..ae1046318cd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/packages.nix
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ in
       branch = finalAttrs.version;
     };
   });
-  texinfo5 = buildTexinfo {
-    version = "5.2";
-    hash = "sha256-VHHvaDpkWIp8/vRu8r3T+8vKidhH4QgyYSKT8QXkTto=";
-  };
   texinfo6_5 = buildTexinfo {
     version = "6.5";
     hash = "sha256-d3dLP0oGwgcFzC7xyASGRCLjz5UjXpZbHwCkbffaX2I=";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 891bc3c081bf..ce21eab77ab6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1221,6 +1221,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pgtap = postgresqlPackages.pgtap;
   plv8 = postgresqlPackages.plv8;
   postgis = postgresqlPackages.postgis;
+  texinfo5 = throw "'texinfo5' has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-09-10
   timescaledb = postgresqlPackages.timescaledb;
   tsearch_extras = postgresqlPackages.tsearch_extras;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6d05d9f7c4f9..ff431ecc89b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19016,7 +19016,6 @@ with pkgs;
   texinfoPackages = callPackages ../development/tools/misc/texinfo/packages.nix { };
   inherit (texinfoPackages)
     texinfo413
-    texinfo5 # needed for gcc48
     texinfo6_5 # needed for allegro
     texinfo6_7 # needed for gpm, iksemel and fwknop
     texinfo6