diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/kernel/paths-from-graph.pl b/pkgs/build-support/kernel/paths-from-graph.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index 1465b73fddb6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/build-support/kernel/paths-from-graph.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-# NOTE: this script is deprecated. Use closureInfo instead.
-
-# Parses a /nix/store/*-closure file and prints
-# various information.
-# By default, the nodes in the graph are printed to stdout.
-# If printRegistration is set, then the graph is written
-# as a registration file for a manifest is written
-# in the `nix-store --load-db' format.
-
-use strict;
-use File::Basename;
-
-my %storePaths;
-my %refs;
-
-# Each argument on the command line is a graph file.
-# The graph file contains line-triples and a variable
-# number of references:
-# <store-path>
-# <deriver>
-# <count>
-# <ref-#1>
-# ...
-# <ref-#count>
-foreach my $graph (@ARGV) {
-    open GRAPH, "<$graph" or die;
-
-    while (<GRAPH>) {
-        chomp;
-        my $storePath = "$_";
-        $storePaths{$storePath} = 1;
-
-        my $deriver = <GRAPH>; chomp $deriver;
-        my $count = <GRAPH>; chomp $count;
-
-        my @refs = ();
-        for (my $i = 0; $i < $count; ++$i) {
-            my $ref = <GRAPH>; chomp $ref;
-            push @refs, $ref;
-        }
-        $refs{$storePath} = \@refs;
-        
-    }
-    
-    close GRAPH;
-}
-
-
-if ($ENV{"printRegistration"} eq "1") {
-    # This is the format used by `nix-store --register-validity
-    # --hash-given' / `nix-store --load-db'.
-    foreach my $storePath (sort (keys %storePaths)) {
-        print "$storePath\n";
-        print "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\n"; # !!! fix
-        print "0\n"; # !!! fix	
-        print "\n"; # don't care about preserving the deriver
-        print scalar(@{$refs{$storePath}}), "\n";
-        foreach my $ref (@{$refs{$storePath}}) {
-            print "$ref\n";
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-else {
-    foreach my $storePath (sort (keys %storePaths)) {
-        print "$storePath\n";
-    }
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 453805988349..2f108911ad91 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1028,6 +1028,7 @@ mapAliases {
   packet-cli = throw "'packet-cli' has been renamed to/replaced by 'metal-cli'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   paperoni = throw "paperoni has been removed, because it is unmaintained"; # Added 2024-07-14
   paperless = throw "'paperless' has been renamed to/replaced by 'paperless-ngx'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
+  pathsFromGraph = throw "pathsFromGraph has been removed, use closureInfo instead";# Added 2025-01-23
   paperless-ng = paperless-ngx; # Added 2022-04-11
   partition-manager = libsForQt5.partitionmanager; # Added 2024-01-08
   patchelfStable = patchelf; # Added 2024-01-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 147d5b23b31b..95c0603e02b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -727,8 +727,6 @@ with pkgs;
     callPackages ../build-support/setup-hooks/patch-rc-path-hooks { }
   ) patchRcPathBash patchRcPathCsh patchRcPathFish patchRcPathPosix;
 
-  pathsFromGraph = ../build-support/kernel/paths-from-graph.pl;
-
   pruneLibtoolFiles = makeSetupHook { name = "prune-libtool-files"; }
     ../build-support/setup-hooks/prune-libtool-files.sh;