diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index 3a4f2f869a2f..735d9945de67 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@
 
 - `buildGoPackage` has been removed. Use `buildGoModule` instead. See the [Go section in the nixpkgs manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#sec-language-go) for details.
 
+- top-level `playwright` now refers to the github Microsoft/playwright package
+  instead of the python tester launcher. You can still refer to the python
+  launcher via `python3Packages.toPythonApplication python3Packages.playwright`
+
 - `strawberry` has been updated to 1.2, which drops support for the VLC backend and Qt 5. The `strawberry-qt5` package
   and `withGstreamer`/`withVlc` override options have been removed due to this.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5ec629b5e674..ec91cde37c60 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1052,7 +1052,6 @@ mapAliases {
 
   pipewire_0_2 = throw "pipewire_0_2 has been removed as it is outdated and no longer used"; # Added 2024-07-28
   pipewire-media-session = throw "pipewire-media-session is no longer maintained and has been removed. Please use Wireplumber instead.";
-  playwright = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'playwright' will reference playwright-driver in 25.05. Reference 'python3Packages.playwright' for the python test launcher" (python3Packages.toPythonApplication python3Packages.playwright); # Added 2024-10-04
   pleroma-otp = throw "'pleroma-otp' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pleroma'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   pltScheme = racket; # just to be sure
   poretools = throw "poretools has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-06-03
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 27be71eb53c4..b0e2a02f70d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4770,6 +4770,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   playbar2 = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/playbar2 { };
 
+  playwright = playwright-driver;
   playwright-driver = (callPackage ../development/web/playwright/driver.nix { }).playwright-core;
   playwright-test = (callPackage ../development/web/playwright/driver.nix { }).playwright-test;