diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index 816b3a350fe..36d3f4976db 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -1454,6 +1454,16 @@
has been removed.
+
+
+ pkgs.minetestclient_4 and
+ pkgs.minetestserver_4 have been removed, as
+ the last 4.x release was in 2018.
+ pkgs.minetestclient (equivalent to
+ pkgs.minetest ) and
+ pkgs.minetestserver can be used instead.
+
+
pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk is now deprecated in
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index d16e706a336..7926f6b9667 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -573,6 +573,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
- `pkgs.pgadmin` now refers to `pkgs.pgadmin4`. `pgadmin3` has been removed.
+- `pkgs.minetestclient_4` and `pkgs.minetestserver_4` have been removed, as the last 4.x release was in 2018. `pkgs.minetestclient` (equivalent to `pkgs.minetest` ) and `pkgs.minetestserver` can be used instead.
+
- `pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk` is now deprecated in favor of `pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk-sans`
and `pkgs.noto-fonts-cjk-serif` because they each have different release
schedules. To maintain compatibility with prior releases of Nixpkgs,
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 3b88ddae2e9..31e4fa42250 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -806,6 +806,8 @@ mapAliases ({
mimms = throw "mimms has been removed from nixpkgs as the upstream project is stuck on python2"; # Added 2022-01-01
minergate-cli = throw "minergatecli has been removed from nixpkgs, because the package is unmaintained and the site has a bad reputation"; # Added 2021-08-13
minergate = throw "minergate has been removed from nixpkgs, because the package is unmaintained and the site has a bad reputation"; # Added 2021-08-13
+ minetestclient_4 = throw "minetestclient_4 has been removed from Nixpkgs; current version is available at minetest or minetestclient"; # added 2022-02-01
+ minetestserver_4 = throw "minetestserver_4 has been removed from Nixpkgs; current version is available at minetestserver"; # added 2022-02-01
minetime = throw "minetime has been removed from nixpkgs, because it was discontinued 2021-06-22"; # Added 2021-10-14
mist = throw "mist has been removed as the upstream project has been abandoned, see https://github.com/ethereum/mist#mist-browser-deprecated"; # Added 2020-08-15
mlt-qt5 = throw "'mlt-qt5' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libsForQt5.mlt'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22