diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-ld-rs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-ld-rs/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d6514033741a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-ld-rs/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  nixosTests,
-  rustPlatform,
-  lib,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
-  name = "nix-ld-rs";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "nix-community";
-    repo = "nix-ld-rs";
-    rev = "f7154a6aedba4917c8cc72b805b79444b5bfafca";
-    sha256 = "sha256-tx6gO6NR4BnYVhoskyvQY9l6/8sK0HwoDHvsYcvIlgo=";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-4IDu5qAgF4Zq4GOsimuy8NiRCN9PXM+8oVzD2GO3QmM=";
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "stackprotector" ];
-
-  NIX_SYSTEM = stdenv.system;
-  RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP = "1";
-
-  preCheck = ''
-    export NIX_LD=${stdenv.cc.bintools.dynamicLinker}
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/libexec
-    ln -s $out/bin/nix-ld-rs $out/libexec/nix-ld-rs
-    ln -s $out/bin/nix-ld-rs $out/libexec/nix-ld
-
-    mkdir -p $out/nix-support
-
-    ldpath=/${stdenv.hostPlatform.libDir}/$(basename ${stdenv.cc.bintools.dynamicLinker})
-    echo "$ldpath" > $out/nix-support/ldpath
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/tmpfiles.d/
-    cat > $out/lib/tmpfiles.d/nix-ld.conf <<EOF
-      L+ $ldpath - - - - $out/libexec/nix-ld-rs
-    EOF
-  '';
-
-  passthru.tests = nixosTests.nix-ld;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Run unpatched dynamic binaries on NixOS (rust version)";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/nix-community/nix-ld-rs";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mic92 ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8b15f42c3fa9..6a6dc3086608 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1012,6 +1012,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   neoload = throw "'neoload' has been removed as it is broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-03-02
   nitrokey-udev-rules = libnitrokey; # Added 2023-03-25
   nix-direnv-flakes = nix-direnv;
+  nix-ld-rs = nix-ld; # Added 2024-08-17
   nix-repl = throw (
     # Added 2018-08-26
     "nix-repl has been removed because it's not maintained anymore, " +