diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 1bcdef164d3..8c4e6f9d423 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   transmission_gtk = transmission-gtk; # added 2018-01-06
   transmission_remote_gtk = transmission-remote-gtk; # added 2018-01-06
   transporter = throw "transporter has been removed. It was archived upstream, so it's considered abandoned.";
+  trilium = throw "trilium has been removed. Please use trilium-desktop instead."; # added 2020-04-29
   truecrypt = veracrypt; # added 2018-10-24
   tshark = wireshark-cli; # added 2018-04-25
   uberwriter = apostrophe; # added 2020-04-23
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2e8eb8461ee..a99751d4abd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7099,7 +7099,6 @@ in
     trilium-desktop
     trilium-server
     ;
-  trilium = trilium-desktop;
 
   trousers = callPackage ../tools/security/trousers { };