diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 22ceedfe4e1..0d37e123554 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   smugline = throw "smugline has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained and depends on deprecated libraries."; # added 2020-11-04
   slim = throw "slim has been removed. Please use a different display-manager"; # added 2019-11-11
   slimThemes = throw "slimThemes has been removed because slim has been also"; # added 2019-11-11
+  solr_8 = solr; # added 2021-01-30
   spectral = neochat; # added 2020-12-27
   sundials_3 = throw "sundials_3 was removed in 2020-02. outdated and no longer needed";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 172406ec710..f7c74d2f01c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7911,8 +7911,6 @@ in
   sonar-scanner-cli = callPackage ../tools/security/sonar-scanner-cli { };
 
   solr = callPackage ../servers/search/solr { };
-  solr_7 = solr;
-  solr_8 = solr;
 
   solvespace = callPackage ../applications/graphics/solvespace { };