diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 6cd260467f4..690c785a346 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   surf-webkit2 = surf; # added 2017-04-02
   sup = throw "deprecated in 2019-09-10: abandoned by upstream";
   system_config_printer = system-config-printer;  # added 2016-01-03
+  systemd_with_lvm2 = throw "obsolete, enabled by default via the lvm module"; # added 2020-07-12
   systool = sysfsutils; # added 2018-04-25
   tahoelafs = tahoe-lafs; # added 2018-03-26
   tangogps = foxtrotgps; # added 2020-01-26
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b6d506a8e7d..33437f2ccea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17842,14 +17842,6 @@ in
   # standalone cryptsetup generator for systemd
   systemd-cryptsetup-generator = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/systemd/cryptsetup-generator.nix { };
 
-  # In nixos, you can set systemd.package = pkgs.systemd_with_lvm2 to get
-  # LVM2 working in systemd.
-  systemd_with_lvm2 = pkgs.appendToName "with-lvm2" (pkgs.lib.overrideDerivation pkgs.systemd (p: {
-      postInstall = p.postInstall + ''
-        cp "${pkgs.lvm2}/lib/systemd/system-generators/"* $out/lib/systemd/system-generators
-      '';
-  }));
-
   systemd-wait = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/systemd-wait { };
 
   sysvinit = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/sysvinit { };