diff --git a/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix b/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
index 284934a7608e..c69d08f21153 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
@@ -157,19 +157,5 @@ in rec {
       echo "file json-br $dst/options.json.br" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
     '';
 
-  optionsDocBook = lib.warn "optionsDocBook is deprecated since 23.11 and will be removed in 24.05"
-    (pkgs.runCommand "options-docbook.xml" {
-      nativeBuildInputs = [
-        pkgs.nixos-render-docs
-      ];
-    } ''
-      nixos-render-docs -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES options docbook \
-        --manpage-urls ${pkgs.path + "/doc/manpage-urls.json"} \
-        --revision ${lib.escapeShellArg revision} \
-        --document-type ${lib.escapeShellArg documentType} \
-        --varlist-id ${lib.escapeShellArg variablelistId} \
-        --id-prefix ${lib.escapeShellArg optionIdPrefix} \
-        ${optionsJSON}/share/doc/nixos/options.json \
-        "$out"
-    '');
+  optionsDocBook = throw "optionsDocBook has been removed in 24.05";
 }