diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index a47ebc7d0512..675bcca59072 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -109,27 +109,6 @@ let
     hash = "sha256-f+F0fUO+bqyPXjt+IXJtISVr589hdc3y+Cdrxznb+Nk=";
   };
 
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7473
-  patch-sqlite-exception = fetchpatch2 {
-    name = "nix-7473-sqlite-exception-add-message.patch";
-    url = "https://github.com/hercules-ci/nix/commit/c965f35de71cc9d88f912f6b90fd7213601e6eb8.patch";
-    hash = "sha256-tI5nKU7SZgsJrxiskJ5nHZyfrWf5aZyKYExM0792N80=";
-  };
-
-  patch-non-existing-output = fetchpatch {
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7283
-    name = "fix-requires-non-existing-output.patch";
-    url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/3ade5f5d6026b825a80bdcc221058c4f14e10a27.patch";
-    hash = "sha256-s1ybRFCjQaSGj7LKu0Z5g7UiHqdJGeD+iPoQL0vaiS0=";
-  };
-
-  patch-rapidcheck-shared = fetchpatch2 {
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9431
-    name = "fix-missing-librapidcheck.patch";
-    url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/46131567da96ffac298b9ec54016b37114b0dfd5.patch";
-    hash = "sha256-lShYxYKRDWwBqCysAFmFBudhhAL1eendWcL8sEFLCGg=";
-  };
-
   # Intentionally does not support overrideAttrs etc
   # Use only for tests that are about the package relation to `pkgs` and/or NixOS.
   addTestsShallowly = tests: pkg: pkg // {
@@ -176,72 +155,6 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: ({
     enableParallelChecking = false;
   };
 
-  nix_2_10 = common {
-    version = "2.10.3";
-    hash = "sha256-B9EyDUz/9tlcWwf24lwxCFmkxuPTVW7HFYvp0C4xGbc=";
-    patches = [
-      ./patches/flaky-tests.patch
-      patch-non-existing-output
-      patch-monitorfdhup
-      patch-sqlite-exception
-    ];
-  };
-
-  nix_2_11 = common {
-    version = "2.11.1";
-    hash = "sha256-qCV65kw09AG+EkdchDPq7RoeBznX0Q6Qa4yzPqobdOk=";
-    patches = [
-      ./patches/flaky-tests.patch
-      patch-non-existing-output
-      patch-monitorfdhup
-      patch-sqlite-exception
-    ];
-  };
-
-  nix_2_12 = common {
-    version = "2.12.1";
-    hash = "sha256-GmHKhq0uFtdOiJnuBwj2YwlZjvh6YTkfQZgeu4e0dLU=";
-    patches = [
-      ./patches/flaky-tests.patch
-      patch-monitorfdhup
-      patch-sqlite-exception
-    ];
-  };
-
-  nix_2_13 = common {
-    version = "2.13.6";
-    hash = "sha256-pd2yGmHWn4njfbrSP6cMJx8qL+yeGieqcbLNICzcRFs=";
-  };
-
-  nix_2_14 = common {
-    version = "2.14.1";
-    hash = "sha256-5aCmGZbsFcLIckCDfvnPD4clGPQI7qYAqHYlttN/Wkg=";
-    patches = [
-      patch-rapidcheck-shared
-    ];
-  };
-
-  nix_2_15 = common {
-    version = "2.15.3";
-    hash = "sha256-sfFXbjC5iIdSAbctZIuFozxX0uux/KFBNr9oh33xINs=";
-    patches = [
-      patch-rapidcheck-shared
-    ];
-  };
-
-  nix_2_16 = common {
-    version = "2.16.3";
-    hash = "sha256-/tnjRCk+VaWPThzdn3C0zU1AMON+7AFsHgTTzErFxV4=";
-  };
-
-  nix_2_17 = common {
-    version = "2.17.1";
-    hash = "sha256-Q5L+rHzjp0bYuR2ogg+YPCn6isjmlQ4CJVT0zpn/hFc=";
-    patches = [
-      patch-rapidcheck-shared
-    ];
-  };
-
   nix_2_18 = common {
     version = "2.18.2";
     hash = "sha256-8gNJlBlv2bnffRg0CejiBXc6U/S6YeCLAdHrYvTPyoY=";
@@ -287,16 +200,12 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: ({
   stable = addFallbackPathsCheck self.nix_2_18;
 
   unstable = self.nix_2_22;
-} // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
-  nix_2_4 = throw "nixVersions.nix_2_4 has been removed";
-
-  nix_2_5 = throw "nixVersions.nix_2_5 has been removed";
-
-  nix_2_6 = throw "nixVersions.nix_2_6 has been removed";
-
-  nix_2_7 = throw "nixVersions.nix_2_7 has been removed";
-
-  nix_2_8 = throw "nixVersions.nix_2_8 has been removed";
-
-  nix_2_9 = throw "nixVersions.nix_2_9 has been removed";
-}))
+} // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases (
+  lib.listToAttrs (map (
+    minor:
+    let
+      attr = "nix_2_${toString minor}";
+    in
+    lib.nameValuePair attr (throw "${attr} has been removed")
+  ) (lib.range 4 17))
+)))