diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libraw/unstable.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libraw/unstable.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f19bb53c4e..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libraw/unstable.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{ libraw, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-libraw.overrideAttrs (_: rec {
-  version = "unstable-2021-12-03";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "LibRaw";
-    repo = "LibRaw";
-    rev = "52b2fc52e93a566e7e05eaa44cada58e3360b6ad";
-    sha256 = "kW0R4iPuqnFuWYDrl46ok3kaPcGgY2MqZT7mqVX+BDQ=";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 7987985a83e..847d182317e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   libpulseaudio-vanilla = libpulseaudio; # Added 2022-04-20
   libqmatrixclient = throw "libqmatrixclient was renamed to libquotient"; # Added 2020-04-09
   libqrencode = throw "'libqrencode' has been renamed to/replaced by 'qrencode'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  libraw_unstable = throw "'libraw_unstable' has been removed, please use libraw"; # Added 2023-01-30
   librdf = lrdf; # Added 2020-03-22
   librecad2 = throw "'librecad2' has been renamed to/replaced by 'librecad'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   libressl_3_2 = throw "'libressl_3_2' has reached end-of-life "; # Added 2022-03-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d42a91f8157..e8d720e351c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19589,7 +19589,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   freeimage = callPackage ../development/libraries/freeimage {
     inherit (darwin) autoSignDarwinBinariesHook;
-    libraw = libraw_unstable;
   };
 
   freetts = callPackage ../development/libraries/freetts {
@@ -25993,7 +25992,6 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   libraw = callPackage ../development/libraries/libraw { };
-  libraw_unstable = callPackage ../development/libraries/libraw/unstable.nix { };
 
   libraw1394 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libraw1394 { };