diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7fe8f295a48d2..21175bcf2e4cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8328,14 +8328,6 @@ in
 
   abi-dumper = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/abi-dumper { };
 
-  activator = throw ''
-    Typesafe Activator was removed in 2017-05-08 as the actual package reaches end of life.
-
-    See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/25616
-    and http://www.lightbend.com/community/core-tools/activator-and-sbt
-    for more information.
-  '';
-
   adtool = callPackage ../tools/admin/adtool { };
 
   inherit (callPackage ../development/tools/alloy { })