diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-web/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-web/package.nix
index 21d6c9f15d0cd..d6bff84c75a65 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-web/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-web/package.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 , pkg-config
 , openssl
 , nixVersions
-, nixPackage ? nixVersions.nix_2_18
+, nixPackage ? nixVersions.stable
 , darwin
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 35159c80c2e17..06e03b223beec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -2900,12 +2900,6 @@ self: super: {
   # 2024-03-17: broken
   vaultenv = dontDistribute super.vaultenv;
 
-  # Support base16 1.0
-  nix-serve-ng = appendPatch (fetchpatch {
-    url = "https://github.com/aristanetworks/nix-serve-ng/commit/4d9eacfcf753acbcfa0f513bec725e9017076270.patch";
-    hash = "sha256-zugyUpEq/iVkxghrvguL95+lJDEpE8MLvZivken0p24=";
-  }) super.nix-serve-ng;
-
   # 2024-01-24: support optparse-applicative 0.18
   niv = appendPatches [
     (fetchpatch {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index 374f22aeec00c..f9e811106f20d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -350,17 +350,23 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
   # Add necessary reference to gtk3 package
   gi-dbusmenugtk3 = addPkgconfigDepend pkgs.gtk3 super.gi-dbusmenugtk3;
 
-  # Doesn't declare boost dependency
-  nix-serve-ng = (overrideSrc {
-    version = "1.0.0-unstable-2023-12-18";
+  nix-serve-ng = (overrideCabal (old: {
     src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
       repo = "nix-serve-ng";
       owner = "aristanetworks";
-      rev = "21e65cb4c62b5c9e3acc11c3c5e8197248fa46a4";
-      hash = "sha256-qseX+/8drgwxOb1I3LKqBYMkmyeI5d5gmHqbZccR660=";
+      rev = "578ad85b3096d99b25cae0a73c03df4e82f587c7";
+      hash = "sha256-2LPx4iRJonX4gtd3r73DBM/ZhN/hKu1lb/MHOav8c5s=";
     };
-  } (addPkgconfigDepend pkgs.boost.dev super.nix-serve-ng)).override {
-      nix = pkgs.nixVersions.nix_2_18;
+    version = "1.0.0-unstable-2024-10-01";
+    #editedCabalFile = null;
+    # Doesn't declare boost dependency
+    pkg-configDepends = (old.pkg-configDepends or []) ++ [ pkgs.boost.dev ];
+    patches = (old.patches or []) ++ [
+      # Part of https://github.com/aristanetworks/nix-serve-ng/pull/40
+      ./patches/nix-serve-ng-nix.2.24.patch
+    ];
+  }) super.nix-serve-ng).override {
+    nix = pkgs.nixVersions.nix_2_24;
   };
 
   # These packages try to access the network.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/nix-serve-ng-nix.2.24.patch b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/nix-serve-ng-nix.2.24.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4705d07eb3fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/nix-serve-ng-nix.2.24.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+From 97cb18bee646a23bd08e3959d6544e703e0bb862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Thalheim?= <joerg@thalheim.io>
+Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:39:30 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] fix build against nix 2.24
+
+---
+ cbits/nix.cpp      | 6 +++---
+ nix-serve-ng.cabal | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/cbits/nix.cpp b/cbits/nix.cpp
+index 8872af1..6305001 100644
+--- a/cbits/nix.cpp
++++ b/cbits/nix.cpp
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ #include <cstddef>
+ #include <cstdlib>
+ #include <nix/store-api.hh>
++#include <nix/shared.hh>
+ #include <nix/log-store.hh>
+ #include "nix.hh"
+
+@@ -14,8 +15,7 @@ static ref<Store> getStore()
+     static std::shared_ptr<Store> _store;
+
+     if (!_store) {
+-        initLibStore();
+-        loadConfFile();
++        initLibStore(true);
+
+         _store = openStore();
+     }
+@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void queryPathInfo
+         output->deriver = emptyString;
+     };
+
+-    copyString(validPathInfo->narHash.to_string(Base32, true), &output->narHash);
++    copyString(validPathInfo->narHash.to_string(nix::HashFormat::Nix32, true), &output->narHash);
+
+     output->narSize = validPathInfo->narSize;
+
+diff --git a/nix-serve-ng.cabal b/nix-serve-ng.cabal
+index 9298f9a..8443b04 100644
+--- a/nix-serve-ng.cabal
++++ b/nix-serve-ng.cabal
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ executable nix-serve
+     cxx-sources:      cbits/nix.cpp
+                     , cbits/nix.hh
+
+-    cxx-options:      -std=c++17
++    cxx-options:      -std=c++20
+
+     build-depends:    base < 5
+                     , base16 >= 1.0
+
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index a1b4ec7debcaf..6581ed973afb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -172,12 +172,6 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: ({
     enableParallelChecking = false;
   };
 
-  nix_2_18 = common {
-    version = "2.18.9";
-    hash = "sha256-RrOFlDGmRXcVRV2p2HqHGqvzGNyWoD0Dado/BNlJ1SI=";
-    self_attribute_name = "nix_2_18";
-  };
-
   nix_2_24 = common {
     version = "2.24.10";
     hash = "sha256-XdeVy1/d6DEIYb3nOA6JIYF4fwMKNxtwJMgT3pHi+ko=";
@@ -230,7 +224,7 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: ({
       attr = "nix_2_${toString minor}";
     in
     lib.nameValuePair attr (throw "${attr} has been removed")
-  ) (lib.range 4 17))
+  ) (lib.range 4 23))
   // {
     unstable = throw "nixVersions.unstable has been removed. For bleeding edge (Nix master, roughly weekly updated) use nixVersions.git, otherwise use nixVersions.latest.";
   }