diff --git a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix b/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 68f48a2db64f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, lilypond, ghostscript, gyre-fonts }:
-
-let
-
-  version = "2.19.83";
-
-in
-
-lilypond.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-  inherit version;
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/lilypond.git";
-    rev = "release/${version}-1";
-    sha256 = "1ycyx9x76d79jh7wlwyyhdjkyrwnhzqpw006xn2fk35s0jrm2iz0";
-  };
-
-  meta = oldAttrs.meta // {
-    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 6036e4216836..c654b1437f1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   libsexy = throw "libsexy has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's abandoned and no package needed it."; # 2019-12-10
   libstdcxxHook = throw "libstdcxx hook has been removed because cc-wrapper is now directly aware of the c++ standard library intended to be used."; # 2020-06-22
   libqmatrixclient = throw "libqmatrixclient was renamed to libquotient"; # added 2020-04-09
+  lilypond-unstable = lilypond; # added 2021-03-11
   links = links2; # added 2016-01-31
   linux_rpi0 = linux_rpi1;
   linuxPackages_rpi0 = linuxPackages_rpi1;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a6f8762abcb9..1a6d2052d347 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29141,8 +29141,6 @@ in
 
   lilypond = callPackage ../misc/lilypond { guile = guile_1_8; };
 
-  lilypond-unstable = callPackage ../misc/lilypond/unstable.nix { };
-
   lilypond-with-fonts = callPackage ../misc/lilypond/with-fonts.nix { };
 
   openlilylib-fonts = callPackage ../misc/lilypond/fonts.nix { };