diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2111.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2111.section.xml
index 0688de77af68..98fe3513e254 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2111.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2111.section.xml
@@ -1002,8 +1002,8 @@ Superuser created successfully.
       <listitem>
         <para>
           The <literal>varnish</literal> package was upgraded from 6.3.x
-          to 6.5.x. <literal>varnish60</literal> for the last LTS
-          release is also still available.
+          to 7.x. <literal>varnish60</literal> for the last LTS release
+          is also still available.
         </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2111.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2111.section.md
index 56babf8ac006..fef42ec52c9e 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2111.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2111.section.md
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
   configures the address and port the web UI is listening, it defaults to `:9001`.
   To be able to access the web UI this port needs to be opened in the firewall.
 
-- The `varnish` package was upgraded from 6.3.x to 6.5.x. `varnish60` for the last LTS release is also still available.
+- The `varnish` package was upgraded from 6.3.x to 7.x. `varnish60` for the last LTS release is also still available.
 
 - The `kubernetes` package was upgraded to 1.22. The `kubernetes.apiserver.kubeletHttps` option was removed and HTTPS is always used.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/varnish/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/varnish/default.nix
index 70ef8ab0fa0b..f975fd5c7fd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/varnish/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/varnish/default.nix
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ in
     version = "6.0.8";
     sha256 = "1zk83hfxgjq1d0n4zx86q3f05y9f2zc6a1miz1zcvfa052q4bljx";
   };
-  varnish65 = common {
-    version = "6.5.2";
-    sha256 = "041gc22h8cwsb8jw7zdv6yk5h8xg2q0g655m5zhi5jxq35f2sljx";
-  };
   varnish70 = common {
     version = "7.0.0";
     sha256 = "11z0pa618lh925ih67wmp1gqk7i46l486j4spjy71g1n3w5mqylc";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/varnish/packages.nix b/pkgs/servers/varnish/packages.nix
index f83b8ee090e5..48cc1f67b185 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/varnish/packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/varnish/packages.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ callPackage, varnish60, varnish65, varnish70, fetchFromGitHub }: {
+{ callPackage, varnish60, varnish70, fetchFromGitHub }: {
   varnish60Packages = rec {
     varnish = varnish60;
     digest  = callPackage ./digest.nix {
@@ -12,19 +12,6 @@
       sha256 = "1n94slrm6vn3hpymfkla03gw9603jajclg84bjhwb8kxsk3rxpmk";
     };
   };
-  varnish65Packages = rec {
-    varnish = varnish65;
-    digest  = callPackage ./digest.nix {
-      inherit varnish;
-      version = "6.6";
-      sha256 = "0n33g8ml4bsyvcvl5lk7yng1ikvmcv8dd6bc1mv2lj4729pp97nn";
-    };
-    dynamic = callPackage ./dynamic.nix  {
-      inherit varnish;
-      version = "2.3.1";
-      sha256 = "060vkba7jwcvx5704hh6ds0g0kfzpkdrg8548frvkrkz2s5j9y88";
-    };
-  };
   varnish70Packages = rec {
     varnish = varnish70;
     digest  = callPackage ./digest.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c81ee814bc73..d63dbdfa46f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -969,6 +969,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   vamp = { vampSDK = vamp-plugin-sdk; }; # added 2020-03-26
   varnish62 = throw "varnish62 was removed from nixpkgs, because it is unmaintained upstream. Please switch to a different release."; # 2021-07-26
   varnish63 = throw "varnish63 was removed from nixpkgs, because it is unmaintained upstream. Please switch to a different release."; # 2021-07-26
+  varnish65 = throw "varnish65 was removed from nixpkgs, because it is unmaintained upstream. Please switch to a different release."; # 2021-09-15
   venus = throw "venus has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's unmaintained"; # added 2021-02-05
   vdirsyncerStable  = vdirsyncer; # added 2020-11-08, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/103026#issuecomment-723428168
   vimbWrapper = vimb; # added 2015-01
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0e229cae85aa..bdc0b625a078 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10406,11 +10406,11 @@ with pkgs;
   valum = callPackage ../development/web/valum { };
 
   inherit (callPackages ../servers/varnish { })
-    varnish60 varnish65 varnish70;
+    varnish60 varnish70;
   inherit (callPackages ../servers/varnish/packages.nix { })
-    varnish60Packages varnish65Packages varnish70Packages;
+    varnish60Packages varnish70Packages;
 
-  varnishPackages = varnish65Packages;
+  varnishPackages = varnish70Packages;
   varnish = varnishPackages.varnish;
 
   hitch = callPackage ../servers/hitch { };