diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/beam.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/beam.section.md
index 3e3f4e8bf4ac5..6c88278def198 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/beam.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/beam.section.md
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Usually, we need to create a `shell.nix` file and do our development inside of t
 
 with pkgs;
 let
-  elixir = beam.packages.erlang_24.elixir_1_18;
+  elixir = beam.packages.erlang_27.elixir_1_18;
 in
 mkShell {
   buildInputs = [ elixir ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5e07c1a4790e2..65316249e3010 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ mapAliases {
   epdfview = throw "'epdfview' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'qpdfview' instead"; # Added 2024-10-19
   epoxy = throw "'epoxy' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libepoxy'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
 
+  erlang_24 = throw "erlang_24 has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream";
   erlang_27-rc3 = throw "erlang_27-rc3 has been removed in favor of erlang_27"; # added 2024-05-20
   erlangR24 = throw "erlangR24 has been removed in favor of erlang_24"; # added 2024-05-24
   erlangR24_odbc = throw "erlangR24_odbc has been removed in favor of erlang_24_odbc"; # added 2024-05-24
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e059a8dbe413d..0950490b692d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7179,7 +7179,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   inherit (beam.interpreters)
-    erlang erlang_27 erlang_26 erlang_25 erlang_24
+    erlang erlang_27 erlang_26 erlang_25
     elixir elixir_1_18 elixir_1_17 elixir_1_16 elixir_1_15 elixir_1_14
     elixir-ls;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
index 21581832e189e..1c039da6b96f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ in
     erlang = self.interpreters.${self.latestVersion};
 
     # Standard Erlang versions, using the generic builder.
+    #
+    # Three versions are supported according to https://github.com/erlang/otp/security
 
     erlang_27 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/27.nix {
       wxGTK = wxGTK32;
@@ -51,17 +53,9 @@ in
       inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
     };
 
-    erlang_24 = self.beamLib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/24.nix {
-      wxGTK = wxGTK32;
-      # Can be enabled since the bug has been fixed in https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2508
-      parallelBuild = true;
-      autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
-      inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
-    };
-
     # Other Beam languages. These are built with `beam.interpreters.erlang`. To
     # access for example elixir built with different version of Erlang, use
-    # `beam.packages.erlang_24.elixir`.
+    # `beam.packages.erlang_27.elixir`.
     inherit (self.packages.erlang)
       elixir
       elixir_1_18
@@ -85,7 +79,6 @@ in
     erlang_27 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_27;
     erlang_26 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_26;
     erlang_25 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_25;
-    erlang_24 = self.packagesWith self.interpreters.erlang_24;
   };
 
   __attrsFailEvaluation = true;