diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index fd625646c11e8..f03b027149ba5 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@
 
 - `python3Packages.opentracing` has been removed due to being unmaintained upstream. [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/) is the recommended replacement.
 
+- `rsync` has been removed from environment.defaultPackages.
+
 - Default file names of images generated by several builders in `system.build` have been changed as outlined in the table below.
 
   Names are now known at evaluation time and customizable via the new options `image.baseName`, `image.extension`, `image.fileName` and `image.filePath` with the latter returning a path relative to the derivations out path (e.g. `iso/${image.fileName` for iso images).
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix b/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
index 42e40e2af5e44..19e174367b93d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ let
 
   defaultPackageNames = [
     "perl"
-    "rsync"
     "strace"
   ];
   defaultPackages = map (
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
index 85ad59698b20a..e11dcc6077a93 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ let
       # environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
       #   vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
       #   wget
+      #   rsync
       # ];
 
       # Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are