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+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+  imports = [
+    /*
+    This file defines some renaming/removing options for backwards compatibility
+
+    It should ONLY be used when the relevant module can't define these imports
+    itself, such as when the module was removed completely.
+    See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/61570 for explanation
+    */
+
+    # This alias module can't be where _module.check is defined because it would
+    # be added to submodules as well there
+    (mkAliasOptionModule [ "environment" "checkConfigurationOptions" ] [ "_module" "check" ])
+
+    # Completely removed modules
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "firefox" "syncserver" "user" ] "")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "firefox" "syncserver" "group" ] "")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "winstone" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "networking" "vpnc" ] "Use environment.etc.\"vpnc/service.conf\" instead.")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "environment.blcr.enable" ] "The BLCR module has been removed")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services.beegfsEnable" ] "The BeeGFS module has been removed")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services.beegfs" ] "The BeeGFS module has been removed")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services.osquery" ] "The osquery module has been removed")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services.fourStore" ] "The fourStore module has been removed")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services.fourStoreEndpoint" ] "The fourStoreEndpoint module has been removed")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "programs" "way-cooler" ] ("way-cooler is abandoned by its author: " +
+      "https://way-cooler.org/blog/2020/01/09/way-cooler-post-mortem.html"))
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "xserver" "multitouch" ] ''
+      services.xserver.multitouch (which uses xf86_input_mtrack) has been removed
+      as the underlying package isn't being maintained. Working alternatives are
+      libinput and synaptics.
+    '')
+
+    # Do NOT add any option renames here, see top of the file
+  ];
+}