diff --git a/pkgs/shells/bash/5.nix b/pkgs/shells/bash/5.nix
index 9ca6e396e676..ac172d6da111 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/bash/5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/bash/5.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
   # patch for cygwin requires readline support
 , interactive ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isCygwin
 , readline
-, withDocs ? false
-, texinfo
+, withDocs ? null
 , forFHSEnv ? false
 
 , pkgsStatic
@@ -22,6 +21,9 @@ let
     inherit sha256;
   });
 in
+lib.warnIf (withDocs != null) ''
+  bash: `.override { withDocs = true; }` is deprecated, the docs are always included.
+''
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bash${lib.optionalString interactive "-interactive"}";
   version = "5.2${patch_suffix}";
@@ -101,7 +103,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Note: Bison is needed because the patches above modify parse.y.
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook bison ]
-    ++ lib.optional withDocs texinfo
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin stdenv.cc.bintools;
 
   buildInputs = lib.optional interactive readline;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 30f86fc3ec11..4a201065591c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5592,11 +5592,9 @@ with pkgs;
   # WARNING: this attribute is used by nix-shell so it shouldn't be removed/renamed
   bashInteractive = callPackage ../shells/bash/5.nix {
     interactive = true;
-    withDocs = true;
   };
   bashInteractiveFHS = callPackage ../shells/bash/5.nix {
     interactive = true;
-    withDocs = true;
     forFHSEnv = true;
   };