diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vd/vdhcoapp/ffmpeg-filepicker.patch b/pkgs/by-name/vd/vdhcoapp/ffmpeg-filepicker.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f6fb777e186e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vd/vdhcoapp/ffmpeg-filepicker.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/converter.js b/src/converter.js
-index af7b4c3..20da407 100644
---- a/src/converter.js
-+++ b/src/converter.js
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--import open from 'open';
-+const open = import('open');
- 
- const os = require("os");
- const path = require('path');
-@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ const rpc = require('./weh-rpc');
- 
- const exec_dir = path.dirname(process.execPath);
- 
--const ffmpeg = findExecutableFullPath("ffmpeg", exec_dir);
--const ffprobe = findExecutableFullPath("ffprobe", exec_dir);
--const filepicker = findExecutableFullPath("filepicker", exec_dir);
-+const ffmpeg = "@ffmpeg@/bin/ffmpeg";
-+const ffprobe = "@ffmpeg@/bin/ffprobe";
-+const filepicker = "@filepicker@";
- 
- if (!fileExistsSync(ffmpeg)) {
-   logger.error("ffmpeg not found. Install ffmpeg and make sure it's in your path.");
-diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
-index 47b92de..e2e9402 100644
---- a/src/main.js
-+++ b/src/main.js
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--const config = require('config.json');
-+const config = require('./config.json');
- const converter = require('./converter');
- const os = require("os");
- 
-diff --git a/src/native-autoinstall.js b/src/native-autoinstall.js
-index 556a22b..c729568 100644
---- a/src/native-autoinstall.js
-+++ b/src/native-autoinstall.js
-@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
- const os = require("os");
- const path = require("path");
- const { spawn, exec } = require('child_process');
--const config = require('config.json');
-+const config = require('./config.json');
- 
- let fs;
- if (process.versions.node.startsWith("10")) {
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vd/vdhcoapp/filepicker.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vd/vdhcoapp/filepicker.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 16f02454d81b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vd/vdhcoapp/filepicker.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  rustPlatform,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pkg-config,
-  atk,
-  gtk3,
-  glib,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "filepicker";
-  version = "1.0.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "paulrouget";
-    repo = "static-filepicker";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-7sRzf3SA9RSBf4O36olXgka8c6Bufdb0qsuTofVe55s=";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-HUNBGG1+LsjaDsJS4p5aAdCRyltylQUtdydGSoUdNgo=";
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    atk
-    gtk3
-    glib
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "File picker used by VDHCoApp";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/paulrouget/static-filepicker";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    mainProgram = "filepicker";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ hannesgith ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vd/vdhcoapp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vd/vdhcoapp/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fdb802f1d75..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vd/vdhcoapp/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  buildNpmPackage,
-  nodejs,
-  ffmpeg,
-  callPackage,
-  replaceVars,
-  makeWrapper,
-  toml2json,
-  jq,
-}:
-buildNpmPackage rec {
-  pname = "vdhcoapp";
-  version = "2.0.19";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "aclap-dev";
-    repo = "vdhcoapp";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-8xeZvqpRq71aShVogiwlVD3gQoPGseNOmz5E3KbsZxU=";
-  };
-
-  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/app";
-  npmDepsHash = "sha256-E032U2XZdyTER6ROkBosOTn7bweDXHl8voC3BQEz8Wg=";
-  dontNpmBuild = true;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    makeWrapper
-    toml2json
-    jq
-  ];
-
-  patches = [
-    (replaceVars ./ffmpeg-filepicker.patch {
-      inherit ffmpeg;
-      filepicker = lib.getExe (callPackage ./filepicker.nix { });
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Cannot use patch, setting placeholder here
-    substituteInPlace src/native-autoinstall.js \
-      --replace process.execPath "\"${placeholder "out"}/bin/vdhcoapp\""
-  '';
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    toml2json --pretty ../config.toml > src/config.json
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    mkdir -p $out/opt/vdhcoapp
-    cp -r . "$out/opt/vdhcoapp"
-
-    makeWrapper ${nodejs}/bin/node $out/bin/vdhcoapp \
-      --add-flags $out/opt/vdhcoapp/src/main.js
-
-    generateManifest() {
-      type=$1
-      outputFolder=$2
-      mkdir -p $outputFolder
-      manifestName=$(jq -r '.meta.id' src/config.json).json
-      jq '.store.'$type'.manifest * (.meta | with_entries(select (.key == "description")) * {"name": .id}) * {"path" : "${placeholder "out"}/bin/vdhcoapp"}' src/config.json > $outputFolder/$manifestName
-    }
-
-    generateManifest google $out/etc/opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts
-    generateManifest google $out/etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts
-    generateManifest mozilla $out/lib/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts
-    generateManifest google $out/etc/opt/edge/native-messaging-hosts
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Companion application for the Video DownloadHelper browser add-on";
-    homepage = "https://www.downloadhelper.net/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ hannesgith ];
-    mainProgram = "vdhcoapp";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index fa35613fe569..e96868d3dbb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1797,6 +1797,7 @@ mapAliases {
   vbetool = throw "'vbetool' has been removed as it is broken and not maintained upstream."; # Added 2025-06-11
   vboot_reference = vboot-utils; # Added 2025-11-01
   vc_0_7 = throw "'vc_0_7' has been removed as it was broken, unused in nixpkgs and unmaintained"; # Added 2025-10-20
+  vdhcoapp = throw "VDH >= 10 doesn't require a companion app and the repo has been archived."; # Added 2026-01-26
   vdirsyncerStable = throw "'vdirsyncerStable' has been renamed to/replaced by 'vdirsyncer'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   ventoy-bin = throw "'ventoy-bin' has been renamed to/replaced by 'ventoy'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   ventoy-bin-full = throw "'ventoy-bin-full' has been renamed to/replaced by 'ventoy-full'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27