diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/stract/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/stract/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 793f9e15132b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/stract/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  unstableGitUpdater,
-  fetchurl,
-  rustPlatform,
-  pkg-config,
-  oniguruma,
-  openssl,
-  zstd,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
-  pname = "stract";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-03-24";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "StractOrg";
-    repo = "stract";
-    rev = "8ac40b023e0a49f55cdd5b599841ea46d0503ec9";
-    hash = "sha256-HrZ70RuBToa5m2DJN3KDHFoWae2YqHGpy1imwi+xvCo=";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-UArPGrcEfFZBOZ4Tv7NraqPzdMtyJXVFsfUM32eSGic=";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    oniguruma
-    openssl
-    zstd
-  ];
-
-  env = {
-    RUSTONIG_SYSTEM_LIBONIG = true;
-    ZSTD_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG = true;
-    SWAGGER_UI_DOWNLOAD_URL =
-      let
-        # When updating:
-        # - Look for the version of `utoipa-swagger-ui` at:
-        #   https://github.com/StractOrg/stract/blob/<STRACT-REV>/Cargo.toml#L183
-        # - Look at the corresponding version of `swagger-ui` at:
-        #   https://github.com/juhaku/utoipa/blob/utoipa-swagger-ui-<UTOPIA-SWAGGER-UI-VERSION>/utoipa-swagger-ui/build.rs#L21-L22
-        swaggerUiVersion = "5.17.12";
-        swaggerUi = fetchurl {
-          url = "https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/archive/refs/tags/v${swaggerUiVersion}.zip";
-          hash = "sha256-HK4z/JI+1yq8BTBJveYXv9bpN/sXru7bn/8g5mf2B/I=";
-        };
-      in
-      "file://${swaggerUi}";
-  };
-
-  # swagger-ui will once more be copied in the target directory during the check phase
-  # Not deleting the existing unpacked archive leads to a `PermissionDenied` error
-  preCheck = ''
-    rm -rf target/${stdenv.hostPlatform.rust.cargoShortTarget}/release/build/
-  '';
-
-  checkFlags = [
-    # error: struct `MyCustomDocument` is never constructed
-    "--skip=schema::document"
-    # thread 'ampc::dht::tests::proptest_chaos' panicked at crates/core/src/ampc/dht/mod.rs:670:33:
-    # assertion `left == right` failed
-    "--skip=ampc::dht::tests::proptest_chaos"
-    # thread 'ranking::tests::freshness_ranking' (105864) panicked at crates/core/src/ranking/mod.rs:355:9:
-    # assertion `left == right` failed
-    #  left: "https://www.old.com/"
-    # right: "https://www.new.com/"
-    "--skip=ranking::tests::freshness_ranking"
-    # thread 'crawler::robot_client::tests::test_errs_disallowed_path'
-    # panicked at ../stract-...-vendor/source-registry-0/system-configuration-0.5.1/src/dynamic_store.rs:154:1:
-    # Attempted to create a NULL object
-    "--skip=crawler::robot_client::tests::test_errs_disallowed_path"
-  ];
-
-  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
-
-  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Open source web search engine";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Stract is an open source web search engine targeted towards tinkerers and
-      developers, with an official instance hosted at stract.com
-    '';
-    homepage = "https://github.com/StractOrg/stract";
-    license = lib.licenses.agpl3Only;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ailsa-sun ];
-    teams = with lib.teams; [ ngi ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 695415f002d5..336a2e642fab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2201,6 +2201,7 @@ mapAliases {
   steamPackages.steamcmd = throw "'steamPackages.steamcmd' has been renamed to/replaced by 'steamcmd'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   storeBackup = storebackup; # Added 2026-07-05
   StormLib = throw "'StormLib' has been renamed to/replaced by 'stormlib'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  stract = throw "'stract' has been removed because the upstream project was archived on 2026-04-02"; # Added 2026-07-28
   strawberry-qt5 = throw "strawberry-qt5 has been replaced by strawberry"; # Converted to throw 2025-07-19
   strawberry-qt6 = throw "strawberry-qt6 has been replaced by strawberry"; # Added 2025-07-19
   stremio = throw "'stremio' has been removed as it depended on the vulnerable and outdated qt5 webengine. On Linux, consider using 'stremio-linux-shell' instead."; # Added 2026-02-11