diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pl/plant-it/Remove-test-needing-internet-connection.patch b/pkgs/by-name/pl/plant-it/Remove-test-needing-internet-connection.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7aa37554be89..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pl/plant-it/Remove-test-needing-internet-connection.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- backend/src/test/resources/features/plants-and-species.feature
-+++ backend/src/test/resources/features/plants-and-species.feature
-@@ -199,11 +199,8 @@
-     Then response is ok
-     * species "foo" is
-       | scientific_name | synonyms | family | genus | species | creator | externalId |
-       | foo             | synonym1 | fam    | gen   | foo     | USER    |            |
--    * species "foo" has this image
--      | image_id | image_url                | image_content |
--      |          | https://dummyimage.com/1 |               |
-     * species "foo" has this care
-       | light | humidity | minTemp | maxTemp | phMax | phMin |
-       | 6     | 5        |         |         | 2     | 1     |
-     When user updates botanical info "foo"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pl/plant-it/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pl/plant-it/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a346caeca22..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pl/plant-it/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{
-  maven,
-  jdk21_headless,
-  makeBinaryWrapper,
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-}:
-let
-  version = "0.10.0";
-in
-maven.buildMavenPackage {
-  pname = "plant-it";
-  inherit version;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "MDeLuise";
-    repo = "plant-it";
-    tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-QnujZecUu7bzllSsrLH6hSZMaWeOUXBrSZ5rbT56pDM=";
-  };
-  sourceRoot = "source/backend";
-
-  mvnHash = "sha256-3YQOZMXMI6BrHkqud2OKColJWbDXfwnAwRifYxbleqI=";
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    makeBinaryWrapper
-  ];
-
-  patches = [ ./Remove-test-needing-internet-connection.patch ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    install -Dm644 target/plant-it-*.jar $out/share/plant-it/plant-it.jar
-
-    makeBinaryWrapper ${jdk21_headless}/bin/java $out/bin/plant-it --add-flags "-jar $out/share/plant-it/plant-it.jar"
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    changelog = "https://github.com/MDeLuise/plant-it/releases/tag/${version}";
-    description = "Self-hosted gardening companion application";
-    homepage = "https://plant-it.org";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ epireyn ];
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    mainProgram = "plant-it";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8d2414376051..4b1d7f9ab8ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1427,6 +1427,7 @@ mapAliases {
   pinentry = throw "'pinentry' has been removed. Pick an appropriate variant like 'pinentry-curses' or 'pinentry-gnome3'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-26
   pingvin-share = throw "'pingvin-share' has been removed as it was broken and archived upstream"; # Added 2025-11-08
   piper-train = throw "piper-train is now part of the piper package using the `withTrain` override"; # Added 2025-09-03
+  plant-it = throw "plant-it backend was discontinued in september 2025"; # Added 2026-01-30
   plant-it-frontend = throw "plant-it-frontend has been presented as being Android-only since the server-side was discontinued in september 2025"; # Added 2026-01-30
   plasma-applet-volumewin7mixer = throw "'plasma-applet-volumewin7mixer' has been removed, as it is only compatible with Plasma 5, which is EOL"; # Added 2025-08-20
   plasma-pass = throw "'plasma-pass' has been removed, as it is only compatible with Plasma 5, which is EOL"; # Added 2025-08-20