diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/blackbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/blackbox/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b9f3587afc4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/blackbox/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  expect,
-  which,
-  gnupg,
-  coreutils,
-  git,
-  pinentry,
-  gnutar,
-  procps,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "blackbox";
-  version = "1.20220610";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "stackexchange";
-    repo = "blackbox";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-g0oNV7Nj7ZMmsVQFVTDwbKtF4a/Fb3WDB+NRx9IGSWA=";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ gnupg ];
-
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/134445
-  doCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64;
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    expect
-    which
-    coreutils
-    pinentry
-    git
-    gnutar
-    procps
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs bin tools
-    substituteInPlace Makefile \
-      --replace "PREFIX?=/usr/local" "PREFIX=$out"
-
-    substituteInPlace tools/confidence_test.sh \
-      --replace 'PATH="''${blackbox_home}:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/pkg/gnu/bin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:''${blackbox_home}"' \
-        "PATH=/build/source/bin/:$PATH"
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    make copy-install
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Safely store secrets in a VCS repo";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/StackExchange/blackbox";
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index dd9ba3ff6253..d6cfbed11098 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ mapAliases {
   bitwarden_rs-postgresql = throw "'bitwarden_rs-postgresql' has been renamed to/replaced by 'vaultwarden-postgresql'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   bitwarden_rs-sqlite = throw "'bitwarden_rs-sqlite' has been renamed to/replaced by 'vaultwarden-sqlite'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   bitwarden_rs-vault = throw "'bitwarden_rs-vault' has been renamed to/replaced by 'vaultwarden-vault'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  blackbox = throw "'blackbox' has been removed since it has been deprecated and archived upstream. Consider using pass instead"; # Added 2026-01-16
   blas-reference = throw "blas-reference has been removed since it has been discontinued as free-standing package. It is now contained within lapack-reference."; # Added 2025-10-21
   blender-hip = throw "blender-hip has been removed in favor of setting `config.rocmSupport = true` or using `pkgsRocm.blender`"; # Added 2026-01-04
   blender-with-packages = throw "blender-with-packages is deprecated in in favor of blender.withPackages, e.g. `blender.withPackages(ps: [ ps.foobar ])`"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-26
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1d744ba764a4..04751798c858 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10187,10 +10187,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   bitwig-studio = bitwig-studio5;
 
-  blackbox = callPackage ../applications/version-management/blackbox {
-    pinentry = pinentry-curses;
-  };
-
   blucontrol = callPackage ../applications/misc/blucontrol/wrapper.nix {
     inherit (haskellPackages) ghcWithPackages;
   };