diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/stremio/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/stremio/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 55b5ce50284c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/stremio/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchurl,
-  libsForQt5,
-  ffmpeg,
-  mpv,
-  nodejs,
-}:
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "stremio-shell";
-  version = "4.4.168";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Stremio";
-    repo = "stremio-shell";
-    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-pz1mie0kJov06GcyitvZu5Gg0Vz3YnigjDqFujGKqZM=";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-    meta.license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
-  };
-
-  # check server-url.txt
-  server = fetchurl rec {
-    pname = "stremio-server";
-    version = "4.20.8";
-    url = "https://dl.strem.io/server/v${version}/desktop/server.js";
-    hash = "sha256-cRMgD1d1yVj9FBvFAqgIqwDr+7U3maE8OrCsqExftHY=";
-    meta.license = lib.licenses.unfree;
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    libsForQt5.qt5.qtwebengine
-    mpv
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    libsForQt5.qmake
-    libsForQt5.qt5.wrapQtAppsHook
-  ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/{bin,share/applications}
-    ln -s $out/opt/stremio/stremio $out/bin/stremio
-    mv $out/opt/stremio/smartcode-stremio.desktop $out/share/applications
-    install -Dm 644 images/stremio_window.png $out/share/pixmaps/smartcode-stremio.png
-    ln -s ${nodejs}/bin/node $out/opt/stremio/node
-    ln -s $server $out/opt/stremio/server.js
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/stremio \
-      --suffix PATH ":" ${lib.makeBinPath [ ffmpeg ]}
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    mainProgram = "stremio";
-    description = "Modern media center that gives you the freedom to watch everything you want";
-    homepage = "https://www.stremio.com/";
-    # (Server-side) 4.x versions of the web UI are closed-source
-    license = with lib.licenses; [
-      gpl3Only
-      # server.js is unfree
-      unfree
-    ];
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
-      griffi-gh
-    ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 01ed4ae0138a..55c10face816 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1846,6 +1846,7 @@ mapAliases {
   StormLib = throw "'StormLib' has been renamed to/replaced by 'stormlib'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   strawberry-qt5 = throw "strawberry-qt5 has been replaced by strawberry"; # Converted to throw 2025-07-19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
   stringsWithDeps = warnAlias "'stringsWithDeps' has been removed from pkgs, use `lib.stringsWithDeps` instead" lib.stringsWithDeps; # Added 2025-10-30
   subberthehut = throw "'subberthehut' has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-05-17
   sublime-music = throw "`sublime-music` has been removed because upstream has announced it is no longer maintained. Upstream suggests using `supersonic` instead."; # Added 2025-09-20