diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/do/doctave/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/do/doctave/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c92b889e3ce..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/do/doctave/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  rustPlatform,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "doctave";
-  version = "0.4.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "doctave";
-    repo = "doctave";
-    rev = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-8mGSFQozyLoGua9mwyqfDcYNMtbeWp9Phb0vaje+AJ0=";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-3gyYls1+5eVM3eLlFNmULvIbc5VgoWpfnpO4nmoDMAI=";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Batteries-included developer documentation site generator";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/doctave/doctave";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/doctave/doctave/blob/${finalAttrs.version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    mainProgram = "doctave";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 799908d96917..8ce4a6270ed4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ mapAliases {
   docker_26 = throw "'docker_26' has been removed because it has been unmaintained since February 2025. Use docker_28 or newer instead."; # Added 2025-06-21
   docker_27 = throw "'docker_27' has been removed because it has been unmaintained since May 2025. Use docker_28 or newer instead."; # Added 2025-06-15
   dockerfile-language-server-nodejs = warnAlias "'dockerfile-language-server-nodejs' has been renamed to 'dockerfile-language-server'" dockerfile-language-server; # Added 2025-09-12
+  doctave = throw "'doctave' has been removed as it has been unmaintained upstream since April 2022"; # Added 2026-02-07
   docui = throw "'docui' has removed as it was deprecated and archived upstream. Consider using lazydocker instead"; # Added 2026-01-16
   dogdns = throw "'dogdns' has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream and vendors insecure dependencies. Consider switching to 'doggo', a similar tool."; # Added 2025-12-31
   dolphin-emu-beta = throw "'dolphin-emu-beta' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dolphin-emu'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27