diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/scry/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/scry/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e1982a96df90..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/scry/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  crystal,
-  coreutils,
-  makeWrapper,
-  bash,
-}:
-
-crystal.buildCrystalPackage rec {
-  pname = "scry";
-  version = "0.9.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "crystal-lang-tools";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-hqyG1aKY3M8q8lZEKzpUUKl9jS7NF+VMsma6+C0sCbg=";
-  };
-
-  # a bunch of tests fail when built in the sandbox while perfectly fine outside
-  postPatch = ''
-    rm spec/scry/{client,completion_provider,context,executable}_spec.cr
-  '';
-
-  format = "shards";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-  buildInputs = [ bash ];
-
-  shardsFile = ./shards.nix;
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/scry \
-      --prefix PATH : ${
-        lib.makeBinPath [
-          crystal
-          coreutils
-        ]
-      }
-  '';
-
-  # the binary doesn't take any arguments, so this will hang
-  doInstallCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Code analysis server for the Crystal programming language";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/crystal-lang-tools/scry";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      peterhoeg
-      Br1ght0ne
-    ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/scry/shards.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/scry/shards.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index df3d0848471a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/scry/shards.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  json_mapping = {
-    owner = "crystal-lang";
-    repo = "json_mapping.cr";
-    rev = "v0.1.0";
-    sha256 = "1qq5vs2085x7cwmp96rrjns0yz9kiz1lycxynfbz5psxll6b8p55";
-  };
-  lsp = {
-    owner = "crystal-lang-tools";
-    repo = "lsp";
-    rev = "v0.2.0";
-    sha256 = "1lnviqrywh0w05mx67mzw7d1qz328p52z4k69pcqw66gs44i7b5c";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 006911d444a7..c5cb1be5ddf5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1261,6 +1261,7 @@ mapAliases {
   schildichat-desktop = schildichat-web;
   schildichat-desktop-wayland = schildichat-web;
   scitoken-cpp = scitokens-cpp; # Added 2024-02-12
+  scry = "'scry' has been removed as it was archived upstream. Use 'crystalline' instead"; # Added 2025-02-12
   semeru-bin-16 = throw "Semeru 16 has been removed as it has reached its end of life"; # Added 2024-08-01
   semeru-jre-bin-16 = throw "Semeru 16 has been removed as it has reached its end of life"; # Added 2024-08-01
   sensu = throw "sensu has been removed as the upstream project is deprecated. Consider using `sensu-go`"; # Added 2024-10-28
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 44dd93183688..bf6aea87e193 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5760,8 +5760,6 @@ with pkgs;
     llvmPackages = crystal.llvmPackages;
   };
 
-  scry = callPackage ../development/tools/scry { crystal = crystal_1_2; };
-
   devpi-client = python3Packages.callPackage ../development/tools/devpi-client { };
 
   devpi-server = python3Packages.callPackage ../development/tools/devpi-server { };