diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 6afd54a8733c..cae260780da1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ mapAliases {
   hydra_unstable = throw "'hydra_unstable' has been renamed to/replaced by 'hydra'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   hydraAntLogger = warnAlias "'hydraAntLogger' has been renamed to 'hydra-ant-logger'" hydra-ant-logger; # Added 2026-02-08
   hyena = throw "'hyena' has been removed, as it is archived upstream and relies on gtk2"; # Added 2026-07-28
+  hyperscan = throw "'hyperscan' has been removed, as upstream moved to closed source and was broken after pcre removal. Consider using 'vectorscan' instead."; # Added 2026-10-28
   hyprfreeze = warnAlias "'hyprfreeze' has been renamed to 'wl-freeze'" wl-freeze; # Added 2026-04-10
   hyprmagnifier = throw "'hyprmagnifier' has been removed as it was unmaintained, consider using 'hyprmag' instead"; # Added 2026-07-22
   hyprpanel = throw "'hyprpanel' has been archived, consider using 'wayle' instead"; # Added 2026-07-21