diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/rates/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/rates/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c06769aeb4cd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/rates/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  rustPlatform,
-  versionCheckHook,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "rates";
-  version = "0.7.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "lunush";
-    repo = "rates";
-    tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-zw2YLTrvqbGKR8Dg5W+kJTDKIfro+MNyjHXfZMXZhaw=";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-qfuCA1kAEbYIYI274lNrEKZNhltQP71CwtsjBr0REJs=";
-
-  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
-
-  doInstallCheck = true;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "CLI tool that brings currency exchange rates right into your terminal";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/lunush/rates";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/lunush/rates/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
-    license = with lib.licenses; [
-      asl20
-      mit
-    ];
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fab ];
-    mainProgram = "rates";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c81d17d78ffb..184464af5631 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2234,6 +2234,7 @@ mapAliases {
   rapidjson-unstable = throw "'rapidjson-unstable' has been renamed to/replaced by 'rapidjson'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   rapidsvn = throw "'rapidsvn' has been removed because upstream archived the project after development stopped in August 2021"; # Added 2026-09-02
   rar2fs = throw "'rar2fs' has been removed as it is unmaintained, and depends on the unmaintained fuse2 library"; # Added 2026-05-19
+  rates = throw "'rates' has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2026-08-24
   raycast-beta = throw "'raycast-beta' has been removed because Raycast 2.0 is out of beta. Use 'raycast' instead."; # Added 2026-08-24
   react-native-debugger = throw "'react-native-debugger' has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream and vendoring an EOL version of Electron"; # Added 2026-09-02
   react-static = throw "'react-static' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream"; # Added 2025-11-04