diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/sqlar.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/sqlar.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2658a2b5d7f1..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/sqlar.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  fuse,
-  zlib,
-  withFuse ? true,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "sqlar";
-  version = "2018-01-07";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.sqlite.org/sqlar/tarball/4824e73896/sqlar-src-4824e73896.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "09pikkbp93gqypn3da9zi0dzc47jyypkwc9vnmfzhmw7kpyv8nm9";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace Makefile \
-      --replace 'gcc' '${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc'
-  '';
-
-  buildInputs = [ zlib ] ++ lib.optional withFuse fuse;
-
-  buildFlags = [
-    "CFLAGS=-Wno-error"
-    "sqlar"
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optional withFuse "sqlarfs";
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -D -t $out/bin sqlar
-  ''
-  + lib.optionalString withFuse ''
-    install -D -t $out/bin sqlarfs
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://sqlite.org/sqlar";
-    description = "SQLite Archive utilities";
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 3966ddd276a5..95e5f5ba46ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -2037,6 +2037,7 @@ mapAliases {
   spotify-unwrapped = throw "'spotify-unwrapped' has been renamed to/replaced by 'spotify'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   spring = throw "spring has been removed, as it had been broken since 2023 (it was a game; maybe you’re thinking of spring-boot-cli?)"; # Added 2025-09-16
   springLobby = throw "springLobby has been removed, as it had been broken since 2023"; # Added 2025-09-16
+  sqlar = throw "'sqlar' has been removed, as it is umaintained upstream, and depends on fuse2. Consider using the sqlite builtin VACUUM";
   sqlbag = throw "sqlbag has been removed because it has been marked as broken since May 2024."; # Added 2025-10-11
   src = throw "The \"src\" package has been renamed to \"simple-revision-control\". If you encounter this error and did not intend to use that package you may have a falsely constructed overlay."; # Added 2025-11-19
   ssm-agent = throw "'ssm-agent' has been renamed to/replaced by 'amazon-ssm-agent'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 882dd6edd5db..ba28ad70b86f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7117,8 +7117,6 @@ with pkgs;
     sqlite-rsync
     ;
 
-  sqlar = callPackage ../development/libraries/sqlite/sqlar.nix { };
-
   sqlite-interactive = (sqlite.override { interactive = true; }).bin;
 
   stlink-gui = callPackage ../by-name/st/stlink/package.nix { withGUI = true; };