diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hi/hifiscan/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hi/hifiscan/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 41b7637f5cf0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hi/hifiscan/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  python3Packages,
-  fetchPypi,
-}:
-let
-  pname = "hifiscan";
-  version = "1.5.2";
-  hash = "sha256-8eystqjNdDP2X9beogRcsa+Wqu50uMHZv59jdc5GjUc=";
-in
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
-  format = "setuptools";
-  inherit pname version;
-
-  pythonPath = with python3Packages; [
-    eventkit
-    numpy
-    sounddevice
-    pyqt6
-    pyqt6-sip
-    pyqtgraph
-  ];
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version hash;
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/erdewit/HiFiScan";
-    description = "Optimize the audio quality of your loudspeakers";
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ cab404 ];
-    mainProgram = "hifiscan";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 07de2ecd21b7..878f2c0e8a87 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1107,6 +1107,7 @@ mapAliases {
   hiawatha = throw "hiawatha has been removed, since it is no longer actively supported upstream, nor well maintained in nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-09-10
   hibernate = throw "hibernate has been removed due to lack of maintenance"; # Added 2025-09-10
   hiddify-app = throw "hiddify-app has been removed, since it is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-20
+  hifiscan = throw "'hifiscan' has been removed due to being archived upstream."; # Added 2026-08-22
   himitsu-firefox = throw "himitsu-firefox has been removed because it has been marked as broken since at least November 2024."; # Added 2025-10-11
   hiPrio = warnAlias "'hiPrio' has been removed from pkgs, use `lib.hiPrio` instead" lib.hiPrio; # Added 2025-10-30
   hiraeth = throw "hiraeth has been removed due to being unmaintained upstream";