diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ph/phlare/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ph/phlare/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 96c1a33fa74b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ph/phlare/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildGo122Module,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-}:
-# breaks in go 1.23 with `invalid reference to runtime.aeskeysched`
-# won't be fixed upstream since the repository is archived.
-buildGo122Module rec {
-  pname = "phlare";
-  version = "0.6.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    owner = "grafana";
-    repo = "phlare";
-    sha256 = "sha256-iaNwOV8XP6H8DDs2HcOIIl8sNM6Xi5VsRxSb80mvvLo=";
-  };
-
-  proxyVendor = true;
-  vendorHash = "sha256-l7+iDT9GAP9BX+xKvnx57iVF8wCM1YyHwq6dD9PbTDI=";
-
-  ldflags =
-    let
-      prefix = "github.com/grafana/phlare/pkg/util/build";
-    in
-    [
-      "-s"
-      "-w"
-      # https://github.com/grafana/phlare/blob/v0.6.1/Makefile#L32
-      "-X ${prefix}.Version=${version}"
-      "-X ${prefix}.Branch=v${version}"
-      "-X ${prefix}.Revision=v${version}"
-      "-X ${prefix}.BuildUser=nix"
-      "-X ${prefix}.BuildDate=1980-01-01T00:00:00Z"
-    ];
-
-  subPackages = [
-    "cmd/phlare"
-    "cmd/profilecli"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Grafana Phlare is an open source database that provides fast, scalable, highly available, and efficient storage and querying of profiling data";
-    license = licenses.agpl3Only;
-    homepage = "https://grafana.com/oss/phlare";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cathalmullan ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b0ada8d84973..7fa0cbcbc0af 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1347,6 +1347,7 @@ mapAliases {
   pg-gvm = throw "pg-gvm has been moved to postgresql.pkgs.pg-gvm to make it work with all versions of PostgreSQL"; # added 2024-11-30
   pgadmin = pgadmin4;
   pharo-spur64 = pharo; # Added 2022-08-03
+  phlare = throw "'phlare' has been removed as the upstream project was archived."; # Added 2025-03-27
   picom-next = picom; # Added 2024-02-13
   pict-rs_0_3 = throw "pict-rs_0_3 has been removed, as it was an outdated version and no longer compiled"; # Added 2024-08-20