diff --git a/tools/autoupdate_app_sources/rest_api.py b/tools/autoupdate_app_sources/rest_api.py
index f5193180..7ef3a1aa 100644
--- a/tools/autoupdate_app_sources/rest_api.py
+++ b/tools/autoupdate_app_sources/rest_api.py
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ class GithubAPI:
         """Get a list of releases for project."""
         return self.internal_api(f"repos/{self.upstream_repo}/releases?per_page=100")
 
+    def archived(self) -> bool:
+        """Return the archival status for the repository"""
+        return self.internal_api(f"repos/{self.upstream_repo}")["archived"]
+
     def url_for_ref(self, ref: str, ref_type: RefType) -> str:
         """Get a URL for a ref."""
         if ref_type == RefType.tags or ref_type == RefType.releases:
@@ -145,6 +149,10 @@ class GitlabAPI:
 
         return retval
 
+    def archived(self) -> bool:
+        """Return the archival status for the repository"""
+        return self.internal_api(f"projects/{self.project_id}")["archived"]
+
     def url_for_ref(self, ref: str, _: RefType) -> str:
         name = self.project_path.split("/")[-1]
         clean_ref = ref.replace("/", "-")
@@ -196,6 +204,10 @@ class GiteaForgejoAPI:
         """Get a list of releases for project."""
         return self.internal_api(f"repos/{self.project_path}/releases")
 
+    def archived(self) -> bool:
+        """Return the archival status for the repository"""
+        return self.internal_api(f"repos/{self.project_path}")["archived"]
+
     def url_for_ref(self, ref: str, _: RefType) -> str:
         """Get a URL for a ref."""
         return f"{self.forge_root}/{self.project_path}/archive/{ref}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/tools/find_deprecated.py b/tools/find_deprecated.py
index d860ac20..b81cd038 100755
--- a/tools/find_deprecated.py
+++ b/tools/find_deprecated.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ def get_github() -> tuple[Optional[tuple[str, str]], Optional[github.Github], Op
         return None, None, None
 
 
-
 def upstream_last_update_ago(app: str) -> tuple[str, int | None]:
     manifest_toml = app_cache_folder(app) / "manifest.toml"
     manifest_json = app_cache_folder(app) / "manifest.json"
@@ -75,6 +74,10 @@ def upstream_last_update_ago(app: str) -> tuple[str, int | None]:
                 api = GiteaForgejoAPI(upstream)
 
     if api:
+        if api.archived():
+            # A stupid value that we know to be higher than the trigger value
+            return app, 1000
+
         last_commit = api.commits()[0]
         date = last_commit["commit"]["author"]["date"]
         date = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(date)