diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 42ffab3..cc41440 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -2125,6 +2125,11 @@ The community relay moved off the hosted relay.tools instance
   relay will lose skate content once the relay.tools subscription is cancelled —
   cancel only after the Zapstore update has propagated. Historical newsletter text
   still names the old relay (left as-is on purpose).
+- **Stored relay lists are migrated (2026-10-12):** `RETIRED_RELAY_HOSTS` in
+  `lib/relays.ts` (`goskatespots.nostr1.com`, dead `wotr.relatr.xyz`) are pruned at
+  runtime (`resolveRelays`), on config load (`AppProvider`) and on NIP-65 sync
+  (`NostrSync`), so existing users stop showing/using them without manual edits.
+  Saving the Relays screen republishes the cleaned NIP-65 list.
 - ⚠️ `relay.skate-spots.org` can show a stale NXDOMAIN in a local resolver cache
   right after creation (our dev box did). Verify with
   `curl --resolve relay.skate-spots.org:443:185.18.221.2 …` or from another host.
diff --git a/src/components/AppProvider.tsx b/src/components/AppProvider.tsx
index dd12e0d..43a0b08 100644
--- a/src/components/AppProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AppProvider.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
 import { useLocalStorage } from '@/hooks/useLocalStorage';
 import { safeJson } from '@/lib/safeJson';
 import { AppContext, type AppConfig, type AppContextType, type Theme, type RelayMetadata } from '@/contexts/AppContext';
+import { pruneRetiredRelays } from '@/lib/relays';
 
 interface AppProviderProps {
   children: ReactNode;
@@ -84,6 +85,17 @@ export function AppProvider(props: AppProviderProps) {
       }
     }
 
+    // One-time cleanup: drop retired/dead relays from an existing user's saved list.
+    // Code defaults change over time, but a user's stored relay list is otherwise
+    // never rewritten — so a retired relay would linger forever.
+    if (!updates.relayMetadata) {
+      const pruned = pruneRetiredRelays(config.relayMetadata);
+      if (pruned) {
+        updates.relayMetadata = pruned;
+        needsUpdate = true;
+      }
+    }
+
     // Force dark theme (app is dark-only)
     if (config.theme !== 'dark') {
       updates.theme = 'dark';
diff --git a/src/components/NostrSync.tsx b/src/components/NostrSync.tsx
index ef6845c..da28ec2 100644
--- a/src/components/NostrSync.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NostrSync.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { useCurrentUser } from '@/hooks/useCurrentUser';
 import { useAppContext } from '@/hooks/useAppContext';
 import { useToast } from '@/hooks/useToast';
 import { useTranslation } from '@/contexts/language';
+import { isRetiredRelay } from '@/lib/relays';
 
 // Citrine local relay (Android app by greenart7c3)
 const CITRINE_URL = 'ws://localhost:4869';
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ export function NostrSync() {
                 url,
                 read: !marker || marker === 'read',
                 write: !marker || marker === 'write',
-              }));
+              }))
+              .filter((r) => !isRetiredRelay(r.url));
             if (fetchedRelays.length > 0) {
               updateConfig(c => ({
                 ...c,
diff --git a/src/lib/relays.ts b/src/lib/relays.ts
index 39f0b79..d7acabc 100644
--- a/src/lib/relays.ts
+++ b/src/lib/relays.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,43 @@ export function normalizeRelayUrl(input: string): string | null {
   }
 }
 
+/** Hosts that are retired or dead and are pruned from every relay list. */
+export const RETIRED_RELAY_HOSTS = new Set([
+  'goskatespots.nostr1.com', // legacy hosted relay — retired 2026-10-12
+  'wotr.relatr.xyz', // dead (does not resolve)
+]);
+
+/** True when `url` points at a retired/dead relay host. */
+export function isRetiredRelay(url: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    return RETIRED_RELAY_HOSTS.has(new URL(url).host.toLowerCase());
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remove retired/dead relays from a stored RelayMetadata. Returns a new object
+ * only when something actually changed (so callers can skip a no-op write), else
+ * null.
+ */
+export function pruneRetiredRelays(metadata: RelayMetadata): RelayMetadata | null {
+  const relays = metadata.relays.filter((r) => !isRetiredRelay(r.url));
+  const local = metadata.localRelays?.filter((u) => !isRetiredRelay(u));
+  const dm = metadata.dmRelays?.filter((u) => !isRetiredRelay(u));
+  const changed =
+    relays.length !== metadata.relays.length ||
+    (local?.length ?? 0) !== (metadata.localRelays?.length ?? 0) ||
+    (dm?.length ?? 0) !== (metadata.dmRelays?.length ?? 0);
+  if (!changed) return null;
+  return {
+    ...metadata,
+    relays,
+    ...(metadata.localRelays ? { localRelays: local } : {}),
+    ...(metadata.dmRelays ? { dmRelays: dm } : {}),
+  };
+}
+
 export interface ResolvedRelays {
   /** NIP-65 relays with blocked ones removed (read/write flags kept). */
   configured: { url: string; read: boolean; write: boolean }[];
@@ -46,8 +83,12 @@ export interface ResolvedRelays {
  */
 export function resolveRelays(metadata: RelayMetadata): ResolvedRelays {
   const blocked = new Set((metadata.blockedRelays ?? []).map((u) => u.toLowerCase()));
-  const local = (metadata.localRelays ?? []).filter((u) => !blocked.has(u.toLowerCase()));
-  const configured = metadata.relays.filter((r) => !blocked.has(r.url.toLowerCase()));
+  const local = (metadata.localRelays ?? []).filter(
+    (u) => !blocked.has(u.toLowerCase()) && !isRetiredRelay(u),
+  );
+  const configured = metadata.relays.filter(
+    (r) => !blocked.has(r.url.toLowerCase()) && !isRetiredRelay(r.url),
+  );
 
   return {
     configured,