diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/container/registry.rs b/core/archipelago/src/container/registry.rs
index 73bde3bc..b7299f31 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/container/registry.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/container/registry.rs
@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ pub async fn load_registries(data_dir: &Path) -> Result<RegistryConfig> {
     let mut config: RegistryConfig =
         serde_json::from_str(&content).unwrap_or_else(|_| RegistryConfig::default());
 
+    // One-time migration: the Hetzner VPS at 23.182.128.160 was
+    // decommissioned 2026-04-23. Existing nodes have it baked into
+    // their saved registry list (was the original Server 1). Strip it
+    // on load so every container pull doesn't pay a connection-refused
+    // timeout against a dead host. Exception to the usual "explicit
+    // removals stick" rule: the user never chose to add this — it
+    // was a default.
+    let before = config.registries.len();
+    config.registries.retain(|r| !r.url.contains("23.182.128.160"));
+    let mut changed = config.registries.len() != before;
+
     // Migrate: any default registry URL that isn't already in the
     // saved list gets appended at the end (so existing priority order
     // is preserved for anything the operator already configured).
@@ -119,16 +130,15 @@ pub async fn load_registries(data_dir: &Path) -> Result<RegistryConfig> {
         .map(|r| r.priority)
         .max()
         .unwrap_or(0);
-    let mut added = false;
     for (i, def) in defaults.registries.iter().enumerate() {
         if !known.contains(&def.url) {
             let mut cloned = def.clone();
             cloned.priority = max_priority.saturating_add(10 + i as u32);
             config.registries.push(cloned);
-            added = true;
+            changed = true;
         }
     }
-    if added {
+    if changed {
         // Persist so the next load doesn't have to re-merge.
         let _ = save_registries(data_dir, &config).await;
     }
diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/update.rs b/core/archipelago/src/update.rs
index eab30e8a..8654491b 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/update.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/update.rs
@@ -143,18 +143,27 @@ pub async fn load_mirrors(data_dir: &Path) -> Result<Vec<UpdateMirror>> {
         return Ok(default_mirrors());
     }
 
+    // One-time migration: the Hetzner VPS at 23.182.128.160 was
+    // decommissioned 2026-04-23. Existing nodes have it baked into their
+    // saved mirror list (was the original Server 1). Strip it on load so
+    // we don't spend seconds per install timing out against a dead host.
+    // Exception to the usual "explicit removals stick" rule: the user
+    // never chose to add this — it was a default.
+    let before = list.len();
+    list.retain(|m| !m.url.contains("23.182.128.160"));
+    let mut changed = list.len() != before;
+
     // Merge in any default URLs the saved config is missing.
     let known: std::collections::HashSet<String> =
         list.iter().map(|m| m.url.clone()).collect();
     let defaults = default_mirrors();
-    let mut added = false;
     for def in &defaults {
         if !known.contains(&def.url) {
             list.push(def.clone());
-            added = true;
+            changed = true;
         }
     }
-    if added {
+    if changed {
         let _ = save_mirrors(data_dir, &list).await;
     }
     Ok(list)