diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a5b2d1..a86eb77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Notable changes to this stack. Format follows
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Removed
+
+- `retired.yaml`: the hub has dropped the per-project rules it deleted.
+
 ## [0.4.0] - 2026-10-02
 
 ### Upgrade
diff --git a/config/grafana/alerting/retired.yaml b/config/grafana/alerting/retired.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bad1124..0000000
--- a/config/grafana/alerting/retired.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# The per-project ProjectTelemetrySilent rules that projects.yaml replaced. Grafana
-# keeps a provisioned rule after its file is gone and only drops it on a deleteRules
-# entry. Delete this file once the hub has restarted Grafana on this release.
-
-apiVersion: 1
-
-deleteRules:
-  - orgId: 1
-    uid: proj-silent-relab-prod
-  - orgId: 1
-    uid: proj-silent-relab-staging