diff --git a/doc/StrategyHooks.md b/doc/StrategyHooks.md
index 2960ceeaad..440728783c 100644
--- a/doc/StrategyHooks.md
+++ b/doc/StrategyHooks.md
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ return [
 
 ## Addons
 
+> ⚠️ Since Friendica 2025.02 the strategy hooks for addons are deprecated, please use PHP hooks instead.
+
 The hook logic is useful for decoupling the Friendica core logic, but its primary goal is to modularize Friendica in creating addons.
 
 Therefor you can either use the interfaces directly as shown above, or you can place your own `hooks.config.php` file inside a `static` directory directly under your addon core directory.
diff --git a/src/Core/Addon/Model/AddonLoader.php b/src/Core/Addon/Model/AddonLoader.php
index 4686f7e74b..a608a66e3d 100644
--- a/src/Core/Addon/Model/AddonLoader.php
+++ b/src/Core/Addon/Model/AddonLoader.php
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ namespace Friendica\Core\Addon\Model;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon\Capability\ICanLoadAddons;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon\Exception\AddonInvalidConfigFileException;
 use Friendica\Core\Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues;
+use Friendica\Core\Logger\Factory\LoggerFactory;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 class AddonLoader implements ICanLoadAddons
 {
@@ -48,6 +50,25 @@ class AddonLoader implements ICanLoadAddons
 				throw new AddonInvalidConfigFileException('Error loading config file ' . $configFile);
 			}
 
+			if ($configName === 'strategies') {
+				foreach ($config as $classname => $rule) {
+					if ($classname === LoggerInterface::class) {
+						@trigger_error(sprintf(
+							'Providing a strategy for `%s` is deprecated since 2025.02 and will stop working in 5 months, please provide an implementation for `%s` via `dependency.config.php` and remove the `strategies.config.php` file in the `%s` addon.',
+							$classname,
+							LoggerFactory::class,
+							$addonName,
+						), \E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+					} else {
+						@trigger_error(sprintf(
+							'Providing strategies for `%s` via addons is deprecated since 2025.02 and will stop working in 5 months, please stop using this and remove the `strategies.config.php` file in the `%s` addon.',
+							$classname,
+							$addonName,
+						), \E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
 			$returnConfig = array_merge_recursive($returnConfig, $config);
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Core/Hooks/Util/StrategiesFileManager.php b/src/Core/Hooks/Util/StrategiesFileManager.php
index a39aabc85b..f5d2fe0224 100644
--- a/src/Core/Hooks/Util/StrategiesFileManager.php
+++ b/src/Core/Hooks/Util/StrategiesFileManager.php
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ class StrategiesFileManager
 			throw new HookConfigException(sprintf('Error loading config file %s.', $configFile));
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * @deprecated 2025.02 Providing strategies via addons is deprecated and will be removed in 5 months.
+		 */
 		$this->config = array_merge_recursive($config, $this->addonLoader->getActiveAddonConfig(static::CONFIG_NAME));
 	}
 }