diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index c7245c7..747a9b8 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -272,11 +272,19 @@ async function organizationRun(context, npmOrg) {
     })
 
     if (!info) {
-      console.error(
-        '  ' + chalk.red('✖') + ' npm package `%s` should not be in org `%s`',
-        name,
-        npmOrg.npm
-      )
+      tasks.push(async function () {
+        const packageArchived = await deprecated(context, name)
+
+        if (!packageArchived) {
+          console.error(
+            '  ' +
+              chalk.red('✖') +
+              ' npm package `%s` should not be in org `%s` (or it should be deprecated)',
+            name,
+            npmOrg.npm
+          )
+        }
+      })
     }
   }
 
@@ -326,7 +334,7 @@ async function organizationRun(context, npmOrg) {
       (actualRole === 'admin' && expectedRole === 'developer')
     ) {
       console.error(
-        '    ' +
+        '  ' +
           chalk.red('✖') +
           ' unexpected user `%s` with more rights (`%s`) than expected (`%s`), ignoring',
         human.npm,
@@ -596,28 +604,26 @@ async function packageRun(context, npmOrg, repo, manifestFilename) {
 
   // We don’t do missing here: people are added to teams, so they’ll be warned
   // about in the team pipeline.
+  const packageArchived = await deprecated(context, packageData.name)
 
-  if (!repo.archived) {
-    const response = await fetch(
-      'https://registry.npmjs.org/' + encodeURIComponent(packageData.name),
-      {headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer ' + context.npmToken}}
-    )
-    const packument = /** @type {Packument} */ (await response.json())
-    const version = packument.versions[packument['dist-tags'].latest]
-    const deprecated = 'deprecated' in version
-
-    // Note: archived repos don’t return package manifests, so we can’t check
-    // if packages from archived repos are deprecated.
-
-    if (deprecated) {
-      console.info(
-        '    ' +
-          chalk.blue('ℹ') +
-          ' unexpected deprecated `%s`, in unarchived repo `%s`',
+  if (repo.archived) {
+    if (!packageArchived) {
+      console.error(
+        '  ' +
+          chalk.red('✖') +
+          'unexpected undeprecated package `%s` in archived repo `%s`',
         packageData.name,
         repo.name
       )
     }
+  } else if (packageArchived) {
+    console.info(
+      '    ' +
+        chalk.blue('ℹ') +
+        ' unexpected deprecated package `%s` in unarchived repo `%s`',
+      packageData.name,
+      repo.name
+    )
   }
 
   return {name: packageData.name, repo: repo.name}
@@ -897,6 +903,21 @@ async function teamRun(context, npmOrg, npmOrgPackages, npmTeam) {
   await pSeries(tasks)
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param {Context} context
+ * @param {string} name
+ * @returns {Promise<boolean>}
+ */
+async function deprecated(context, name) {
+  const manifestResponse = await fetch(
+    'https://registry.npmjs.org/' + encodeURIComponent(name),
+    {headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer ' + context.npmToken}}
+  )
+  const packument = /** @type {Packument} */ (await manifestResponse.json())
+  const version = packument.versions[packument['dist-tags'].latest]
+  return 'deprecated' in version
+}
+
 /**
  * @param {GraphQl} internalFunction
  * @returns {GraphQl}