diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 94d1c4ea08..e0ada2e10d 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HAWKTRACER
+	bool "hawktracer has been removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  hawktracer is unmaintained and has been removed
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CONNMAN_GTK
 	bool "connman-gtk has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 3a0b2aafa2..44b1e97020 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1262,7 +1262,6 @@ F:	package/cctz/
 F:	package/clpeak/
 F:	package/faad2/
 F:	package/fdk-aac/
-F:	package/hawktracer/
 F:	package/httping/
 F:	package/iozone/
 F:	package/leptonica/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 06e3782e87..b6e6a31b14 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1952,7 +1952,6 @@ endmenu
 
 menu "Logging"
 	source "package/glog/Config.in"
-	source "package/hawktracer/Config.in"
 	source "package/liblog4c-localtime/Config.in"
 	source "package/liblogging/Config.in"
 	source "package/log4cplus/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/hawktracer/Config.in b/package/hawktracer/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index bee9c27b7d..0000000000
--- a/package/hawktracer/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_HAWKTRACER
-	bool "hawktracer"
-	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
-	help
-	  HawkTracer is a highly portable, low-overhead, configurable
-	  profiling tool built in Amazon Video for getting performance
-	  metrics from low-end devices.
-
-	  https://hawktracer.github.io/
-
-if BR2_PACKAGE_HAWKTRACER
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_HAWKTRACER_TCP_LISTENER
-	bool "TCP listener"
-	default y
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-
-comment "TCP listener needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-
-endif
-
-comment "hawktracer needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.8"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
diff --git a/package/hawktracer/hawktracer.hash b/package/hawktracer/hawktracer.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 585b612c49..0000000000
--- a/package/hawktracer/hawktracer.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Computed locally
-sha256  12a689a1cfb2ae25ad777b1b2275dbba5cd64905627b0a20d17d6e26de003cef  hawktracer-0.11.0.tar.gz
-sha256  2f377333e64ad08ad3afec8ed6c2c96ced2a6d7d67443eb2784a931bb7b3fd59  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/hawktracer/hawktracer.mk b/package/hawktracer/hawktracer.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e722080f5..0000000000
--- a/package/hawktracer/hawktracer.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# hawktracer
-#
-################################################################################
-
-HAWKTRACER_VERSION = 0.11.0
-HAWKTRACER_SITE = $(call github,amzn,hawktracer,v$(HAWKTRACER_VERSION))
-HAWKTRACER_LICENSE = MIT
-HAWKTRACER_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
-HAWKTRACER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-
-HAWKTRACER_CONF_OPTS = \
-	-DENABLE_ASAN=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_TESTS=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_CODE_COVERAGE=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_BENCHMARKS=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_DOC=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_PYTHON_BINDINGS=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_MAINTAINER_MODE=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_RELEASE_MODE=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_CLIENT=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_EXAMPLES=OFF
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-HAWKTRACER_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_STATIC_LIB=ON
-else
-HAWKTRACER_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_STATIC_LIB=OFF
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAWKTRACER_TCP_LISTENER),y)
-HAWKTRACER_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_TCP_LISTENER=ON
-else
-HAWKTRACER_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_TCP_LISTENER=OFF
-endif
-
-# Enable threads support if supported by toolchain
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
-HAWKTRACER_CONF_OPTS += \
-	-DENABLE_CPU_USAGE_FEATURE=ON \
-	-DENABLE_THREADS=ON
-else
-HAWKTRACER_CONF_OPTS += \
-	-DENABLE_CPU_USAGE_FEATURE=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_THREADS=OFF
-endif
-
-$(eval $(cmake-package))