diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index b8a95fd812..4894fe7065 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.08"
 
+config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_0
+	bool "kernel headers version 7.0.x are no longer supported"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  Version 7.0.x of the Linux kernel headers are no longer
+	  maintained upstream and are now removed.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_PLUGINS_SAP
 	bool "bluez sap plugin removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash b/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash
index e611478e30..2d6ab0f28a 100644
--- a/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash
+++ b/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v7.x/sha256sums.asc
 sha256  37198c93727be247c9fb5309bb86cd5e496c61e5322cd8c4eca9476bb0b5883f  linux-7.1.2.tar.xz
-sha256  de9999b784d2293f00d39c62d8f92a08ab8a54bc4e80ffd250a0c09cb07a0f98  linux-7.0.14.tar.xz
 
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
 sha256  a83cd200e6646db52866b8309e9137b9e9048b613cbda10ced2b811aae125255  linux-6.18.37.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/linux-headers/7.0.14 b/package/linux-headers/7.0.14
deleted file mode 120000
index a4e1d3ec9c..0000000000
--- a/package/linux-headers/7.0.14
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../linux/from-6.17
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
index 54fa189217..d1eb93ce1c 100644
--- a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_18
 	bool "Linux 6.18.x kernel headers"
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_6_18
 
-config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_0
-	bool "Linux 7.0.x kernel headers"
-	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_7_0
-
 config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_1
 	bool "Linux 7.1.x kernel headers"
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_7_1
@@ -482,7 +478,6 @@ config BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_HEADERS
 	default "6.6.143"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_6
 	default "6.12.94"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_12
 	default "6.18.37"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_18
-	default "7.0.14"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_0
 	default "7.1.2"		if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_1
 	default BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION
 	default "custom"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_CUSTOM_TARBALL