diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index e19ede11df..c65ab01930 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2025.11"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LEAFPAD
+	bool "leafpad has been removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  The leafpad package has been removed, as libgtk2 has been
+	  removed as well.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GTKPERF
 	bool "gtkperf has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 2d381a64f4..abc7ddcba2 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -399,7 +399,6 @@ comment "X applications"
 	source "package/dillo/Config.in"
 	source "package/docker/Config.in"
 	source "package/feh/Config.in"
-	source "package/leafpad/Config.in"
 	source "package/mupdf/Config.in"
 	source "package/nodm/Config.in"
 	source "package/pcmanfm/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/leafpad/Config.in b/package/leafpad/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index a4408547cd..0000000000
--- a/package/leafpad/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LEAFPAD
-	bool "leafpad"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2
-	help
-	  GTK+ based simple text editor
-
-	  http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/leafpad
diff --git a/package/leafpad/leafpad.hash b/package/leafpad/leafpad.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f6e68f0a2..0000000000
--- a/package/leafpad/leafpad.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256  07d3f712f4dbd0a33251fd1dee14e21afdc9f92090fc768c11ab0ac556adbe97  leafpad-0.8.19.tar.gz
-# Locally computed
-sha256  32b1062f7da84967e7019d01ab805935caa7ab7321a7ced0e30ebe75e5df1670  COPYING
diff --git a/package/leafpad/leafpad.mk b/package/leafpad/leafpad.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 608fa37be4..0000000000
--- a/package/leafpad/leafpad.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# leafpad
-#
-################################################################################
-
-LEAFPAD_VERSION = 0.8.19
-LEAFPAD_SITE = http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/leafpad
-LEAFPAD_DEPENDENCIES = libgtk2 host-intltool
-LEAFPAD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
-LEAFPAD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-
-$(eval $(autotools-package))