diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index bcd78cc67c..cc0b264ba4 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMHASH
+	bool "libmhash has been removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  libmhash is unmaintained and has been removed
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DMRAID
 	bool "dmraid has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index f516d3f883..2617020fe6 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1625,7 +1625,6 @@ menu "Crypto"
 	source "package/libkcapi/Config.in"
 	source "package/libksba/Config.in"
 	source "package/libmd/Config.in"
-	source "package/libmhash/Config.in"
 	source "package/libnss/Config.in"
 	source "package/libp11/Config.in"
 	source "package/libscrypt/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libmhash/Config.in b/package/libmhash/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 774ff1b1bc..0000000000
--- a/package/libmhash/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMHASH
-	bool "libmhash"
-	help
-	  Mhash is a free (under GNU Lesser GPL) library which provides
-	  a uniform interface to a large number of hash algorithms.
-	  These algorithms can be used to compute checksums, message
-	  digests, and other signatures.
-
-	  http://mhash.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/package/libmhash/libmhash.hash b/package/libmhash/libmhash.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 06c1fe4897..0000000000
--- a/package/libmhash/libmhash.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Locally computed:
-sha256  56521c52a9033779154432d0ae47ad7198914785265e1f570cee21ab248dfef0  mhash-0.9.9.9.tar.bz2
-sha256  d245807f90032872d1438d741ed21e2490e1175dc8aa3afa5ddb6c8e529b58e5  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libmhash/libmhash.mk b/package/libmhash/libmhash.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index f2da10e662..0000000000
--- a/package/libmhash/libmhash.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# libmhash
-#
-################################################################################
-
-LIBMHASH_VERSION = 0.9.9.9
-LIBMHASH_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mhash/mhash/$(LIBMHASH_VERSION)
-LIBMHASH_SOURCE = mhash-$(LIBMHASH_VERSION).tar.bz2
-LIBMHASH_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-LIBMHASH_LICENSE = LGPL-2.0
-LIBMHASH_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-
-$(eval $(autotools-package))