diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 2c9d62fe49..c4bc3e5c02 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ package/libavl/0001-fix-makefile.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/libb64/0001-Integer-overflows.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/libb64/0002-Initialize-C++-objects.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/libcdaudio/0001-libcdaudio-enable-autoreconf.patch lib_patch.Upstream
-package/libcgi/0001-CMakeLists.txt-honour-BUILD_TESTING.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/libcgicc/0001-disable-documentation-option.patch lib_patch.Sob lib_patch.Upstream
 package/libcuefile/0001-fix-static-link.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/libdaemon/0001-testd-use-unistd-h-instead-of-sys-unistd-h.patch lib_patch.Upstream
diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index ff0549548d..3ce540561f 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCGI
+	bool "libcgi has been removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  libcgi is unmaintained and has been removed
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LET_ME_CREATE
 	bool "let-me-create has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 5c337c0eb5..58905f4759 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2032,7 +2032,6 @@ menu "Networking"
 	source "package/gupnp-dlna/Config.in"
 	source "package/ibrcommon/Config.in"
 	source "package/ibrdtn/Config.in"
-	source "package/libcgi/Config.in"
 	source "package/libcgicc/Config.in"
 	source "package/libcoap/Config.in"
 	source "package/libcpprestsdk/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libcgi/0001-CMakeLists.txt-honour-BUILD_TESTING.patch b/package/libcgi/0001-CMakeLists.txt-honour-BUILD_TESTING.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ec674ae70..0000000000
--- a/package/libcgi/0001-CMakeLists.txt-honour-BUILD_TESTING.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-From 15ec267520efbe45193eb1df5361a4ab56164294 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
-Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 17:54:42 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] CMakeLists.txt: honour BUILD_TESTING
-
-Allow the user to disable tests through the standard BUILD_TESTING
-option: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/CTest.html
-
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
-[Retrieved from:
-https://github.com/rafaelsteil/libcgi/commit/15ec267520efbe45193eb1df5361a4ab56164294]
----
- CMakeLists.txt | 12 +++++++++---
- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index cbf0d97..e3329a1 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -29,15 +29,21 @@ option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
- 	"Global flag to cause add_library to create shared libraries if on."
- 	ON
- )
-+option(BUILD_TESTING
-+	"Build tests."
-+	ON
-+)
- 
- # subdirectories
- add_subdirectory("include/libcgi")
- add_subdirectory("src")
- 
- # test
--enable_testing()
--include(CTest)
--add_subdirectory("test")
-+if(BUILD_TESTING)
-+	enable_testing()
-+	include(CTest)
-+	add_subdirectory("test")
-+endif(BUILD_TESTING)
- 
- # cmake package stuff
- configure_package_config_file(${PROJECT_NAME_LC}-config.cmake.in
diff --git a/package/libcgi/Config.in b/package/libcgi/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 33369079b3..0000000000
--- a/package/libcgi/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCGI
-	bool "libcgi"
-	help
-	  LibCGI is a library written from scratch to easily make
-	  CGI applications in C.
-
-	  There are a lot of functions like string manipulation,
-	  session and cookie support, GET and POST methods manipulation
-	  etc..., to help you to quickly write powerful CGI programs.
-
-	  https://github.com/rafaelsteil/libcgi/
diff --git a/package/libcgi/libcgi.hash b/package/libcgi/libcgi.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e8845ede2..0000000000
--- a/package/libcgi/libcgi.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# From https://github.com/rafaelsteil/libcgi/releases/download/v1.3.0/libcgi-1.3.0.tar.gz.md5
-md5  6efdc968bdf986832b7e220d1b914e57  libcgi-1.3.0.tar.gz
-# From https://github.com/rafaelsteil/libcgi/releases/download/v1.3.0/libcgi-1.3.0.tar.gz.sha256
-sha256  d932f380b1a5dbfbddffaa76fac71bf505a9585d441c9ae86bfbf76033d9d8df  libcgi-1.3.0.tar.gz
-
-# Hash for license file:
-sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  LICENSES/LGPL-2.1.txt
-sha256  f32c31e26ec840753a8cd47cd2681e48be4cee853212d16a4b1d85ac4d677669  LICENSES/MIT.txt
diff --git a/package/libcgi/libcgi.mk b/package/libcgi/libcgi.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 22163310d3..0000000000
--- a/package/libcgi/libcgi.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# libcgi
-#
-################################################################################
-
-LIBCGI_VERSION = 1.3.0
-LIBCGI_SITE = https://github.com/rafaelsteil/libcgi/releases/download/v$(LIBCGI_VERSION)
-
-LIBCGI_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-LIBCGI_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+, MIT (base64.c)
-LIBCGI_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSES/LGPL-2.1.txt LICENSES/MIT.txt
-
-$(eval $(cmake-package))