diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index f3b4c57a7d..e380258737 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.05"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPHIDGET
+	bool "libphidget"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  libphidget was removed from Buildroot as it was
+	  insufficiently maintained. It can be re-added if someone
+	  volunteers to maintain it.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHIDGETWEBSERVICE
 	bool "phidgetwebservice"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 321b9dfe80..f5fa8b89c1 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1726,7 +1726,6 @@ N:	Jonathan Ben Avraham <yba@tkos.co.il>
 F:	arch/Config.in.xtensa
 F:	package/autofs/
 F:	package/dawgdic/
-F:	package/libphidget/
 F:	package/rapidxml/
 
 N:	Joris Offouga <offougajoris@gmail.com>
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index daab795124..f5e93688a5 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1847,7 +1847,6 @@ menu "Hardware handling"
 	source "package/libnfc/Config.in"
 	source "package/libnvme/Config.in"
 	source "package/libpciaccess/Config.in"
-	source "package/libphidget/Config.in"
 	source "package/libpri/Config.in"
 	source "package/libqmi/Config.in"
 	source "package/libqrtr-glib/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libphidget/Config.in b/package/libphidget/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index ab1e3e31b1..0000000000
--- a/package/libphidget/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPHIDGET
-	bool "libphidget"
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libusb
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # libusb
-	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB
-	help
-	  The libphidget library provides an API for controlling
-	  Phidgets USB devices. The library translates API function
-	  calls to libusb function calls to control attached Phidgets
-	  devices that provide GPIO's, DAC's, accelerometers, servo
-	  motors, and other capabilities either singly or on combo
-	  devices.
-
-	  To use libphidget for controlling locally attached devices you
-	  need to set up the userspace USB device tree /dev/bus/usb. See
-	  file udev/99-phidgets.rules.
-
-	  The libphidget library also contains an API for sending
-	  commands to a local or remote phidgetwebservice using HTTP.
-	  The phidgetwebservice then translates HTTP requests to
-	  libphidget API function calls to control locally attached
-	  Phidgets devices.
-
-	  http://phidgets.com/
-
-comment "libphidget needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.9"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
diff --git a/package/libphidget/libphidget.hash b/package/libphidget/libphidget.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c2f67af7f..0000000000
--- a/package/libphidget/libphidget.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# locally computed
-sha256  b1682ffb4a9a7d4589ec24256cbd30af1342880914117d3e3f4814e70049238c  libphidget22-1.24.20260127.tar.gz
-sha256  7c1c42a1485cd44f9b8275931e645962b7af86c524c0b683ab9fba62e7e3ece5  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libphidget/libphidget.mk b/package/libphidget/libphidget.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index f81080e1da..0000000000
--- a/package/libphidget/libphidget.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# libphidget
-#
-################################################################################
-
-LIBPHIDGET_VERSION = 1.24.20260127
-LIBPHIDGET_SOURCE = libphidget22-$(LIBPHIDGET_VERSION).tar.gz
-LIBPHIDGET_SITE = https://www.phidgets.com/downloads/phidget22/libraries/linux/libphidget22
-LIBPHIDGET_DEPENDENCIES = libusb
-LIBPHIDGET_CONF_OPTS = --disable-ldconfig
-LIBPHIDGET_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-LIBPHIDGET_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
-LIBPHIDGET_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-
-$(eval $(autotools-package))