diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 111a5855b1..b13d4bdad7 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_JAVASCRIPT
+	bool "json-javascript has been removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  JS libraries are no longer part of Buildroot packages.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_JQUERY_VALIDATION
 	bool "jquery-validation has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index ff83da022a..1fa34f8df6 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -3052,7 +3052,6 @@ F:	package/czmq/
 F:	package/filemq/
 F:	package/googlefontdirectory/
 F:	package/jansson/
-F:	package/json-javascript/
 F:	package/lcdapi/
 F:	package/libfreefare/
 F:	package/libjson/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 823259ef78..a15df179e5 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1869,7 +1869,6 @@ endmenu
 menu "Javascript"
 	source "package/duktape/Config.in"
 	source "package/jsmin/Config.in"
-	source "package/json-javascript/Config.in"
 	source "package/jszip/Config.in"
 	source "package/openlayers/Config.in"
 	source "package/vis-network/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/json-javascript/Config.in b/package/json-javascript/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 501c54f3d1..0000000000
--- a/package/json-javascript/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_JAVASCRIPT
-	bool "json-javascript"
-	help
-	  JSON in JavaScript
-
-	  https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js/
diff --git a/package/json-javascript/json-javascript.hash b/package/json-javascript/json-javascript.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 9522fee9ea..0000000000
--- a/package/json-javascript/json-javascript.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Locally calculated
-sha256  1a9dd4429e4bb4929dcb438f9591a3625bc8cc161f840b5f843d8b1d2c8dcfe5  json-javascript-3d7767b6b1f3da363c625ff54e63bbf20e9e83ac.tar.gz
-sha256  925947d3d711c4441a9db20f51215fbf5c119d2a3b51cadb2c9031907d8014b5  json2.js
diff --git a/package/json-javascript/json-javascript.mk b/package/json-javascript/json-javascript.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index c15b5319b3..0000000000
--- a/package/json-javascript/json-javascript.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# json-javascript
-#
-################################################################################
-
-JSON_JAVASCRIPT_VERSION = 3d7767b6b1f3da363c625ff54e63bbf20e9e83ac
-JSON_JAVASCRIPT_SITE = $(call github,douglascrockford,JSON-js,$(JSON_JAVASCRIPT_VERSION))
-JSON_JAVASCRIPT_LICENSE = Public Domain
-JSON_JAVASCRIPT_LICENSE_FILES = json2.js
-
-define JSON_JAVASCRIPT_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/json2.js $(TARGET_DIR)/var/www/json2.js
-endef
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))