diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 976b0951c0..a9ced52e37 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_TRIGGERD
+	bool "dbus-triggerd removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  dbus-triggerd was no longer maintained upstream, so it has
+	  been dropped.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CVS
 	bool "cvs has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 34d48d928b..58518a787d 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ endmenu
 	source "package/dbus-cxx/Config.in"
 	source "package/dbus-glib/Config.in"
 	source "package/dbus-python/Config.in"
-	source "package/dbus-triggerd/Config.in"
 	source "package/dfu-programmer/Config.in"
 	source "package/dfu-util/Config.in"
 	source "package/dmidecode/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/dbus-triggerd/Config.in b/package/dbus-triggerd/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 331c414704..0000000000
--- a/package/dbus-triggerd/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_TRIGGERD
-	bool "dbus-triggerd"
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork(), dbus
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
-	help
-	  dbus-triggerd is a tool to trigger shell-commands upon
-	  receiving a given dbus-signal.
-
-	  http://gareus.org/oss/dbustriggerd/start
-
-comment "dbus-triggerd needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/dbus-triggerd/dbus-triggerd.hash b/package/dbus-triggerd/dbus-triggerd.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index c5127133fb..0000000000
--- a/package/dbus-triggerd/dbus-triggerd.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Locally computed
-sha256  73dbd92e89eee223928b5cbf414affb5913f70c1ca7e3f8ab733a4696436dae3  dbus-triggerd-ba3dbec805cb707c94c54de21666bf18b79bcc09-git4.tar.gz
-sha256  30d135650639af9019633690fc1aecbfc150aeeef9446347d4286a58338d10b0  dbus-triggerd.c
diff --git a/package/dbus-triggerd/dbus-triggerd.mk b/package/dbus-triggerd/dbus-triggerd.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d73a6c98f..0000000000
--- a/package/dbus-triggerd/dbus-triggerd.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# dbus-triggerd
-#
-################################################################################
-
-DBUS_TRIGGERD_VERSION = ba3dbec805cb707c94c54de21666bf18b79bcc09
-DBUS_TRIGGERD_SITE = git://rg42.org/dbustriggerd.git
-DBUS_TRIGGERD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
-DBUS_TRIGGERD_LICENSE_FILES = dbus-triggerd.c
-DBUS_TRIGGERD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf dbus
-
-define DBUS_TRIGGERD_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) all
-endef
-
-define DBUS_TRIGGERD_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) DESTDIR="$(TARGET_DIR)" -C $(@D) install
-endef
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))