diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index c1870613af..0bae66c3bb 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2024.08"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FAN_CTRL
+	bool "fan-ctrl has been removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  This package was no longer available from SourceForge, the
+	  upstream is completely dead.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FLUTTER_DYNAMIC_LAYOUTS_EXAMPLE
 	bool "flutter-dynamic-layouts-example has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index f2c63ffb6e..317f859684 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -513,7 +513,6 @@ endmenu
 	source "package/ev3dev-linux-drivers/Config.in"
 	source "package/evemu/Config.in"
 	source "package/evtest/Config.in"
-	source "package/fan-ctrl/Config.in"
 	source "package/fbtft/Config.in"
 	source "package/fconfig/Config.in"
 	source "package/flashrom/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/fan-ctrl/Config.in b/package/fan-ctrl/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 869631683b..0000000000
--- a/package/fan-ctrl/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_FAN_CTRL
-	bool "fan-ctrl"
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
-	help
-	  Fan-ctrl is a little daemon that controls the speed of one
-	  or more system or CPU fans. It does so by monitoring
-	  temperature inputs and selecting a fan speed from an array
-	  of available speeds based on a set of temperature
-	  thresholds.
-
-	  http://fan-ctrl.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/package/fan-ctrl/fan-ctrl.hash b/package/fan-ctrl/fan-ctrl.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f26696785..0000000000
--- a/package/fan-ctrl/fan-ctrl.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Locally computed
-sha1  d8ba5bac15e90c36a4e908ca1c98fac83bf702ea  fan-ctrl.c?revision=1.3
diff --git a/package/fan-ctrl/fan-ctrl.mk b/package/fan-ctrl/fan-ctrl.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 81a52f1e9f..0000000000
--- a/package/fan-ctrl/fan-ctrl.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# fan-ctrl
-#
-################################################################################
-
-# no release, so grab .c file directly from viewvc
-FAN_CTRL_VERSION = 1.3
-FAN_CTRL_SOURCE = fan-ctrl.c?revision=$(FAN_CTRL_VERSION)
-FAN_CTRL_SITE = http://fan-ctrl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fan-ctrl/fan-ctrl
-FAN_CTRL_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
-FAN_CTRL_LICENSE_FILES = fan-ctrl.c
-
-define FAN_CTRL_EXTRACT_CMDS
-	cp $(FAN_CTRL_DL_DIR)/$(FAN_CTRL_SOURCE) $(@D)/fan-ctrl.c
-endef
-
-define FAN_CTRL_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) \
-		$(@D)/fan-ctrl.c -o $(@D)/fan-ctrl
-endef
-
-define FAN_CTRL_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(@D)/fan-ctrl $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/fan-ctrl
-endef
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))