diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 10c35610b9..b380f256af 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOTSTRAP
+	bool "bootstrap has been removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  JS libraries are no longer part of Buildroot packages.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SOFTETHER
 	bool "softether has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 718bb7ecf2..bc5f1aa7af 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -3482,7 +3482,6 @@ F:	package/acl/
 F:	package/attr/
 F:	package/avrdude/
 F:	package/boost/
-F:	package/bootstrap/
 F:	package/cannelloni/
 F:	package/can-utils/
 F:	package/circus/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 500725d1d4..86e82960a7 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1867,7 +1867,6 @@ menu "Hardware handling"
 endmenu
 
 menu "Javascript"
-	source "package/bootstrap/Config.in"
 	source "package/chartjs/Config.in"
 	source "package/datatables/Config.in"
 	source "package/datatables-buttons/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/bootstrap/Config.in b/package/bootstrap/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 743d8a324a..0000000000
--- a/package/bootstrap/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOTSTRAP
-	bool "bootstrap"
-	help
-	  Bootstrap is the most popular HTML, CSS, and JS framework
-	  for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.
-
-	  http://getbootstrap.com
diff --git a/package/bootstrap/bootstrap.hash b/package/bootstrap/bootstrap.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index a9602f7e49..0000000000
--- a/package/bootstrap/bootstrap.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Locally computed:
-sha256  888ffd30b7e192381e2f6a948ca04669fdcc2ccc2ba016de00d38c8e30793323  bootstrap-4.3.1-dist.zip
-sha256  35fbb6dc3891aacaf1ffa07abec2344fdbc454aab533a2a03bcf93577eb7837b  css/bootstrap.css
diff --git a/package/bootstrap/bootstrap.mk b/package/bootstrap/bootstrap.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index eba1244ad3..0000000000
--- a/package/bootstrap/bootstrap.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# bootstrap
-#
-################################################################################
-
-BOOTSTRAP_VERSION = 4.3.1
-BOOTSTRAP_SITE = https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/releases/download/v$(BOOTSTRAP_VERSION)
-BOOTSTRAP_SOURCE = bootstrap-$(BOOTSTRAP_VERSION)-dist.zip
-BOOTSTRAP_LICENSE = MIT
-BOOTSTRAP_LICENSE_FILES = css/bootstrap.css
-BOOTSTRAP_CPE_ID_VENDOR = getbootstrap
-
-define BOOTSTRAP_EXTRACT_CMDS
-	$(UNZIP) $(BOOTSTRAP_DL_DIR)/$(BOOTSTRAP_SOURCE) -d $(@D)
-	mv $(@D)/bootstrap-$(BOOTSTRAP_VERSION)-dist/* $(@D)
-endef
-
-define BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/css/bootstrap.min.css \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/var/www/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/css/bootstrap.min.css.map \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/var/www/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css.map
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/js/bootstrap.min.js \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/var/www/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js
-endef
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))