diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index f94a7db7b0..44ee749329 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2025.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1
+	bool "Enable the JSON extensions for SQLite has been removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  Since SQLite 3.38 the JSON Extension is enabled by default.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ANGULARJS
 	bool "angularjs has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/sqlite/Config.in b/package/sqlite/Config.in
index ce1e369b20..12fb8b9415 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/Config.in
+++ b/package/sqlite/Config.in
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3
 	  http://www.sqlite.org/amalgamation.html), version 3 of the
 	  full-text search engine is added to the build automatically.
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1
-	bool "Enable the JSON extensions for SQLite"
-	help
-	  When this option is defined in the amalgamation, the JSON
-	  extensions are added to the build automatically.
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY
 	bool "Enable sqlite3_unlock_notify() interface"
 	help
diff --git a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
index c8f12a427a..218b3f0a1d 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
+++ b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3),y)
 SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1),y)
-SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY),y)
 SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY
 endif