diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 7cb0c40782..68c9f3ca49 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2021.08"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMCRYPT
+	bool "libmcrypt package was removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  This package has been removed as "the last update to libmcrypt
+	  was in 2007, despite years of unmerged patches. These facts
+	  have led security experts to declare mcrypt abandonware and
+	  discourage its use in new development" (extract from
+	  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mcrypt).
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MCRYPT
 	bool "mcrypt package was removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 6fcdcc38d7..4d323d440f 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1376,7 +1376,6 @@ menu "Crypto"
 	source "package/libgpgme/Config.in"
 	source "package/libkcapi/Config.in"
 	source "package/libksba/Config.in"
-	source "package/libmcrypt/Config.in"
 	source "package/libmhash/Config.in"
 	source "package/libnss/Config.in"
 	source "package/libolm/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libmcrypt/0001-nocxx.patch b/package/libmcrypt/0001-nocxx.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b1c28713a1..0000000000
--- a/package/libmcrypt/0001-nocxx.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-libmcrypt doesn't use C++ so remove the check.
-
-Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
-
-diff -Nura libmcrypt-2.5.8.orig/configure.in libmcrypt-2.5.8/configure.in
---- libmcrypt-2.5.8.orig/configure.in	2013-01-07 12:20:44.332200669 -0300
-+++ libmcrypt-2.5.8/configure.in	2013-01-07 12:20:50.405390565 -0300
-@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
- 
- AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
- 
--AC_PROG_CXX
- AC_PROG_CC
- AC_PROG_CPP
- AC_PROG_INSTALL
diff --git a/package/libmcrypt/Config.in b/package/libmcrypt/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 784d2c2af6..0000000000
--- a/package/libmcrypt/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMCRYPT
-	bool "libmcrypt"
-	help
-	  libmcrypt is a library that provides uniform interface to
-	  access several encryption algorithms.
-
-	  http://mcrypt.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/package/libmcrypt/libmcrypt.hash b/package/libmcrypt/libmcrypt.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 30b57522b8..0000000000
--- a/package/libmcrypt/libmcrypt.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Locally computed:
-sha256  e4eb6c074bbab168ac47b947c195ff8cef9d51a211cdd18ca9c9ef34d27a373e  libmcrypt-2.5.8.tar.gz
-sha256  ca0061fc1381a3ab242310e4b3f56389f28e3d460eb2fd822ed7a21c6f030532  COPYING.LIB
diff --git a/package/libmcrypt/libmcrypt.mk b/package/libmcrypt/libmcrypt.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index e93f0136b3..0000000000
--- a/package/libmcrypt/libmcrypt.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# libmcrypt
-#
-################################################################################
-
-LIBMCRYPT_VERSION = 2.5.8
-LIBMCRYPT_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mcrypt/Libmcrypt/$(LIBMCRYPT_VERSION)
-LIBMCRYPT_AUTORECONF = YES
-LIBMCRYPT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-LIBMCRYPT_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1
-LIBMCRYPT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LIB
-LIBMCRYPT_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = libmcrypt-config
-
-$(eval $(autotools-package))