diff --git a/config/show_config b/config/show_config
index 597580fb96..fa63c111dd 100644
--- a/config/show_config
+++ b/config/show_config
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ show_config() {
   config_message="$config_message\n - Kodi MySQL support:\t\t\t $KODI_MYSQL_SUPPORT"
   config_message="$config_message\n - Kodi Optical Drive support:\t\t $KODI_OPTICAL_SUPPORT"
   config_message="$config_message\n - Kodi SAMBA client support:\t\t $KODI_SAMBA_SUPPORT"
-  config_message="$config_message\n - Kodi SSH client support:\t\t $KODI_SSHLIB_SUPPORT"
   config_message="$config_message\n - Kodi UPNP support:\t\t\t $KODI_UPNP_SUPPORT"
   config_message="$config_message\n - Kodi Webserver support:\t\t $KODI_WEBSERVER_SUPPORT"
 
diff --git a/distributions/LibreELEC/options b/distributions/LibreELEC/options
index ea1c7be4ce..8c73417d8c 100644
--- a/distributions/LibreELEC/options
+++ b/distributions/LibreELEC/options
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@
 # build with MySQL support (mysql / mariadb / none)
   KODI_MYSQL_SUPPORT="mariadb"
 
-# build xbmc with sshlib support (yes / no)
-  KODI_SSHLIB_SUPPORT="yes"
-
 # build xbmc with optical drive support (yes / no)
   KODI_OPTICAL_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index b4f82980be..74b6278489 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -139,13 +139,6 @@ else
   KODI_UPNP="-DENABLE_UPNP=OFF"
 fi
 
-if [ "$KODI_SSHLIB_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET libssh"
-  KODI_SSH="-DENABLE_SSH=ON"
-else
-  KODI_SSH="-DENABLE_SSH=OFF"
-fi
-
 if target_has_feature neon; then
   KODI_NEON="-DENABLE_NEON=ON"
 else
@@ -225,7 +218,6 @@ PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DNATIVEPREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN \
                        $KODI_AVAHI \
                        $KODI_UPNP \
                        $KODI_MYSQL \
-                       $KODI_SSH \
                        $KODI_AIRPLAY \
                        $KODI_AIRTUNES \
                        $KODI_OPTICAL \