diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 98b9eeb84f..bc14bf2a61 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -145,6 +145,15 @@ endif
 ###############################################################################
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2017.05"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_GATTTOOL
+	bool "bluez5_utils gatttool install option removed"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_DEPRECATED
+	help
+	  The option to install gatttool specifically has been removed.
+	  Since version 5.44 gatttool is in the list of deprecated
+	  tools. The option to build and install deprecated tools has
+	  been automatically enabled.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENOCD_FT2XXX
 	bool "openocd ft2232 support has been removed"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENOCD_FTDI
diff --git a/package/bluez5_utils/Config.in b/package/bluez5_utils/Config.in
index 3611c6971a..285560aee9 100644
--- a/package/bluez5_utils/Config.in
+++ b/package/bluez5_utils/Config.in
@@ -48,16 +48,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_CLIENT
 comment "bluez5-utils client needs a glibc or musl toolchain"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_GATTTOOL
-	bool "install GATT tool"
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_DEPRECATED
+	bool "install deprecated tool"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_CLIENT
 	help
-	  Generic Attribute Profile (GATT) support. This provides
-	  profile discovery and description services for Bluetooth Low
-	  Energy. This will install the gatttool utility.
-
-	  It is always built with BlueZ 5.x, but upstream choose not
-	  to install it by default.
+	  Build BlueZ 5.x deprecated tools. These currently include:
+	  hciattach, hciconfig, hcitool, hcidump, rfcomm, sdptool,
+	  ciptool, gatttool.
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_EXPERIMENTAL
 	bool "build experimental plugins"
diff --git a/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.mk b/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.mk
index aaefcb6ace..fac7958002 100644
--- a/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.mk
+++ b/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.mk
@@ -46,11 +46,14 @@ BLUEZ5_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-sixaxis
 endif
 
 # install gatttool (For some reason upstream choose not to do it by default)
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_GATTTOOL),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_DEPRECATED),y)
 define BLUEZ5_UTILS_INSTALL_GATTTOOL
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/attrib/gatttool $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/gatttool
 endef
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += BLUEZ5_UTILS_INSTALL_GATTTOOL
+BLUEZ5_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-deprecated
+else
+BLUEZ5_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-deprecated
 endif
 
 # enable test