diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 588cd8bf72..d02f0a6386 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -101,6 +101,24 @@ endif
 ###############################################################################
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2013.11"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_JAVASCRIPTCORE
+	bool "qt javascriptcore option removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  The BR2_PACKAGE_QT_JAVASCRIPTCORE option was available to
+	  force the activation or disabling of the JIT compiler in the
+	  Qt Javascript interpreter. However, the JIT compiler is not
+	  available for all architectures, so forcing its activation
+	  does not always work. Moreover, Qt knows by itself for which
+	  architectures JIT support is possible, and will
+	  automatically enable it if possible.
+
+	  Therefore, this option was in fact useless, and causing
+	  build problems when enabled on architectures for which the
+	  JIT support was not available. It has been removed, and
+	  there is no replacement: Qt will enable JIT at compile time
+	  when possible.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MODULE_INIT_TOOLS
 	bool "module-init-tools replaced by kmod"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD
diff --git a/package/qt/Config.in b/package/qt/Config.in
index ea9e787de4..b1a2207f23 100644
--- a/package/qt/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt/Config.in
@@ -365,12 +365,6 @@ comment "WebKit needs shared library/gui/network support"
 	depends on !(BR2_PACKAGE_QT_SHARED && BR2_PACKAGE_QT_GUI_MODULE && BR2_PACKAGE_QT_NETWORK)
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT_ARCH_SUPPORTS_WEBKIT
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_JAVASCRIPTCORE
-	bool "JavaScriptCore JIT compiler"
-	help
-	  Build the JavaScriptCore JIT compiler
-	  If unsure, say y
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_STL
 	bool "STL support"
 	help
diff --git a/package/qt/qt.mk b/package/qt/qt.mk
index 48d39fc501..82ce51dbd0 100644
--- a/package/qt/qt.mk
+++ b/package/qt/qt.mk
@@ -415,12 +415,6 @@ else
 QT_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -no-scripttools
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT_JAVASCRIPTCORE),y)
-QT_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -javascript-jit
-else
-QT_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -no-javascript-jit
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT_STL),y)
 QT_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -stl
 else