diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 22e23433ea..3d20950af5 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_IQVLINUX
 	  See https://sourceforge.net/p/e1000/bugs/589/ for the
 	  discussion.
 
+config BR2_bfin
+	bool "Blackfin architecture support removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  Following the removal of Blackfin support for the upstream
+	  Linux kernel, Buildroot has removed support for this CPU
+	  architecture.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_ADSP_BASIC
 	bool "kodi-adsp-basic package removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index aa70ba5264..eec278db50 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1950,7 +1950,6 @@ N:	Wade Berrier <wberrier@gmail.com>
 F:	package/ngrep/
 
 N:	Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx@openadk.org>
-F:	arch/Config.in.bfin
 F:	arch/Config.in.m68k
 F:	arch/Config.in.or1k
 F:	arch/Config.in.sparc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b846b997a..54f940659c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@ KERNEL_ARCH := $(shell echo "$(ARCH)" | sed -e "s/-.*//" \
 	-e s/arceb/arc/ \
 	-e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
 	-e s/aarch64.*/arm64/ \
-	-e s/bfin/blackfin/ \
 	-e s/or1k/openrisc/ \
 	-e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
 	-e s/powerpc64.*/powerpc/ \
diff --git a/arch/Config.in b/arch/Config.in
index 65448e9339..a193cd0068 100644
--- a/arch/Config.in
+++ b/arch/Config.in
@@ -78,16 +78,6 @@ config BR2_aarch64_be
 	  http://www.arm.com/products/processors/instruction-set-architectures/armv8-architecture.php
 	  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM
 
-config BR2_bfin
-	bool "Blackfin"
-	select BR2_ARCH_HAS_FDPIC_SUPPORT
-	select BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_6
-	help
-	  The Blackfin is a family of 16 or 32-bit microprocessors
-	  developed, manufactured and marketed by Analog Devices.
-	  http://www.analog.com/
-	  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfin
-
 config BR2_csky
 	bool "csky"
 	select BR2_ARCH_HAS_NO_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT
@@ -400,14 +390,14 @@ config BR2_BINFMT_FLAT_SEP_DATA
 	# big functions cannot be built in this mode. They cause build
 	# failures such as "Tried to convert PC relative branch to
 	# absolute jump" or "error: value -yyyyy out of range".
-	depends on BR2_bfin
+	depends on BR2_BROKEN
 	help
 	  Allow for the data and text segments to be separated and
 	  placed in different regions of memory.
 
 config BR2_BINFMT_FLAT_SHARED
 	bool "Shared binary"
-	depends on BR2_m68k || BR2_bfin
+	depends on BR2_m68k
 	# Even though this really generates shared binaries, there is no libdl
 	# and dlopen() cannot be used. So packages that require shared
 	# libraries cannot be built. Therefore, we don't select
@@ -427,10 +417,6 @@ if BR2_arm || BR2_armeb || BR2_aarch64 || BR2_aarch64_be
 source "arch/Config.in.arm"
 endif
 
-if BR2_bfin
-source "arch/Config.in.bfin"
-endif
-
 if BR2_csky
 source "arch/Config.in.csky"
 endif
diff --git a/arch/Config.in.bfin b/arch/Config.in.bfin
deleted file mode 100644
index b570d388fd..0000000000
--- a/arch/Config.in.bfin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-choice
-	prompt "Target CPU"
-	default BR2_bf532
-	depends on BR2_bfin
-	help
-	  Specify target CPU
-config BR2_bf512
-	bool "bf512"
-config BR2_bf514
-	bool "bf514"
-config BR2_bf516
-	bool "bf516"
-config BR2_bf518
-	bool "bf518"
-config BR2_bf522
-	bool "bf522"
-config BR2_bf523
-	bool "bf523"
-config BR2_bf524
-	bool "bf524"
-config BR2_bf525
-	bool "bf525"
-config BR2_bf526
-	bool "bf526"
-config BR2_bf527
-	bool "bf527"
-config BR2_bf531
-	bool "bf531"
-config BR2_bf532
-	bool "bf532"
-config BR2_bf533
-	bool "bf533"
-config BR2_bf534
-	bool "bf534"
-config BR2_bf536
-	bool "bf536"
-config BR2_bf537
-	bool "bf537"
-config BR2_bf538
-	bool "bf538"
-config BR2_bf539
-	bool "bf539"
-config BR2_bf542
-	bool "bf542"
-config BR2_bf544
-	bool "bf544"
-config BR2_bf547
-	bool "bf547"
-config BR2_bf548
-	bool "bf548"
-config BR2_bf549
-	bool "bf549"
-config BR2_bf561
-	bool "bf561"
-endchoice
-
-config BR2_ARCH
-	default "bfin"
-
-config BR2_ENDIAN
-	default "LITTLE"
-
-config BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU
-	default bf606		if BR2_bf606
-	default bf607		if BR2_bf607
-	default bf608		if BR2_bf608
-	default bf609		if BR2_bf609
-	default bf512		if BR2_bf512
-	default bf514		if BR2_bf514
-	default bf516		if BR2_bf516
-	default bf518		if BR2_bf518
-	default bf522		if BR2_bf522
-	default bf523		if BR2_bf523
-	default bf524		if BR2_bf524
-	default bf525		if BR2_bf525
-	default bf526		if BR2_bf526
-	default bf527		if BR2_bf527
-	default bf531		if BR2_bf531
-	default bf532		if BR2_bf532
-	default bf533		if BR2_bf533
-	default bf534		if BR2_bf534
-	default bf536		if BR2_bf536
-	default bf537		if BR2_bf537
-	default bf538		if BR2_bf538
-	default bf539		if BR2_bf539
-	default bf542		if BR2_bf542
-	default bf544		if BR2_bf544
-	default bf547		if BR2_bf547
-	default bf548		if BR2_bf548
-	default bf549		if BR2_bf549
-	default bf561		if BR2_bf561
-
-config BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU_REVISION
-	string "Target CPU revision"
-	help
-	  Specify a target CPU revision, which will be appended to the
-	  value of the -mcpu option. For example, if the selected CPU is
-	  bf609, and then selected CPU revision is "0.0", then gcc will
-	  receive the -mcpu=bf609-0.0 option.
-
-config BR2_READELF_ARCH_NAME
-	default "Analog Devices Blackfin"