diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 66d3a0c5a8..1494704221 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -145,6 +145,17 @@ endif
 ###############################################################################
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2018.05"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_TRANSMISSION_REMOTE
+	bool "transmission remote tool option removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_TRANSMISSION_DAEMON
+	help
+	  Upstream does not provide a separate configure option for
+	  the tool transmission-remote, it is built when the
+	  transmission daemon has been enabled. Therefore, Buildroot
+	  has automatically enabled BR2_PACKAGE_TRANSMISSION_DAEMON
+	  for you.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBKCAPI_APPS
 	bool "libkcapi test applications removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/transmission/Config.in b/package/transmission/Config.in
index 2110e52ac6..dac4d1b330 100644
--- a/package/transmission/Config.in
+++ b/package/transmission/Config.in
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TRANSMISSION_DAEMON
 	help
 	  Install transmission daemon.
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_TRANSMISSION_REMOTE
-	bool "transmission-remote"
-	help
-	  Install transmission remote management tool.
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_TRANSMISSION_GTK
 	bool "transmission-gtk"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3 && BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS
diff --git a/package/transmission/transmission.mk b/package/transmission/transmission.mk
index f10fa190c8..65add0d8c0 100644
--- a/package/transmission/transmission.mk
+++ b/package/transmission/transmission.mk
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ else
 TRANSMISSION_CONF_OPTS += --disable-daemon
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TRANSMISSION_REMOTE),y)
-TRANSMISSION_CONF_OPTS += --enable-remote
-else
-TRANSMISSION_CONF_OPTS += --disable-remote
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TRANSMISSION_GTK),y)
 TRANSMISSION_CONF_OPTS += --with-gtk
 TRANSMISSION_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk3