diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 91e31eebc58b..eceea28f0c54 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ package/brickd/S70brickd Shellcheck lib_sysv.Indent lib_sysv.Variables
 package/bridge-utils/0001-fix-build-on-musl.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/brltty/0001-Fix-linking-error-on-mips64el.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/brltty/S10brltty Shellcheck lib_sysv.Indent lib_sysv.Variables
-package/bsdiff/0001-Add-missing-header-for-u_char.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/bustle/0001-Makefile-fix-pcap-config-call.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/busybox/0001-networking-libiproute-use-linux-if_packet.h-instead-.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/busybox/0002-Makefile.flags-strip-non-l-arguments-returned-by-pkg.patch lib_patch.Upstream
diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 30179add233b..63360b42b878 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2024.11"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BSDIFF
+	bool "bsdiff has been removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  The bsdiff package was removed as it is not maintained
+	  anymore (no commit since 2014).
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PROCPS_NS_ORIGINAL_TOP
 	bool "BR2_PACKAGE_PROCPS_NS_ORIGINAL_TOP has been renamed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index b1e999a63b18..876b340a8a67 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ menu "Development tools"
 	source "package/bats-core/Config.in"
 	source "package/binutils/Config.in"
 	source "package/bitwise/Config.in"
-	source "package/bsdiff/Config.in"
 	source "package/bustle/Config.in"
 	source "package/check/Config.in"
 	source "package/cmake/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/bsdiff/0001-Add-missing-header-for-u_char.patch b/package/bsdiff/0001-Add-missing-header-for-u_char.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 56affb4102ce..000000000000
--- a/package/bsdiff/0001-Add-missing-header-for-u_char.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-bspatch: Fix missing header <sys/types.h> for u_char
-
-Fixes http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/31a/31a837cf6e34b02dce498f2b12e40d6d16a5a8e6/
-
-Signed-off-by: Jörg Krause <joerg.krause@embedded.rocks>
-
-diff -purN bsdiff-4.3.orig/bspatch.c bsdiff-4.3/bspatch.c
---- bsdiff-4.3.orig/bspatch.c	2015-04-30 13:47:26.485903359 +0200
-+++ bsdiff-4.3/bspatch.c	2015-04-30 13:48:14.808908672 +0200
-@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/bsdiff/b
- #include <err.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <fcntl.h>
-+#include <sys/types.h>
-
- static off_t offtin(u_char *buf)
- {
diff --git a/package/bsdiff/Config.in b/package/bsdiff/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 11fd8b9d3523..000000000000
--- a/package/bsdiff/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_BSDIFF
-	bool "bsdiff"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2
-	help
-	  Binary patch/diff like xdelta but creates smaller diffs.
-	  Needs bzip2 support.
-
-	  http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/
diff --git a/package/bsdiff/bsdiff.hash b/package/bsdiff/bsdiff.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 102086b9fc04..000000000000
--- a/package/bsdiff/bsdiff.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# From http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/:
-md5  e6d812394f0e0ecc8d5df255aa1db22a  bsdiff-4.3.tar.gz
-# locally computed
-sha256  fc0a6e634ef77dcf14bf36c7b6d1e57ba1ac5c4809073dfaacb3b5f7ab277eb7  bsdiff.c
diff --git a/package/bsdiff/bsdiff.mk b/package/bsdiff/bsdiff.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 97a1b3921df4..000000000000
--- a/package/bsdiff/bsdiff.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# bsdiff
-#
-################################################################################
-
-BSDIFF_VERSION = 4.3
-BSDIFF_SITE = http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff
-BSDIFF_DEPENDENCIES = bzip2
-BSDIFF_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause
-BSDIFF_LICENSE_FILES = bsdiff.c
-BSDIFF_CPE_ID_VENDOR = daemonology
-
-define BSDIFF_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) \
-		$(@D)/bsdiff.c -lbz2 -o $(@D)/bsdiff
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) \
-		$(@D)/bspatch.c -lbz2 -o $(@D)/bspatch
-endef
-
-define BSDIFF_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(@D)/bsdiff $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/bsdiff
-	$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(@D)/bspatch $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/bspatch
-endef
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))