diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 2b9575fe22..387653f45d 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2022.05"
 
+config BR2_sh2a
+	bool "sh2a architecture support removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  The SuperH 2A (SH2A) architecture was not maintained, and
+	  broken, so its support was dropped.
+
 config BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_35_X
 	bool "binutils 2.35.x has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/arch/Config.in.sh b/arch/Config.in.sh
index a012cbf491..f00954bb5e 100644
--- a/arch/Config.in.sh
+++ b/arch/Config.in.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ choice
 	help
 	  Specific CPU variant to use
 
-config BR2_sh2a
-	bool "sh2a (SH2A big endian)"
 config BR2_sh4
 	bool "sh4 (SH4 little endian)"
 	select BR2_ARCH_HAS_MMU_MANDATORY
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ config BR2_sh4aeb
 endchoice
 
 config BR2_ARCH
-	default "sh2a"		if BR2_sh2a
 	default "sh4"		if BR2_sh4
 	default "sh4eb"		if BR2_sh4eb
 	default "sh4a"		if BR2_sh4a
@@ -33,7 +30,7 @@ config BR2_NORMALIZED_ARCH
 
 config BR2_ENDIAN
 	default "LITTLE"	if BR2_sh4 || BR2_sh4a
-	default "BIG"		if BR2_sh2a || BR2_sh4eb || BR2_sh4aeb
+	default "BIG"		if BR2_sh4eb || BR2_sh4aeb
 
 config BR2_READELF_ARCH_NAME
 	default "Renesas / SuperH SH"
diff --git a/package/uclibc/Config.in b/package/uclibc/Config.in
index 2091166b62..310414bebc 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/Config.in
+++ b/package/uclibc/Config.in
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ config BR2_UCLIBC_MIPS_NAN
 
 config BR2_UCLIBC_SH_TYPE
 	string
-	default "SH2A" if BR2_sh2a
 	default "SH4"  if BR2_sh4 || BR2_sh4eb
 	depends on BR2_UCLIBC_TARGET_ARCH = "sh"
 
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in b/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
index 4004c0edf8..be89f68ab5 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_UCLIBC
 		   BR2_arm     || BR2_armeb    || \
 		   BR2_i386    || BR2_m68k   || BR2_microblaze || \
 		   BR2_mips    || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el || \
-		   BR2_or1k    || BR2_powerpc || BR2_RISCV_64 || BR2_sh2a   || \
+		   BR2_or1k    || BR2_powerpc || BR2_RISCV_64 || \
 		   BR2_sh4     || BR2_sh4eb   || BR2_sparc || BR2_xtensa || \
 		   BR2_x86_64
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
diff --git a/utils/genrandconfig b/utils/genrandconfig
index 59fe34e58d..adefb8f502 100755
--- a/utils/genrandconfig
+++ b/utils/genrandconfig
@@ -237,12 +237,9 @@ def fixup_config(sysinfo, configfile):
     if 'BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3=y\n' in configlines and \
        BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_URL + 'mips64el-ctng_n64-linux-gnu.tar.xz"\n' in configlines:
         return False
-    # libffi not available on sh2a and ARMv7-M, but propagating libffi
-    # arch dependencies in Buildroot is really too much work, so we
-    # handle this here.
-    if 'BR2_sh2a=y\n' in configlines and \
-       'BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFFI=y\n' in configlines:
-        return False
+    # libffi not available on ARMv7-M, but propagating libffi arch
+    # dependencies in Buildroot is really too much work, so we handle
+    # this here.
     if 'BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV7M=y\n' in configlines and \
        'BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFFI=y\n' in configlines:
         return False