diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index c0b84980b6..cfb127610a 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ endif
 ###############################################################################
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2017.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_MAKEDEVS
+	bool "makedevs removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  The makedevs tool is part of busybox. The Buildroot fork
+	  should not be used outside of the Buildroot infrastructure.
+
 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_ARAGO_ARMV7A
 	bool "Arago ARMv7 2011.09 removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index b2e1a2a41b..b076dfd8b1 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ menu "Filesystem and flash utilities"
 	source "package/genext2fs/Config.in"
 	source "package/genpart/Config.in"
 	source "package/genromfs/Config.in"
-	source "package/makedevs/Config.in"
 	source "package/mmc-utils/Config.in"
 	source "package/mtd/Config.in"
 	source "package/mtools/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/makedevs/Config.in b/package/makedevs/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 923150dd6d..0000000000
--- a/package/makedevs/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_MAKEDEVS
-	bool "makedevs"
-	help
-	  The makedevs utility allows to create a set of device files
-	  according to a configuration file.
diff --git a/package/makedevs/makedevs.mk b/package/makedevs/makedevs.mk
index 95933c4f4e..9bd684f036 100644
--- a/package/makedevs/makedevs.mk
+++ b/package/makedevs/makedevs.mk
@@ -15,15 +15,6 @@ HOST_MAKEDEVS_CFLAGS += -DEXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES
 HOST_MAKEDEVS_LDFLAGS += -lcap
 endif
 
-define MAKEDEVS_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) \
-		package/makedevs/makedevs.c -o $(@D)/makedevs
-endef
-
-define MAKEDEVS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(@D)/makedevs $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/makedevs
-endef
-
 define HOST_MAKEDEVS_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_MAKEDEVS_CFLAGS) package/makedevs/makedevs.c \
 		-o $(@D)/makedevs $(HOST_MAKEDEVS_LDFLAGS)
@@ -33,5 +24,4 @@ define HOST_MAKEDEVS_INSTALL_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(@D)/makedevs $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/makedevs
 endef
 
-$(eval $(generic-package))
 $(eval $(host-generic-package))