diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 693dc95d74..d35b409423 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -145,6 +145,19 @@ endif
 ###############################################################################
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2017.08"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_SIMICSFS
+	bool "simicsfs support removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  Support for simicsfs kernel driver that provides access to a
+	  host computer's local filesystem when the target is
+	  executing within a SIMICS simulation has been removed.
+
+	  Simics is now moving away from the simicsfs kernel module,
+	  as the kernel module has required too much maintenance
+	  work. Users should move to the user mode Simics agent
+	  instead.
+
 config BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_X
 	bool "binutils version 2.26 support removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 73686e2da9..14534864f1 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1162,7 +1162,6 @@ F:	package/python-pyrex/
 F:	package/raptor/
 F:	package/sepolgen/
 F:	package/setools/
-F:	package/simicsfs/
 F:	package/smcroute/
 F:	package/tclap/
 F:	package/valijson/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index a0868d92ee..ba101dba46 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ menu "Filesystem and flash utilities"
 	source "package/mtools/Config.in"
 	source "package/nfs-utils/Config.in"
 	source "package/ntfs-3g/Config.in"
-	source "package/simicsfs/Config.in"
 	source "package/sp-oops-extract/Config.in"
 	source "package/squashfs/Config.in"
 	source "package/sshfs/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/simicsfs/Config.in b/package/simicsfs/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 12b05c17de..0000000000
--- a/package/simicsfs/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-comment "simicsfs needs a Linux kernel to be built"
-	depends on !BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_SIMICSFS
-	bool "simicsfs"
-	depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
-	help
-	  A kernel driver that provides access to a host computer's local
-	  filesystem when the target is executing within a SIMICS simulation.
-
-	  http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~fedorova/Tech/simics-guides-3.0.26/simics-user-guide-unix/topic33.html
diff --git a/package/simicsfs/simicsfs.hash b/package/simicsfs/simicsfs.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 42ada91031..0000000000
--- a/package/simicsfs/simicsfs.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Locally calculated
-sha256	d0cf7caf888dc1e7dc9496c4b59af98eb2b69d6113d6920757465902e1f21f38	simicsfs-1.18.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/simicsfs/simicsfs.mk b/package/simicsfs/simicsfs.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index fe05302283..0000000000
--- a/package/simicsfs/simicsfs.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# simicsfs
-#
-################################################################################
-
-SIMICSFS_VERSION = 1.18
-SIMICSFS_SITE = http://download.simics.net/pub
-SIMICSFS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
-SIMICSFS_LICENSE_FILES = hostfs.h
-
-$(eval $(kernel-module))
-$(eval $(generic-package))