diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index aefb0ba6ea..b90b9dbcbc 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,18 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2022.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DEFAULT_FBDEV
+	bool "weston fbdev removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  fbdev was deprecated in weston 10.0.0.
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_FBDEV
+	bool "weston fbdev compositor removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  fbdev compositor was deprecated in weston 10.0.0.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_TOOLS_BPFTOOL
 	bool "bpftool was moved"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/weston/Config.in b/package/weston/Config.in
index 073a3ae567..6ad8241caa 100644
--- a/package/weston/Config.in
+++ b/package/weston/Config.in
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON
 choice
 	prompt "default compositor"
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DEFAULT_FBDEV
-	bool "fbdev (deprecated)"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_FBDEV
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DEFAULT_DRM
 	bool "drm"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DRM
@@ -62,7 +58,6 @@ endchoice
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DEFAULT_COMPOSITOR
 	string
-	default "fbdev"    if BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DEFAULT_FBDEV
 	default "drm"      if BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DEFAULT_DRM
 	default "headless" if BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DEFAULT_HEADLESS
 	default "wayland"  if BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DEFAULT_WAYLAND
@@ -71,9 +66,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DEFAULT_COMPOSITOR
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DRM
 	bool "DRM compositor"
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_FBDEV
-	bool "fbdev compositor (deprecated)"
-
 # FreeRDP needs threads and !static, already the case for weston
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_RDP
 	bool "RDP compositor"
diff --git a/package/weston/weston.mk b/package/weston/weston.mk
index a0a18d9358..90cf160688 100644
--- a/package/weston/weston.mk
+++ b/package/weston/weston.mk
@@ -85,12 +85,6 @@ else
 WESTON_CONF_OPTS += -Dbackend-rdp=false
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_FBDEV),y)
-WESTON_CONF_OPTS += -Ddeprecated-backend-fbdev=true
-else
-WESTON_CONF_OPTS += -Ddeprecated-backend-fbdev=false
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DRM),y)
 WESTON_CONF_OPTS += -Dbackend-drm=true
 else