diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 893df6d51f..a417046083 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ config BR2_sh3eb
 	  Due to an inexistent user base and generally poor Linux
 	  support, the support for the SH3eb architecture was removed.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_CCACHE
+	bool "ccache target package has been removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  The 'ccache' target package has been removed since it has been
+	  deprecated for more than four buildroot releases.
+	  Note: using ccache for speeding up builds is still supported.
+
 config BR2_HAVE_DOCUMENTATION
 	bool "support for documentation on target has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 2d74cf27bf..6c3e769149 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ source "package/binutils/Config.in"
 source "package/bison/Config.in"
 source "package/bsdiff/Config.in"
 source "package/bustle/Config.in"
-source "package/ccache/Config.in"
 source "package/cvs/Config.in"
 if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 source "package/diffutils/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/ccache/Config.in b/package/ccache/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 28d94681cc..0000000000
--- a/package/ccache/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_CCACHE
-	bool "ccache"
-	# needs fork()
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	# We no longer support a toolchain on the target
-	depends on BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_2013_02
-	help
-	  ccache is a compiler cache. It speeds up recompilation by
-	  caching previous compilations and detecting when the same
-	  compilation is being done again
-
-	  http://ccache.samba.org
diff --git a/package/ccache/ccache.mk b/package/ccache/ccache.mk
index 40485d147f..c2c9731f34 100644
--- a/package/ccache/ccache.mk
+++ b/package/ccache/ccache.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ endef
 HOST_CCACHE_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += \
 	HOST_CCACHE_PATCH_CONFIGURATION
 
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_CCACHE),y)