diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 47e8d696e0..6776048fc4 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2022.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CONFIGOBJ
+	bool "python-configobj removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  Package was removed together with python 2.7 support.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_YIELDFROM
 	bool "python-yieldfrom removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 90988478f9..8112873f14 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -3033,7 +3033,6 @@ F:	package/grantlee/
 F:	package/libusb/
 F:	package/libusb-compat/
 F:	package/proj/
-F:	package/python-configobj/
 F:	package/python-iniparse/
 F:	package/qjson/
 F:	package/quazip/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 6fb62caa4c..478a4e6b90 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -973,7 +973,6 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-colorama/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-colorlog/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-colorzero/Config.in"
-	source "package/python-configobj/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-configshell-fb/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-constantly/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-couchdb/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index 341e24926b..e5fbb07fc2 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ menu "Host utilities"
 	source "package/pkgconf/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/pru-software-support/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/pwgen/Config.in.host"
-	source "package/python/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-cython/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-greenlet/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-lxml/Config.in.host"
diff --git a/package/python-configobj/Config.in b/package/python-configobj/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index fc57e26f1c..0000000000
--- a/package/python-configobj/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CONFIGOBJ
-	bool "python-configobj"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
-	help
-	  ConfigObj is a simple but powerful config file reader and
-	  writer: an ini file round tripper. Its main feature is that
-	  it is very easy to use, with a straightforward programmer's
-	  interface and a simple syntax for config files.
-
-	  http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html
diff --git a/package/python-configobj/python-configobj.hash b/package/python-configobj/python-configobj.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index d43c453796..0000000000
--- a/package/python-configobj/python-configobj.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# md5 from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/configobj/json, sha256 locally computed
-md5	e472a3a1c2a67bb0ec9b5d54c13a47d6  configobj-5.0.6.tar.gz
-sha256	a2f5650770e1c87fb335af19a9b7eb73fc05ccf22144eb68db7d00cd2bcb0902  configobj-5.0.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/python-configobj/python-configobj.mk b/package/python-configobj/python-configobj.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e281d28e7..0000000000
--- a/package/python-configobj/python-configobj.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# python-configobj
-#
-################################################################################
-
-PYTHON_CONFIGOBJ_VERSION = 5.0.6
-PYTHON_CONFIGOBJ_SOURCE = configobj-$(PYTHON_CONFIGOBJ_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_CONFIGOBJ_SITE = https://pypi.python.org/packages/64/61/079eb60459c44929e684fa7d9e2fdca403f67d64dd9dbac27296be2e0fab
-PYTHON_CONFIGOBJ_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
-# License only mentioned in the source
-PYTHON_CONFIGOBJ_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
-
-$(eval $(python-package))