diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 74317a2d7c..f99535411d 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_PYPCAP
+	bool "python-pypcap removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  Package was removed together with python 2.7 support.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PATHLIB2
 	bool "python-pathlib2 removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 4bb8821563..90988478f9 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1934,7 +1934,6 @@ F:	package/python-ipy/
 F:	package/python-iwlib/
 F:	package/python-posix-ipc/
 F:	package/python-pycairo/
-F:	package/python-pypcap/
 F:	package/python-pyrex/
 F:	package/python-pysftp/
 F:	package/python-tinyrpc/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 3c55dec6c5..d406d372d3 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1172,7 +1172,6 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-pyopenssl/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pyparsing/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pyparted/Config.in"
-	source "package/python-pypcap/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pyphen/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pyqrcode/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pyqt5/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-pypcap/Config.in b/package/python-pypcap/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b410ecc2b..0000000000
--- a/package/python-pypcap/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYPCAP
-	bool "python-pypcap"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPCAP
-	help
-	  The pypcap module is an object-oriented wrapper of the C
-	  libpcap library.
-
-	  https://github.com/dugsong/pypcap
diff --git a/package/python-pypcap/python-pypcap.hash b/package/python-pypcap/python-pypcap.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 40db6b4f33..0000000000
--- a/package/python-pypcap/python-pypcap.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# locally computed
-sha256  5716d97b39d40b79daf7b0c6a8c8c514f5f1de8f20561c8621ee62a90b93fb03  python-pypcap-6f46e7bf29a648256ddc732a7d0ec83d3ffca390.tar.gz
-sha256  48306c284fdbdf836b880528c3bdd658deac47ed78ffeb24a4ca5a8c39a39304  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-pypcap/python-pypcap.mk b/package/python-pypcap/python-pypcap.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index fc6fc6ed92..0000000000
--- a/package/python-pypcap/python-pypcap.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# python-pypcap
-#
-################################################################################
-
-PYTHON_PYPCAP_VERSION = 6f46e7bf29a648256ddc732a7d0ec83d3ffca390
-PYTHON_PYPCAP_SITE = $(call github,dugsong,pypcap,$(PYTHON_PYPCAP_VERSION))
-PYTHON_PYPCAP_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
-PYTHON_PYPCAP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
-PYTHON_PYPCAP_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
-PYTHON_PYPCAP_DEPENDENCIES = host-python-pyrex libpcap
-
-define PYTHON_PYPCAP_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	$(HOST_DIR)/bin/python2 $(HOST_DIR)/bin/pyrexc $(@D)/pcap.pyx
-	(cd $(@D); \
-		$(HOST_DIR)/bin/python setup.py \
-		config --with-pcap=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr)
-endef
-
-$(eval $(python-package))