diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 6724865232..97d6197aeb 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2022.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_WDDX
+	bool "php wddx removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  The WDDX extension was removed from php.
+
 config BR2_sh2a
 	bool "sh2a architecture support removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/php/Config.ext b/package/php/Config.ext
index 1c2af9fd15..d5f8659016 100644
--- a/package/php/Config.ext
+++ b/package/php/Config.ext
@@ -385,13 +385,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_SIMPLEXML
 	help
 	  SimpleXML support
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_WDDX
-	bool "WDDX"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_LIBXML2
-	help
-	  WDDX support
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_XML
 	bool "XML Parser"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_LIBXML2
diff --git a/package/php/php.mk b/package/php/php.mk
index f649a9bb8b..39db9d3a7c 100644
--- a/package/php/php.mk
+++ b/package/php/php.mk
@@ -150,11 +150,6 @@ PHP_CONF_OPTS += --with-libxml
 PHP_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_WDDX),y)
-PHP_CONF_OPTS += --enable-wddx --with-libexpat-dir=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
-PHP_DEPENDENCIES += expat
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_ZIP),y)
 PHP_DEPENDENCIES += libzip
 endif