diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 7458fa331e..b3c35d6b07 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2022.11"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC5
+	bool "libopenssl rc5 was never enabled"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  The libopenssl option for rc5 never actually enabled rc5,
+	  which had always been disabled in Buildroot.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDCADEC
 	bool "package was deprecated upstream, use ffmpeg instead"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/libopenssl/Config.in b/package/libopenssl/Config.in
index fcead4c11a..00339238fb 100644
--- a/package/libopenssl/Config.in
+++ b/package/libopenssl/Config.in
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_CHACHA
 	bool "enable CHACHA"
 	default y
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC5
-	bool "enable RC5"
-	default y
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC2
 	bool "enable RC2"
 	default y
diff --git a/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk b/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk
index 50d41a6533..3542b89727 100644
--- a/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk
+++ b/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ define LIBOPENSSL_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 			no-fuzz-afl \
 			no-afalgeng \
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_CHACHA),,no-chacha) \
-			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC5),,no-rc5) \
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC2),,no-rc2) \
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC4),,no-rc4) \
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MD2),,no-md2) \