diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 03e4eb3928..f965e9d6d8 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@ config BR2_SCP
 	string "Secure copy (scp) command"
 	default "scp"
 
-config BR2_SSH
-	string "Secure shell (ssh) command"
-	default "ssh"
-
 config BR2_HG
 	string "Mercurial (hg) command"
 	default "hg"
diff --git a/package/pkg-download.mk b/package/pkg-download.mk
index 73ea2a69f8..6293e2985b 100644
--- a/package/pkg-download.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-download.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ export BZR := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_BZR))
 export GIT := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GIT))
 export HG := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_HG))
 export SCP := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_SCP))
-SSH := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_SSH))
 export LOCALFILES := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LOCALFILES))
 
 DL_WRAPPER = support/download/dl-wrapper