diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 9a59e73fe2..e031bed35f 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ endif
 ###############################################################################
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2015.11"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_SCHIFRA
+	bool "schifra package has been removed"
+	help
+	  Schifra package has been maked broken since 2014.11 release and
+	  haven't been fixed since then.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ZXING
 	bool "zxing option has been renamed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 4c8bb2183c..3794f44915 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1136,7 +1136,6 @@ endif
 	source "package/protobuf-c/Config.in"
 	source "package/qhull/Config.in"
 	source "package/qlibc/Config.in"
-	source "package/schifra/Config.in"
 	source "package/startup-notification/Config.in"
 	source "package/tz/Config.in"
 	source "package/tzdata/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/schifra/Config.in b/package/schifra/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index a3f699a80f..0000000000
--- a/package/schifra/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_SCHIFRA
-	bool "schifra"
-	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	# Upstream keep changing the tarball without doing new
-	# releases. This is not acceptable for Buildroot, as
-	# reproducible builds are very important.
-	depends on BR2_BROKEN
-	help
-	  Schifra is a very robust, highly optimized and extremely configurable
-	  Reed-Solomon error correcting code library for both software and IP
-	  core based applications with implementations in C++ and VHDL.
-
-	  http://www.schifra.com/
-
-if BR2_PACKAGE_SCHIFRA
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_SCHIFRA_EXAMPLES
-	bool "schifra examples"
-	help
-	  Build and install the schifra example applications.
-
-endif
-
-comment "schifra needs a toolchain w/ C++"
-	depends on BR2_BROKEN
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
diff --git a/package/schifra/schifra.hash b/package/schifra/schifra.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f8e6c0e50..0000000000
--- a/package/schifra/schifra.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Calculated locally after download
-# Upstream doesn't store a version and tarball may change unexpectedly!
-sha256	3e60478cf024d87735d1cc1460aa2176c449e6c7f76914eefda25d3b20d22522	schifra.tgz
diff --git a/package/schifra/schifra.mk b/package/schifra/schifra.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 661ef04fa0..0000000000
--- a/package/schifra/schifra.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# schifra
-#
-################################################################################
-
-SCHIFRA_VERSION = 0.0.1
-SCHIFRA_SITE = http://www.schifra.com/downloads
-SCHIFRA_SOURCE = schifra.tgz
-SCHIFRA_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-SCHIFRA_LICENSE = schifra license
-SCHIFRA_LICENSE_FILES = schifra_license.txt
-
-SCHIFRA_MAKE_OPTS = \
-	COMPILER="$(TARGET_CXX)" \
-	OPTIONS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)"
-
-# The examples are the only buildable artefacts.
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SCHIFRA_EXAMPLES),y)
-define SCHIFRA_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(SCHIFRA_MAKE_OPTS) all
-endef
-
-define SCHIFRA_INSTALL_EXAMPLES
-	cd $(@D) && for i in `find -type f -name 'schifra_*' -executable` ; \
-	do \
-		$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $$i $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/$$i; \
-	done
-endef
-
-SCHIFRA_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += SCHIFRA_INSTALL_EXAMPLES
-endif
-
-define SCHIFRA_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	cd $(@D) && for i in schifra_*.hpp; do \
-		$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $$i $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include/$$i; done
-endef
-
-define SCHIFRA_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
-	cd $(@D) && for i in schifra_*.hpp; do \
-		$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $$i $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/$$i; done
-endef
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))