diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 8c0bbbe8de..cf6ff71358 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2025.02.9"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BELR
+	bool "belr has been removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  This package has been removed as part of the linphone
+	  removal. In addition, newer version of linphone directly
+	  bundle belr making a separate package unnecessary.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BELLE_SIP
 	bool "belle-sip has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 584a3b7dbe..a8d4392b10 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -999,7 +999,6 @@ F:	package/openzwave/
 
 N:	Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
 F:	package/bearssl/
-F:	package/belr/
 F:	package/boinc/
 F:	package/cairo/
 F:	package/daq3/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 6ce7122cfb..66a9e9b3c9 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2150,7 +2150,6 @@ menu "Other"
 	source "package/basu/Config.in"
 	source "package/bctoolbox/Config.in"
 	source "package/bdwgc/Config.in"
-	source "package/belr/Config.in"
 	source "package/boost/Config.in"
 	source "package/c-capnproto/Config.in"
 	source "package/capnproto/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/belr/Config.in b/package/belr/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index f3f742ad28..0000000000
--- a/package/belr/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_BELR
-	bool "belr"
-	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # bctoolbox
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # bctoolbox
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_BCTOOLBOX
-	help
-	  Belr is Belledonne Communications' language recognition
-	  library, written in C++11. It parses text inputs formatted
-	  according to a language defined by an ABNF grammar, such as
-	  the protocols standardized at IETF.
-
-	  https://gitlab.linphone.org/BC/public/belr
-
-comment "belr needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-
-comment "belr needs a toolchain not affected by GCC bug 64735"
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735
diff --git a/package/belr/belr.hash b/package/belr/belr.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 00c733c7df..0000000000
--- a/package/belr/belr.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Locally calculated
-sha256  6358aa680193d972c831d677da1652c7f57d7e00649b971d4d9fbdebf4331b48  belr-4.4.8.tar.gz
-sha256  1b3782ccad7b8614100cda30d3faf42fc39f2e97932908c543005053b654ca68  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/belr/belr.mk b/package/belr/belr.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 26b949734f..0000000000
--- a/package/belr/belr.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# belr
-#
-################################################################################
-
-BELR_VERSION = 4.4.8
-BELR_SITE = https://gitlab.linphone.org/BC/public/belr/-/archive/$(BELR_VERSION)
-BELR_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
-BELR_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
-BELR_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-BELR_DEPENDENCIES = bctoolbox
-BELR_CONF_OPTS = \
-	-DENABLE_STRICT=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_TESTS=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_TOOLS=OFF
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-BELR_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_SHARED=OFF -DENABLE_STATIC=ON
-else
-# cannot build static and shared together
-BELR_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_SHARED=ON -DENABLE_STATIC=OFF
-endif
-
-$(eval $(cmake-package))