diff --git a/config/Config-build.in b/config/Config-build.in
index 342859b..c72ba74 100644
--- a/config/Config-build.in
+++ b/config/Config-build.in
@@ -217,20 +217,6 @@ menu "Global build settings"
 		  make the system libraries incompatible with most of the packages that are
 		  not selected during the build process.
 
-	choice
-		prompt "Preferred standard C++ library"
-		default USE_LIBSTDCXX if USE_GLIBC
-		default USE_UCLIBCXX
-		help
-		  Select the preferred standard C++ library for all packages that support this.
-
-		config USE_UCLIBCXX
-			bool "uClibc++"
-
-		config USE_LIBSTDCXX
-			bool "libstdc++"
-	endchoice
-
 	comment "Hardening build options"
 
 	config PKG_CHECK_FORMAT_SECURITY
diff --git a/include/uclibc++.mk b/include/uclibc++.mk
index a1a61f2..10f8d98 100644
--- a/include/uclibc++.mk
+++ b/include/uclibc++.mk
@@ -1,16 +1,2 @@
-ifndef DUMP
-  ifdef __package_mk
-    $(error uclibc++.mk must be included before package.mk)
-  endif
-endif
-
-PKG_PREPARED_DEPENDS += CONFIG_USE_UCLIBCXX
-CXX_DEPENDS = +USE_UCLIBCXX:uclibcxx +USE_LIBSTDCXX:libstdcpp
-
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_USE_UCLIBCXX),)
- ifneq ($(CONFIG_CCACHE),)
-  TARGET_CXX_NOCACHE=g++-uc
- else
-  TARGET_CXX=g++-uc
- endif
-endif
+$(warn uclibc++.mk is deprecated. Please remove it and CXX_DEPENDS)
+CXX_DEPENDS = +libstdcpp