diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3229fcf12c..86f95bee8f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ freescale_t1040d4rdb_defconfig: *defconfig
 friendlyarm_nanopi_a64_defconfig: *defconfig
 friendlyarm_nanopi_neo2_defconfig: *defconfig
 galileo_defconfig: *defconfig
-gdb_bfin_bf512_defconfig: *defconfig
 grinn_chiliboard_defconfig: *defconfig
 grinn_liteboard_defconfig: *defconfig
 imx23evk_defconfig: *defconfig
diff --git a/board/gdb/bfin-bf512/linux.config b/board/gdb/bfin-bf512/linux.config
deleted file mode 100644
index bc2a907b8e..0000000000
--- a/board/gdb/bfin-bf512/linux.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-# CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
-CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-# CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set
-# CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set
-# CONFIG_RD_LZMA is not set
-# CONFIG_RD_XZ is not set
-# CONFIG_RD_LZO is not set
-# CONFIG_RD_LZ4 is not set
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
-# CONFIG_UID16 is not set
-# CONFIG_SGETMASK_SYSCALL is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSFS_SYSCALL is not set
-# CONFIG_KALLSYMS is not set
-# CONFIG_BUG is not set
-# CONFIG_BASE_FULL is not set
-# CONFIG_ADVISE_SYSCALLS is not set
-# CONFIG_MEMBARRIER is not set
-CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
-# CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
-# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
-# CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
-CONFIG_MODULES=y
-# CONFIG_BLOCK is not set
-CONFIG_BF512=y
-# CONFIG_SET_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS is not set
-# CONFIG_I_ENTRY_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXCPT_IRQ_SYSC_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_DO_IRQ_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_CORE_TIMER_IRQ_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_IDLE_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_SCHEDULE_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_ARITHMETIC_OPS_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_ACCESS_OK_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_MEMSET_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_MEMCPY_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_STRCMP_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_STRNCMP_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_STRCPY_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_STRNCPY_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_SYS_BFIN_SPINLOCK_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_CACHELINE_ALIGNED_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_DCACHE_FLUSH_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_APP_STACK_L1 is not set
-# CONFIG_BFIN_INS_LOWOVERHEAD is not set
-# CONFIG_BFIN_ICACHE is not set
-# CONFIG_BFIN_DCACHE is not set
-# CONFIG_C_AMCKEN is not set
-CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC=y
-CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT=y
-# CONFIG_COREDUMP is not set
-# CONFIG_SUSPEND is not set
-# CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER is not set
-# CONFIG_STANDALONE is not set
-# CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD is not set
-# CONFIG_FW_LOADER is not set
-# CONFIG_ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP is not set
-# CONFIG_INPUT is not set
-# CONFIG_SERIO is not set
-# CONFIG_VT is not set
-# CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS is not set
-CONFIG_SERIAL_BFIN=y
-CONFIG_SERIAL_BFIN_CONSOLE=y
-CONFIG_SERIAL_BFIN_UART0=y
-CONFIG_SERIAL_BFIN_UART1=y
-# CONFIG_BFIN_OTP is not set
-# CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set
-# CONFIG_HWMON is not set
-# CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT is not set
-# CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING is not set
-# CONFIG_DNOTIFY is not set
-# CONFIG_MISC_FILESYSTEMS is not set
-CONFIG_NLS=y
-CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="utf-8"
-CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
-# CONFIG_ENABLE_WARN_DEPRECATED is not set
-# CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set
-# CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY is not set
-CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
-# CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is not set
-# CONFIG_FTRACE is not set
-# CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE is not set
-# CONFIG_DEBUG_HUNT_FOR_ZERO is not set
-# CONFIG_DEBUG_BFIN_HWTRACE_ON is not set
-CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
-# CONFIG_ACCESS_CHECK is not set
-# CONFIG_CRC32 is not set
diff --git a/board/gdb/bfin-bf512/readme.txt b/board/gdb/bfin-bf512/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b8ff250a04..0000000000
--- a/board/gdb/bfin-bf512/readme.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-Run the simulation with GDB for FDPIC:
-
- ./output/host/bin/bfin-buildroot-linux-uclibc-run --env operating --model bf512 output/images/vmlinux
-
-Run the simulation with GDB for FLAT:
-
- ./output/host/bin/bfin-buildroot-uclinux-uclibc-run --env operating --model bf512 output/images/vmlinux
-
-The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started GDB.
-
-Tested with GDB 7.9
diff --git a/board/gdb/post-build.sh b/board/gdb/post-build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8933d504ec..0000000000
--- a/board/gdb/post-build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# no simulated network devices at the moment
-rm -f ${TARGET_DIR}/etc/init.d/S40network
-rm -rf ${TARGET_DIR}/etc/network/
diff --git a/configs/gdb_bfin_bf512_defconfig b/configs/gdb_bfin_bf512_defconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 6740647cb3..0000000000
--- a/configs/gdb_bfin_bf512_defconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Architecture
-BR2_bfin=y
-BR2_bf512=y
-
-# Filesystem
-BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS=y
-# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
-
-BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/gdb/post-build.sh"
-
-# Linux headers same as kernel, a 4.14 series
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_14=y
-
-# Kernel
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.14.14"
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/gdb/bfin-bf512/linux.config"
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX=y
-
-# Serial port config
-BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY=y
-BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyBF0"
-
-# use minimal busybox with hush
-BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="package/busybox/busybox-minimal.config"
-
-# compile gdb sim
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB=y
-# BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB_TUI is not set
-# BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB_PYTHON is not set
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB_SIM=y
