diff --git a/include/target.mk b/include/target.mk
index 0666df63a1..92edaec96b 100644
--- a/include/target.mk
+++ b/include/target.mk
@@ -67,19 +67,12 @@ ifndef Profile
 define Profile
   $(eval $(call ProfileDefault))
   $(eval $(call Profile/$(1)))
-  dumpinfo : $(call shexport,Profile/$(1)/Config)
   dumpinfo : $(call shexport,Profile/$(1)/Description)
   DUMPINFO += \
 	echo "Target-Profile: $(1)"; \
 	$(if $(PRIORITY), echo "Target-Profile-Priority: $(PRIORITY)"; ) \
 	echo "Target-Profile-Name: $(NAME)"; \
 	echo "Target-Profile-Packages: $(PACKAGES) $(call extra_packages,$(DEFAULT_PACKAGES) $(PACKAGES))"; \
-	if [ -f ./config/profile-$(1) ]; then \
-		echo "Target-Profile-Kconfig: yes"; \
-	fi; \
-	echo "Target-Profile-Config: "; \
-	echo "$$$$$$$$$(call shvar,Profile/$(1)/Config)"; \
-	echo "@@"; \
 	echo "Target-Profile-Description:"; \
 	echo "$$$$$$$$$(call shvar,Profile/$(1)/Description)"; \
 	echo "@@"; \
diff --git a/scripts/metadata.pl b/scripts/metadata.pl
index c7582b42dc..822382cd6c 100755
--- a/scripts/metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/metadata.pl
@@ -287,9 +287,7 @@ EOF
 config TARGET_$target->{conf}_$profile->{id}
 	bool "$profile->{name}"
 	depends on TARGET_$target->{conf}
-$profile->{config}
 EOF
-			$profile->{kconfig} and print "\tselect PROFILE_KCONFIG\n";
 			my @pkglist = merge_package_lists($target->{packages}, $profile->{packages});
 			foreach my $pkg (@pkglist) {
 				print "\tselect DEFAULT_$pkg\n";
diff --git a/scripts/metadata.pm b/scripts/metadata.pm
index e2a739533c..b3f34f79e9 100644
--- a/scripts/metadata.pm
+++ b/scripts/metadata.pm
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ sub parse_target_metadata($) {
 		};
 		/^Target-Profile-Packages:\s*(.*)\s*$/ and $profile->{packages} = [ split(/\s+/, $1) ];
 		/^Target-Profile-Description:\s*(.*)\s*/ and $profile->{desc} = get_multiline(*FILE);
-		/^Target-Profile-Config:/ and $profile->{config} = get_multiline(*FILE, "\t");
-		/^Target-Profile-Kconfig:/ and $profile->{kconfig} = 1;
 	}
 	close FILE;
 	foreach my $target (@target) {
diff --git a/target/Config.in b/target/Config.in
index 571b06ebcf..3dc8655252 100644
--- a/target/Config.in
+++ b/target/Config.in
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ config USES_UBIFS
 	bool
 	select NAND_SUPPORT
 
-config PROFILE_KCONFIG
-	bool
-
 config LOW_MEMORY_FOOTPRINT
 	bool
 
diff --git a/target/imagebuilder/Config.in b/target/imagebuilder/Config.in
index 245c71583d..b54eb5b4ff 100644
--- a/target/imagebuilder/Config.in
+++ b/target/imagebuilder/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config IB
 	bool "Build the LEDE Image Builder"
-	depends on !PROFILE_KCONFIG
 	depends on !EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN
 	help
 	  This is essentially a stripped-down version of the buildroot