diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f900dd9..e46a763 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
      compile time.
    * Remove test program o_p_test, the script compat.sh does more.
    * Remove test program ssl_test, superseded by ssl-opt.sh.
+   * Remove helper script active-config.pl
 
 = mbed TLS 1.3 branch
 
diff --git a/scripts/activate-config.pl b/scripts/activate-config.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index 5b4e8f5..0000000
--- a/scripts/activate-config.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-
-# DEPRECATED!
-#
-# activate a pre-defined configuration
-
-print "This script is deprecated!\n";
-print "See configs/README.txt regarding alternative config.h usage\n";
-exit 1;