diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 8bc5aae986..fa6b91a417 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ git-annex (10.20220223) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * test: Added --jobs option.
   * Removed vendored copy of http-client-restricted, and removed the
     HttpClientRestricted build flag that avoided that dependency.
+  * Removed the NetworkBSD build flag.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:14:09 -0400
 
diff --git a/git-annex.cabal b/git-annex.cabal
index 9d32ee349b..e3b6552ccd 100644
--- a/git-annex.cabal
+++ b/git-annex.cabal
@@ -284,10 +284,6 @@ Flag DebugLocks
 Flag Dbus
   Description: Enable dbus support
 
-Flag NetworkBSD
-  Description: Build with network-3.0 which split out network-bsd
-  Default: True
-
 Flag GitLfs
   Description: Build with git-lfs library (rather than vendored copy)
   Default: True
@@ -377,7 +373,9 @@ Executable git-annex
    tasty-rerun,
    ansi-terminal >= 0.9,
    aws (>= 0.20),
-   DAV (>= 1.0)
+   DAV (>= 1.0),
+   network (>= 3.0.0.0),
+   network-bsd
   CC-Options: -Wall
   GHC-Options: -Wall -fno-warn-tabs  -Wincomplete-uni-patterns
   Default-Language: Haskell2010
@@ -411,11 +409,6 @@ Executable git-annex
   else
     Build-Depends: unix (>= 2.7.2)
 
-  if flag(NetworkBSD)
-    Build-Depends: network-bsd, network (>= 3.0.0.0)
-  else
-    Build-Depends: network (< 3.0.0.0), network (>= 2.6.3.0)
-
   if flag(GitLfs)
     Build-Depends: git-lfs (>= 1.2.0)
     CPP-Options: -DWITH_GIT_LFS
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
index a37078e5ec..9b067c82f7 100644
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ flags:
     dbus: false
     debuglocks: false
     benchmark: true
-    networkbsd: true
     gitlfs: true
 packages:
 - '.'
diff --git a/standalone/linux/stack-i386ancient.yaml b/standalone/linux/stack-i386ancient.yaml
index e8f2acecb8..3712ce6829 100644
--- a/standalone/linux/stack-i386ancient.yaml
+++ b/standalone/linux/stack-i386ancient.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ flags:
     dbus: false
     debuglocks: false
     benchmark: false
-    networkbsd: true
     gitlfs: true
 packages:
 - '.'