diff --git a/doc/ref/gappkg.xml b/doc/ref/gappkg.xml
index d63fba3ffe..4ca9bdc713 100644
--- a/doc/ref/gappkg.xml
+++ b/doc/ref/gappkg.xml
@@ -212,14 +212,6 @@ The following components of this record are <E>mandatory</E>.
   a string that lists the supported formats (among <C>.tar.gz</C>,
   <C>.tar.bz2</C>, <C>-win.zip</C>), separated by whitespace or commas,
 </Item>
-<Mark><C>Status</C></Mark>
-<Item>
-  one of <C>"accepted"</C>, <C>"submitted"</C>, <C>"deposited"</C>,
-  <C>"dev"</C>, <C>"other"</C>;
-  if the value is <C>"accepted"</C> then also
-  <C>CommunicatedBy</C> (a string of the form <C>name (place)</C>) and
-  <C>AcceptDate</C> (a string of the form <C>mm/yyyy</C>) are mandatory,
-</Item>
 <Mark><C>README_URL</C></Mark>
 <Item>
   a string started with <C>http://</C>, <C>https://</C>, or <C>ftp://</C>,
@@ -932,7 +924,6 @@ gap> ValidatePackageInfo("PackageInfo.g");
 #E  component `Date' must be bound to a string of the form `dd/mm/yyyy'
 #E  component `ArchiveURL' must be bound to a string started with http://, https:// or ftp://
 #E  component `ArchiveFormats' must be bound to a string
-#E  component `Status' must be bound to one of "accepted", "deposited", "dev", "other"
 #E  component `README_URL' must be bound to a string started with http://, https:// or ftp://
 #E  component `PackageInfoURL' must be bound to a string started with http://, https:// or ftp://
 #E  component `AbstractHTML' must be bound to a string
diff --git a/lib/package.gi b/lib/package.gi
index cbce9ca273..6dcbf97a26 100644
--- a/lib/package.gi
+++ b/lib/package.gi
@@ -2318,19 +2318,6 @@ InstallGlobalFunction( ValidatePackageInfo, function( info )
       od;
     fi;
 
-    if TestMandat( record, "Status",
-           x -> x in [ "accepted", "submitted", "deposited", "dev", "other" ],
-           "one of \"accepted\", \"deposited\", \"dev\", \"other\"" )
-       and record.Status = "accepted" then
-      TestMandat( record, "CommunicatedBy",
-          x -> IsString(x) and PositionSublist( x, " (" ) <> fail
-                   and x[ Length(x) ] = ')',
-          "a string of the form `<name> (<place>)'" );
-      TestMandat( record, "AcceptDate",
-          x -> IsString( x ) and Length( x ) = 7 and x[3] = '/'
-                   and ForAll( x{ [1,2,4,5,6,7] }, IsDigitChar ),
-          "a string of the form `mm/yyyy'" );
-    fi;
     TestMandat( record, "README_URL", IsURL, "a string started with http://, https:// or ftp://" );
     TestMandat( record, "PackageInfoURL", IsURL, "a string started with http://, https:// or ftp://" );
 
@@ -2835,11 +2822,7 @@ InstallGlobalFunction( BibEntry, function( arg )
             "  <year>", pkginfo.Date{ [ 7 .. 10 ] }, "</year>\n" ) );
         fi;
       fi;
-      if IsBound( pkginfo.Status ) and pkginfo.Status = "accepted" then
-        Append( entry, "  <note>Refereed " );
-      else
-        Append( entry, "  <note>" );
-      fi;
+      Append( entry, "  <note>" );
 #     Append( entry, "<Package>GAP</Package> package</note>\n" );
       Append( entry, "GAP package</note>\n" );
       if IsBound( pkginfo.Keywords ) then
diff --git a/tst/mockpkg/PackageInfo.g b/tst/mockpkg/PackageInfo.g
index fafda809b7..14dba6c23b 100644
--- a/tst/mockpkg/PackageInfo.g
+++ b/tst/mockpkg/PackageInfo.g
@@ -58,16 +58,6 @@ ArchiveURL     := Concatenation( ~.PackageWWWHome,
 
 ArchiveFormats := ".tar.gz",
 
-##  Status information. Currently the following cases are recognized:
-##    "accepted"      for successfully refereed packages
-##    "submitted"     for packages submitted for the refereeing
-##    "deposited"     for packages for which the GAP developers agreed
-##                    to distribute them with the core GAP system
-##    "dev"           for development versions of packages
-##    "other"         for all other packages
-##
-Status := "dev",
-
 AbstractHTML   :=  "",
 
 PackageDoc := rec(
diff --git a/tst/testinstall/package.tst b/tst/testinstall/package.tst
index 6fadcfdfd6..5b90a6d96e 100644
--- a/tst/testinstall/package.tst
+++ b/tst/testinstall/package.tst
@@ -207,8 +207,6 @@ gap> ValidatePackageInfo(rec());
 #E  component `ArchiveURL' must be bound to a string started with http://, htt\
 ps:// or ftp://
 #E  component `ArchiveFormats' must be bound to a string
-#E  component `Status' must be bound to one of "accepted", "deposited", "dev",\
- "other"
 #E  component `README_URL' must be bound to a string started with http://, htt\
 ps:// or ftp://
 #E  component `PackageInfoURL' must be bound to a string started with http://,\
@@ -226,7 +224,6 @@ gap> info := rec(
 >     Date := "01/20/2015",
 >     ArchiveURL := "https://",
 >     ArchiveFormats := "",
->     Status := "other",
 >     README_URL := "https://",
 >     PackageInfoURL := "https://",
 >     AbstractHTML := "",
@@ -255,7 +252,6 @@ gap> info := rec(
 >     Date := "2013-05-22",
 >     ArchiveURL := "https://",
 >     ArchiveFormats := "",
->     Status := "other",
 >     README_URL := "https://",
 >     PackageInfoURL := "https://",
 >     AbstractHTML := "",
@@ -282,7 +278,6 @@ gap> info := rec(
 >     Date := "2013-22-05",
 >     ArchiveURL := "https://",
 >     ArchiveFormats := "",
->     Status := "other",
 >     README_URL := "https://",
 >     PackageInfoURL := "https://",
 >     AbstractHTML := "",
@@ -311,7 +306,6 @@ gap> info := rec(
 >     Date := "2013-05-22-",
 >     ArchiveURL := "https://",
 >     ArchiveFormats := "",
->     Status := "other",
 >     README_URL := "https://",
 >     PackageInfoURL := "https://",
 >     AbstractHTML := "",
@@ -340,7 +334,6 @@ gap> info := rec(
 >     Date := "01/02/3000",
 >     ArchiveURL := "https://",
 >     ArchiveFormats := "",
->     Status := "other",
 >     README_URL := "https://",
 >     PackageInfoURL := "https://",
 >     AbstractHTML := "",