diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 87ed99f1..3777f60e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ on:
         - arm-zephyr-eabi
         - microblazeel-zephyr-elf
         - mips-zephyr-elf
-        - nios2-zephyr-elf
         - riscv64-zephyr-elf
         - rx-zephyr-elf
         - sparc-zephyr-elf
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ jobs:
             arm-zephyr-eabi)                      build_target_arm_zephyr_eabi="y";;
             microblazeel-zephyr-elf)              build_target_microblazeel_zephyr_elf="y";;
             mips-zephyr-elf)                      build_target_mips_zephyr_elf="y";;
-            nios2-zephyr-elf)                     build_target_nios2_zephyr_elf="y";;
             riscv64-zephyr-elf)                   build_target_riscv64_zephyr_elf="y";;
             rx-zephyr-elf)                        build_target_rx_zephyr_elf="y";;
             sparc-zephyr-elf)                     build_target_sparc_zephyr_elf="y";;
@@ -220,7 +218,6 @@ jobs:
           build_target_arm_zephyr_eabi="y"
           build_target_microblazeel_zephyr_elf="y"
           build_target_mips_zephyr_elf="y"
-          build_target_nios2_zephyr_elf="y"
           build_target_riscv64_zephyr_elf="y"
           build_target_rx_zephyr_elf="y"
           build_target_sparc_zephyr_elf="y"
@@ -310,7 +307,6 @@ jobs:
         [ "${build_target_arm_zephyr_eabi}" == "y" ]                      && MATRIX_TARGETS+='"arm-zephyr-eabi",'
         [ "${build_target_microblazeel_zephyr_elf}" == "y" ]              && MATRIX_TARGETS+='"microblazeel-zephyr-elf",'
         [ "${build_target_mips_zephyr_elf}" == "y" ]                      && MATRIX_TARGETS+='"mips-zephyr-elf",'
-        [ "${build_target_nios2_zephyr_elf}" == "y" ]                     && MATRIX_TARGETS+='"nios2-zephyr-elf",'
         [ "${build_target_riscv64_zephyr_elf}" == "y" ]                   && MATRIX_TARGETS+='"riscv64-zephyr-elf",'
         [ "${build_target_rx_zephyr_elf}" == "y" ]                        && MATRIX_TARGETS+='"rx-zephyr-elf",'
         [ "${build_target_sparc_zephyr_elf}" == "y" ]                     && MATRIX_TARGETS+='"sparc-zephyr-elf",'
@@ -1560,9 +1556,6 @@ jobs:
             mips-zephyr-elf)
               PLATFORM_ARGS+="-p qemu_malta "
               ;;
-            nios2-zephyr-elf)
-              PLATFORM_ARGS+="-p qemu_nios2 "
-              ;;
             riscv64-zephyr-elf)
               PLATFORM_ARGS+="-p qemu_riscv32 "
               PLATFORM_ARGS+="-p qemu_riscv32e "
diff --git a/cmake/zephyr/target.cmake b/cmake/zephyr/target.cmake
index 8fc12ebf..7246f7a4 100644
--- a/cmake/zephyr/target.cmake
+++ b/cmake/zephyr/target.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ else()
   set(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET_arm         arm-zephyr-eabi)
 endif()
 set(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET_arm64   aarch64-zephyr-elf)
-set(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET_nios2     nios2-zephyr-elf)
 set(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET_riscv   riscv64-zephyr-elf)
 set(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET_mips       mips-zephyr-elf)
 set(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET_rx           rx-zephyr-elf)
diff --git a/configs/nios2-zephyr-elf.config b/configs/nios2-zephyr-elf.config
deleted file mode 100644
index c1fd3ad9..00000000
--- a/configs/nios2-zephyr-elf.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-CT_CONFIG_VERSION="3"
-CT_EXPERIMENTAL=y
-CT_ARCH_NIOS2=y
-CT_ARCH_USE_MMU=y
-CT_TARGET_VENDOR="zephyr"
-CT_TARGET_CFLAGS="-ftls-model=local-exec"
-CT_MULTILIB=y
-CT_CC_GCC_CONFIG_TLS=n
diff --git a/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-zephyr_9.2.1.bb b/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-zephyr_9.2.1.bb
index a7fce814..724f8bd4 100644
--- a/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-zephyr_9.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-zephyr_9.2.1.bb
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ do_install:append() {
     ln -sf ../synopsys/bin/qemu-system-arc64 ${D}${bindir}/qemu-system-arc64
 
     # Link other legacy QEMU executables
-    ln -sf ../legacy/bin/qemu-system-nios2 ${D}${bindir}/qemu-system-nios2
     ln -sf ../legacy/bin/qemu-system-sparc ${D}${bindir}/qemu-system-sparc
 }
 
diff --git a/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc b/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
index f6d27bb7..a5f90a3b 100644
--- a/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ do_install:append() {
     ln -sf ../synopsys/bin/qemu-system-arc64 ${D}${bindir}/qemu-system-arc64
 
     # Link other legacy QEMU executables
-    ln -sf ../legacy/bin/qemu-system-nios2 ${D}${bindir}/qemu-system-nios2
     ln -sf ../legacy/bin/qemu-system-sparc ${D}${bindir}/qemu-system-sparc
 }
 
diff --git a/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu_legacy/qemu-legacy_git.bb b/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu_legacy/qemu-legacy_git.bb
index e64b98c7..3d1f2b39 100644
--- a/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu_legacy/qemu-legacy_git.bb
+++ b/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu_legacy/qemu-legacy_git.bb
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ inherit autotools pkgconfig
 #--disable-fdt: Cannot use if supporting ARM
 #--disable-kvm: AArch64 has a QEMU/KVM board
 
-QEMUS_BUILT = "nios2-softmmu sparc-softmmu"
+QEMUS_BUILT = "sparc-softmmu"
 QEMU_FLAGS = "--disable-docs  --disable-sdl --disable-debug-info  --disable-cap-ng \
   --disable-libnfs --disable-libusb --disable-libiscsi --disable-usb-redir --disable-linux-aio\
   --disable-guest-agent --disable-libssh --disable-vnc-png  --disable-seccomp \