diff --git a/changelog.d/3872.remove b/changelog.d/3872.remove
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54cbb660e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/3872.remove
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+remove BBS/SSH feature, replaced by an external bridge.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index e41ec2f91..178b6be99 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -617,9 +617,6 @@
   base: System.get_env("LDAP_BASE") || "dc=example,dc=com",
   uid: System.get_env("LDAP_UID") || "cn"
 
-config :esshd,
-  enabled: false
-
 oauth_consumer_strategies =
   System.get_env("OAUTH_CONSUMER_STRATEGIES")
   |> to_string()
diff --git a/config/description.exs b/config/description.exs
index 78dc8770d..5f8add8a4 100644
--- a/config/description.exs
+++ b/config/description.exs
@@ -2628,45 +2628,6 @@
       }
     ]
   },
-  %{
-    group: :esshd,
-    label: "ESSHD",
-    type: :group,
-    description:
-      "Before enabling this you must add :esshd to mix.exs as one of the extra_applications " <>
-        "and generate host keys in your priv dir with ssh-keygen -m PEM -N \"\" -b 2048 -t rsa -f ssh_host_rsa_key",
-    children: [
-      %{
-        key: :enabled,
-        type: :boolean,
-        description: "Enables SSH"
-      },
-      %{
-        key: :priv_dir,
-        type: :string,
-        description: "Dir with SSH keys",
-        suggestions: ["/some/path/ssh_keys"]
-      },
-      %{
-        key: :handler,
-        type: :string,
-        description: "Handler module",
-        suggestions: ["Pleroma.BBS.Handler"]
-      },
-      %{
-        key: :port,
-        type: :integer,
-        description: "Port to connect",
-        suggestions: [10_022]
-      },
-      %{
-        key: :password_authenticator,
-        type: :string,
-        description: "Authenticator module",
-        suggestions: ["Pleroma.BBS.Authenticator"]
-      }
-    ]
-  },
   %{
     group: :mime,
     label: "Mime Types",
diff --git a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
index bbdf30a0f..70abe3e0c 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
@@ -873,21 +873,8 @@ This will probably take a long time.
 
 ### BBS / SSH access
 
-To enable simple command line interface accessible over ssh, add a setting like this to your configuration file:
-
-```exs
-app_dir = File.cwd!
-priv_dir = Path.join([app_dir, "priv/ssh_keys"])
-
-config :esshd,
-  enabled: true,
-  priv_dir: priv_dir,
-  handler: "Pleroma.BBS.Handler",
-  port: 10_022,
-  password_authenticator: "Pleroma.BBS.Authenticator"
-```
-
-Feel free to adjust the priv_dir and port number. Then you will have to create the key for the keys (in the example `priv/ssh_keys`) and create the host keys with `ssh-keygen -m PEM -N "" -b 2048 -t rsa -f ssh_host_rsa_key`. After restarting, you should be able to connect to your Pleroma instance with `ssh username@server -p $PORT`
+This feature has been removed from Pleroma core.
+However, a client has been made and is available at https://git.pleroma.social/Duponin/sshocial.
 
 ### :gopher
 * `enabled`: Enables the gopher interface
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/bbs/authenticator.ex b/lib/pleroma/bbs/authenticator.ex
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f7543ff5..000000000
--- a/lib/pleroma/bbs/authenticator.ex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
-# Copyright © 2017-2022 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
-
-defmodule Pleroma.BBS.Authenticator do
-  use Sshd.PasswordAuthenticator
-  alias Pleroma.User
-  alias Pleroma.Web.Plugs.AuthenticationPlug
-
-  def authenticate(username, password) do
-    username = to_string(username)
-    password = to_string(password)
-
-    with %User{} = user <- User.get_by_nickname(username) do
-      AuthenticationPlug.checkpw(password, user.password_hash)
-    else
-      _e -> false
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/bbs/handler.ex b/lib/pleroma/bbs/handler.ex
deleted file mode 100644
index 27799338f..000000000
--- a/lib/pleroma/bbs/handler.ex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,246 +0,0 @@
-# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
-# Copyright © 2017-2022 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
-
-defmodule Pleroma.BBS.Handler do
-  use Sshd.ShellHandler
-  alias Pleroma.Activity
-  alias Pleroma.HTML
-  alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub
-  alias Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI
-
-  def on_shell(username, _pubkey, _ip, _port) do
-    :ok = IO.puts("Welcome to #{Pleroma.Config.get([:instance, :name])}!")
-    user = Pleroma.User.get_cached_by_nickname(to_string(username))
-    Logger.debug("#{inspect(user)}")
-    loop(run_state(user: user))
-  end
-
-  def on_connect(username, ip, port, method) do
-    Logger.debug(fn ->
-      """
-      Incoming SSH shell #{inspect(self())} requested for #{username} from #{inspect(ip)}:#{inspect(port)} using #{inspect(method)}
-      """
-    end)
-  end
-
-  def on_disconnect(username, ip, port) do
-    Logger.debug(fn ->
-      "Disconnecting SSH shell for #{username} from #{inspect(ip)}:#{inspect(port)}"
-    end)
-  end
-
-  defp loop(state) do
-    self_pid = self()
-    counter = state.counter
-    prefix = state.prefix
-    user = state.user
-
-    input = spawn(fn -> io_get(self_pid, prefix, counter, user.nickname) end)
-    wait_input(state, input)
-  end
-
-  def puts_activity(activity) do
-    status = Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView.render("show.json", %{activity: activity})
-
-    IO.puts("-- #{status.id} by #{status.account.display_name} (#{status.account.acct})")
-
-    status.content
-    |> String.split("<br/>")
-    |> Enum.map(&HTML.strip_tags/1)
-    |> Enum.map(&HtmlEntities.decode/1)
-    |> Enum.map(&IO.puts/1)
-  end
-
-  def puts_notification(activity, user) do
-    notification =
-      Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.NotificationView.render("show.json", %{
-        notification: activity,
-        for: user
-      })
-
-    IO.puts(
-      "== (#{notification.type}) #{notification.status.id} by #{notification.account.display_name} (#{notification.account.acct})"
-    )
-
-    notification.status.content
-    |> String.split("<br/>")
-    |> Enum.map(&HTML.strip_tags/1)
-    |> Enum.map(&HtmlEntities.decode/1)
-    |> (fn x ->
-          case x do
-            [content] ->
-              "> " <> content
-
-            [head | _tail] ->
-              # "> " <> hd <> "..."
-              head
-              |> String.slice(1, 80)
-              |> (fn x -> "> " <> x <> "..." end).()
-          end
-        end).()
-    |> IO.puts()
-
-    IO.puts("")
-  end
-
-  def handle_command(state, "help") do
-    IO.puts("Available commands:")
-    IO.puts("help - This help")
-    IO.puts("home - Show the home timeline")
-    IO.puts("p <text> - Post the given text")
-    IO.puts("r <id> <text> - Reply to the post with the given id")
-    IO.puts("t <id> - Show a thread from the given id")
-    IO.puts("n - Show notifications")
-    IO.puts("n read - Mark all notifactions as read")
-    IO.puts("f <id> - Favourites the post with the given id")
-    IO.puts("R <id> - Repeat the post with the given id")
-    IO.puts("quit - Quit")
-
-    state
-  end
-
-  def handle_command(%{user: user} = state, "r " <> text) do
-    text = String.trim(text)
-    [activity_id, rest] = String.split(text, " ", parts: 2)
-
-    with %Activity{} <- Activity.get_by_id(activity_id),
-         {:ok, _activity} <-
-           CommonAPI.post(user, %{status: rest, in_reply_to_status_id: activity_id}) do
-      IO.puts("Replied!")
-    else
-      _e -> IO.puts("Could not reply...")
-    end
-
-    state
-  end
-
-  def handle_command(%{user: user} = state, "t " <> activity_id) do
-    with %Activity{} = activity <- Activity.get_by_id(activity_id) do
-      activities =
-        ActivityPub.fetch_activities_for_context(activity.data["context"], %{
-          blocking_user: user,
-          user: user,
-          exclude_id: activity.id
-        })
-
-      case activities do
-        [] ->
-          activity_id
-          |> Activity.get_by_id()
-          |> puts_activity()
-
-        _ ->
-          activities
-          |> Enum.reverse()
-          |> Enum.each(&puts_activity/1)
-      end
-    else
-      _e -> IO.puts("Could not show this thread...")
-    end
-
-    state
-  end
-
-  def handle_command(%{user: user} = state, "n read") do
-    Pleroma.Notification.clear(user)
-    IO.puts("All notifications were marked as read")
-
-    state
-  end
-
-  def handle_command(%{user: user} = state, "n") do
-    user
-    |> Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.MastodonAPI.get_notifications(%{})
-    |> Enum.each(&puts_notification(&1, user))
-
-    state
-  end
-
-  def handle_command(%{user: user} = state, "p " <> text) do
-    text = String.trim(text)
-
-    with {:ok, activity} <- CommonAPI.post(user, %{status: text}) do
-      IO.puts("Posted! ID: #{activity.id}")
-    else
-      _e -> IO.puts("Could not post...")
-    end
-
-    state
-  end
-
-  def handle_command(%{user: user} = state, "f " <> id) do
-    id = String.trim(id)
-
-    with %Activity{} = activity <- Activity.get_by_id(id),
-         {:ok, _activity} <- CommonAPI.favorite(user, activity) do
-      IO.puts("Favourited!")
-    else
-      _e -> IO.puts("Could not Favourite...")
-    end
-
-    state
-  end
-
-  def handle_command(state, "home") do
-    user = state.user
-
-    params =
-      %{}
-      |> Map.put(:type, ["Create"])
-      |> Map.put(:blocking_user, user)
-      |> Map.put(:muting_user, user)
-      |> Map.put(:user, user)
-
-    activities =
-      [user.ap_id | Pleroma.User.following(user)]
-      |> ActivityPub.fetch_activities(params)
-
-    Enum.each(activities, fn activity ->
-      puts_activity(activity)
-    end)
-
-    state
-  end
-
-  def handle_command(state, command) do
-    IO.puts("Unknown command '#{command}'")
-    state
-  end
-
-  defp wait_input(state, input) do
-    receive do
-      {:input, ^input, "quit\n"} ->
-        IO.puts("Exiting...")
-
-      {:input, ^input, code} when is_binary(code) ->
-        code = String.trim(code)
-
-        state = handle_command(state, code)
-
-        loop(%{state | counter: state.counter + 1})
-
-      {:input, ^input, {:error, :interrupted}} ->
-        IO.puts("Caught Ctrl+C...")
-        loop(%{state | counter: state.counter + 1})
-
-      {:input, ^input, msg} ->
-        :ok = Logger.warn("received unknown message: #{inspect(msg)}")
-        loop(%{state | counter: state.counter + 1})
-    end
-  end
-
-  defp run_state(opts) do
-    %{prefix: "pleroma", counter: 1, user: opts[:user]}
-  end
-
-  defp io_get(pid, prefix, counter, username) do
-    prompt = prompt(prefix, counter, username)
-    send(pid, {:input, self(), IO.gets(:stdio, prompt)})
-  end
-
-  defp prompt(prefix, counter, username) do
-    prompt = "#{username}@#{prefix}:#{counter}>"
-    prompt <> " "
-  end
-end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 027442e33..afce46d22 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ def application do
         :comeonin,
         :fast_sanitize,
         :os_mon,
-        :ssl,
-        :esshd
+        :ssl
       ],
       included_applications: [:ex_syslogger]
     ]
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ defp deps do
       {:joken, "~> 2.0"},
       {:benchee, "~> 1.0"},
       {:pot, "~> 1.0"},
-      {:esshd, "~> 0.1.0", runtime: Application.get_env(:esshd, :enabled, false)},
       {:ex_const, "~> 0.2"},
       {:plug_static_index_html, "~> 1.0.0"},
       {:flake_id, "~> 0.1.0"},
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 0af2c4292..43012a58e 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
   "eimp": {:hex, :eimp, "1.0.14", "fc297f0c7e2700457a95a60c7010a5f1dcb768a083b6d53f49cd94ab95a28f22", [:rebar3], [{:p1_utils, "1.0.18", [hex: :p1_utils, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "501133f3112079b92d9e22da8b88bf4f0e13d4d67ae9c15c42c30bd25ceb83b6"},
   "elixir_make": {:hex, :elixir_make, "0.6.3", "bc07d53221216838d79e03a8019d0839786703129599e9619f4ab74c8c096eac", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "f5cbd651c5678bcaabdbb7857658ee106b12509cd976c2c2fca99688e1daf716"},
   "esbuild": {:hex, :esbuild, "0.5.0", "d5bb08ff049d7880ee3609ed5c4b864bd2f46445ea40b16b4acead724fb4c4a3", [:mix], [{:castore, ">= 0.0.0", [hex: :castore, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "f183a0b332d963c4cfaf585477695ea59eef9a6f2204fdd0efa00e099694ffe5"},
-  "esshd": {:hex, :esshd, "0.1.1", "d4dd4c46698093a40a56afecce8a46e246eb35463c457c246dacba2e056f31b5", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "d73e341e3009d390aa36387dc8862860bf9f874c94d9fd92ade2926376f49981"},
   "eternal": {:hex, :eternal, "1.2.2", "d1641c86368de99375b98d183042dd6c2b234262b8d08dfd72b9eeaafc2a1abd", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "2c9fe32b9c3726703ba5e1d43a1d255a4f3f2d8f8f9bc19f094c7cb1a7a9e782"},
   "ex_aws": {:hex, :ex_aws, "2.1.9", "dc4865ecc20a05190a34a0ac5213e3e5e2b0a75a0c2835e923ae7bfeac5e3c31", [:mix], [{:configparser_ex, "~> 4.0", [hex: :configparser_ex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:hackney, "~> 1.9", [hex: :hackney, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:jason, "~> 1.1", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:jsx, "~> 3.0", [hex: :jsx, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:sweet_xml, "~> 0.6", [hex: :sweet_xml, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm", "3e6c776703c9076001fbe1f7c049535f042cb2afa0d2cbd3b47cbc4e92ac0d10"},
   "ex_aws_s3": {:hex, :ex_aws_s3, "2.4.0", "ce8decb6b523381812798396bc0e3aaa62282e1b40520125d1f4eff4abdff0f4", [:mix], [{:ex_aws, "~> 2.0", [hex: :ex_aws, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:sweet_xml, ">= 0.0.0", [hex: :sweet_xml, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm", "85dda6e27754d94582869d39cba3241d9ea60b6aa4167f9c88e309dc687e56bb"},
diff --git a/test/pleroma/bbs/handler_test.exs b/test/pleroma/bbs/handler_test.exs
deleted file mode 100644
index aea3b6ead..000000000
--- a/test/pleroma/bbs/handler_test.exs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
-# Copyright © 2017-2022 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
-
-defmodule Pleroma.BBS.HandlerTest do
-  use Pleroma.DataCase, async: true
-  alias Pleroma.Activity
-  alias Pleroma.BBS.Handler
-  alias Pleroma.Object
-  alias Pleroma.Repo
-  alias Pleroma.User
-  alias Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI
-
-  import ExUnit.CaptureIO
-  import Pleroma.Factory
-  import Ecto.Query
-
-  test "getting the home timeline" do
-    user = insert(:user)
-    followed = insert(:user)
-
-    {:ok, user, followed} = User.follow(user, followed)
-
-    {:ok, _first} = CommonAPI.post(user, %{status: "hey"})
-    {:ok, _second} = CommonAPI.post(followed, %{status: "hello"})
-
-    output =
-      capture_io(fn ->
-        Handler.handle_command(%{user: user}, "home")
-      end)
-
-    assert output =~ user.nickname
-    assert output =~ followed.nickname
-
-    assert output =~ "hey"
-    assert output =~ "hello"
-  end
-
-  test "posting" do
-    user = insert(:user)
-
-    output =
-      capture_io(fn ->
-        Handler.handle_command(%{user: user}, "p this is a test post")
-      end)
-
-    assert output =~ "Posted"
-
-    activity =
-      Repo.one(
-        from(a in Activity,
-          where: fragment("?->>'type' = ?", a.data, "Create")
-        )
-      )
-
-    assert activity.actor == user.ap_id
-    object = Object.normalize(activity, fetch: false)
-    assert object.data["content"] == "this is a test post"
-  end
-
-  test "replying" do
-    user = insert(:user)
-    another_user = insert(:user)
-
-    {:ok, activity} = CommonAPI.post(another_user, %{status: "this is a test post"})
-    activity_object = Object.normalize(activity, fetch: false)
-
-    output =
-      capture_io(fn ->
-        Handler.handle_command(%{user: user}, "r #{activity.id} this is a reply")
-      end)
-
-    assert output =~ "Replied"
-
-    reply =
-      Repo.one(
-        from(a in Activity,
-          where: fragment("?->>'type' = ?", a.data, "Create"),
-          where: a.actor == ^user.ap_id
-        )
-      )
-
-    assert reply.actor == user.ap_id
-
-    reply_object_data = Object.normalize(reply, fetch: false).data
-    assert reply_object_data["content"] == "this is a reply"
-    assert reply_object_data["inReplyTo"] == activity_object.data["id"]
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/admin_api/controllers/config_controller_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/admin_api/controllers/config_controller_test.exs
index 9fb5fb520..19ce3681c 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/admin_api/controllers/config_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/admin_api/controllers/config_controller_test.exs
@@ -1502,15 +1502,14 @@ test "filters by database configuration whitelist", %{conn: conn} do
       clear_config(:database_config_whitelist, [
         {:pleroma, :instance},
         {:pleroma, :activitypub},
-        {:pleroma, Pleroma.Upload},
-        {:esshd}
+        {:pleroma, Pleroma.Upload}
       ])
 
       conn = get(conn, "/api/pleroma/admin/config/descriptions")
 
       children = json_response_and_validate_schema(conn, 200)
 
-      assert length(children) == 4
+      assert length(children) == 3
 
       assert Enum.count(children, fn c -> c["group"] == ":pleroma" end) == 3
 
@@ -1522,9 +1521,6 @@ test "filters by database configuration whitelist", %{conn: conn} do
 
       web_endpoint = Enum.find(children, fn c -> c["key"] == "Pleroma.Upload" end)
       assert web_endpoint["children"]
-
-      esshd = Enum.find(children, fn c -> c["group"] == ":esshd" end)
-      assert esshd["children"]
     end
   end
 end