diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/CmdUpdate.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/CmdUpdate.hs
index c09560a9ce9..08788650658 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/CmdUpdate.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/CmdUpdate.hs
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ updateRepo :: Verbosity -> UpdateFlags -> RepoContext -> (Repo, RepoIndexState)
 updateRepo verbosity _updateFlags repoCtxt (repo, indexState) = do
   transport <- repoContextGetTransport repoCtxt
   case repo of
-    RepoLocal{} -> return ()
     RepoLocalNoIndex{} -> return ()
     RepoRemote{..} -> do
       downloadResult <- downloadIndex transport verbosity
diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Config.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Config.hs
index f5613ba9e74..35166cdd811 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Config.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Config.hs
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ instance Semigroup SavedConfig where
         globalConstraintsFile   = combine globalConstraintsFile,
         globalRemoteRepos       = lastNonEmptyNL globalRemoteRepos,
         globalCacheDir          = combine globalCacheDir,
-        globalLocalRepos        = lastNonEmptyNL globalLocalRepos,
         globalLocalNoIndexRepos = lastNonEmptyNL globalLocalNoIndexRepos,
         globalLogsDir           = combine globalLogsDir,
         globalWorldFile         = combine globalWorldFile,
diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/FetchUtils.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/FetchUtils.hs
index 921c6dc0baf..05e7ffd5ef9 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/FetchUtils.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/FetchUtils.hs
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ fetchRepoTarball verbosity' repoCtxt repo pkgid = do
     verbosity = verboseUnmarkOutput verbosity'
 
     downloadRepoPackage = case repo of
-      RepoLocal{} -> return (packageFile repo pkgid)
       RepoLocalNoIndex{} -> return (packageFile repo pkgid)
 
       RepoRemote{..} -> do
diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/GlobalFlags.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/GlobalFlags.hs
index 7bf5cb54c91..68d20cd720d 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/GlobalFlags.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/GlobalFlags.hs
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ data GlobalFlags = GlobalFlags {
     globalConstraintsFile   :: Flag FilePath,
     globalRemoteRepos       :: NubList RemoteRepo,     -- ^ Available Hackage servers.
     globalCacheDir          :: Flag FilePath,
-    globalLocalRepos        :: NubList FilePath,
     globalLocalNoIndexRepos :: NubList LocalRepo,
     globalLogsDir           :: Flag FilePath,
     globalWorldFile         :: Flag FilePath,
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ defaultGlobalFlags  = GlobalFlags {
     globalConstraintsFile   = mempty,
     globalRemoteRepos       = mempty,
     globalCacheDir          = mempty,
-    globalLocalRepos        = mempty,
     globalLocalNoIndexRepos = mempty,
     globalLogsDir           = mempty,
     globalWorldFile         = mempty,
@@ -140,19 +138,18 @@ withRepoContext verbosity globalFlags =
     withRepoContext'
       verbosity
       (fromNubList (globalRemoteRepos       globalFlags))
-      (fromNubList (globalLocalRepos        globalFlags))
       (fromNubList (globalLocalNoIndexRepos globalFlags))
       (fromFlag    (globalCacheDir          globalFlags))
       (flagToMaybe (globalHttpTransport     globalFlags))
       (flagToMaybe (globalIgnoreExpiry      globalFlags))
       (fromNubList (globalProgPathExtra     globalFlags))
 
-withRepoContext' :: Verbosity -> [RemoteRepo] -> [FilePath] -> [LocalRepo]
+withRepoContext' :: Verbosity -> [RemoteRepo] -> [LocalRepo]
                  -> FilePath  -> Maybe String -> Maybe Bool
                  -> [FilePath]
                  -> (RepoContext -> IO a)
                  -> IO a
-withRepoContext' verbosity remoteRepos localRepos localNoIndexRepos
+withRepoContext' verbosity remoteRepos localNoIndexRepos
                  sharedCacheDir httpTransport ignoreExpiry extraPaths = \callback -> do
     for_ localNoIndexRepos $ \local ->
         unless (FilePath.Posix.isAbsolute (localRepoPath local)) $
@@ -166,7 +163,6 @@ withRepoContext' verbosity remoteRepos localRepos localNoIndexRepos
       callback RepoContext {
           repoContextRepos          = allRemoteRepos
                                    ++ allLocalNoIndexRepos
-                                   ++ map RepoLocal localRepos
         , repoContextGetTransport   = getTransport transportRef
         , repoContextWithSecureRepo = withSecureRepo secureRepos'
         , repoContextIgnoreExpiry   = fromMaybe False ignoreExpiry
diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/IndexUtils.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/IndexUtils.hs
index 50b030e2c4c..75cc5969e86 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/IndexUtils.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/IndexUtils.hs
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ indexBaseName repo = repoLocalDir repo </> fn
     fn = case repo of
            RepoSecure {}       -> "01-index"
            RepoRemote {}       -> "00-index"
-           RepoLocal  {}       -> "00-index"
            RepoLocalNoIndex {} -> "noindex"
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -230,14 +229,11 @@ getSourcePackagesAtIndexState verbosity repoCtxt mb_idxState = do
       describeState (IndexStateTime time) = "historical state as of " ++ prettyShow time
 
   pkgss <- forM (repoContextRepos repoCtxt) $ \r -> do
-      let mrname :: Maybe RepoName
-          mrname = case r of
-              RepoRemote remote _      -> Just $ remoteRepoName remote
-              RepoSecure remote _      -> Just $ remoteRepoName remote
-              RepoLocalNoIndex local _ -> Just $ localRepoName local
-              RepoLocal _              -> Nothing
-
-      let rname = fromMaybe (RepoName "__local-repository") mrname
+      let rname :: RepoName
+          rname = case r of
+              RepoRemote remote _      -> remoteRepoName remote
+              RepoSecure remote _      -> remoteRepoName remote
+              RepoLocalNoIndex local _ -> localRepoName local
 
       info verbosity ("Reading available packages of " ++ unRepoName rname ++ "...")
 
@@ -260,7 +256,6 @@ getSourcePackagesAtIndexState verbosity repoCtxt mb_idxState = do
 
       unless (idxState == IndexStateHead) $
           case r of
-            RepoLocal path -> warn verbosity ("index-state ignored for old-format repositories (local repository '" ++ path ++ "')")
             RepoLocalNoIndex {} -> warn verbosity "index-state ignored for file+noindex repositories"
             RepoRemote {} -> warn verbosity ("index-state ignored for old-format (remote repository '" ++ unRepoName rname ++ "')")
             RepoSecure {} -> pure ()
@@ -293,7 +288,7 @@ getSourcePackagesAtIndexState verbosity repoCtxt mb_idxState = do
                               prettyShow (isiHeadTime isi) ++ ")")
 
       pure RepoData
-          { rdIndexStates = maybe [] (\n -> [(n, isiMaxTime isi)]) mrname
+          { rdIndexStates = [(rname, isiMaxTime isi)]
           , rdIndex       = pis
           , rdPreferences = deps
           }
@@ -364,9 +359,6 @@ readRepoIndex verbosity repoCtxt repo idxState =
         case repo of
           RepoRemote{..} -> warn verbosity $ errMissingPackageList repoRemote
           RepoSecure{..} -> warn verbosity $ errMissingPackageList repoRemote
-          RepoLocal{..}  -> warn verbosity $
-               "The package list for the local repo '" ++ repoLocalDir
-            ++ "' is missing. The repo is invalid."
           RepoLocalNoIndex local _ -> warn verbosity $
               "Error during construction of local+noindex "
               ++ unRepoName (localRepoName local) ++ " repository index: "
@@ -379,7 +371,6 @@ readRepoIndex verbosity repoCtxt repo idxState =
       when (dt >= isOldThreshold) $ case repo of
         RepoRemote{..} -> warn verbosity $ errOutdatedPackageList repoRemote dt
         RepoSecure{..} -> warn verbosity $ errOutdatedPackageList repoRemote dt
-        RepoLocal{} -> return ()
         RepoLocalNoIndex {} -> return ()
 
     errMissingPackageList repoRemote =
@@ -609,7 +600,6 @@ is01Index :: Index -> Bool
 is01Index (RepoIndex _ repo) = case repo of
                                  RepoSecure {} -> True
                                  RepoRemote {} -> False
-                                 RepoLocal  {} -> False
                                  RepoLocalNoIndex {} -> True
 is01Index (SandboxIndex _)   = False
 
diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig.hs
index c3c8f63c321..5a9cc29bfab 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig.hs
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ projectConfigWithBuilderRepoContext verbosity BuildTimeSettings{..} =
     withRepoContext'
       verbosity
       buildSettingRemoteRepos
-      buildSettingLocalRepos
       buildSettingLocalNoIndexRepos
       buildSettingCacheDir
       buildSettingHttpTransport
@@ -209,7 +208,6 @@ projectConfigWithSolverRepoContext verbosity
     withRepoContext'
       verbosity
       (fromNubList projectConfigRemoteRepos)
-      (fromNubList projectConfigLocalRepos)
       (fromNubList projectConfigLocalNoIndexRepos)
       (fromFlagOrDefault
                    (error
@@ -234,7 +232,6 @@ resolveSolverSettings ProjectConfig{
     --TODO: [required eventually] some of these settings need validation, e.g.
     -- the flag assignments need checking.
     solverSettingRemoteRepos       = fromNubList projectConfigRemoteRepos
-    solverSettingLocalRepos        = fromNubList projectConfigLocalRepos
     solverSettingLocalNoIndexRepos = fromNubList projectConfigLocalNoIndexRepos
     solverSettingConstraints       = projectConfigConstraints
     solverSettingPreferences       = projectConfigPreferences
@@ -300,7 +297,6 @@ resolveBuildTimeSettings verbosity
                          ProjectConfig {
                            projectConfigShared = ProjectConfigShared {
                              projectConfigRemoteRepos,
-                             projectConfigLocalRepos,
                              projectConfigLocalNoIndexRepos,
                              projectConfigProgPathExtra
                            },
@@ -321,7 +317,6 @@ resolveBuildTimeSettings verbosity
     buildSettingOfflineMode   = fromFlag    projectConfigOfflineMode
     buildSettingKeepTempFiles = fromFlag    projectConfigKeepTempFiles
     buildSettingRemoteRepos   = fromNubList projectConfigRemoteRepos
-    buildSettingLocalRepos    = fromNubList projectConfigLocalRepos
     buildSettingLocalNoIndexRepos = fromNubList projectConfigLocalNoIndexRepos
     buildSettingCacheDir      = fromFlag    projectConfigCacheDir
     buildSettingHttpTransport = flagToMaybe projectConfigHttpTransport
diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig/Legacy.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig/Legacy.hs
index 35818df8ea6..1370b3f7c5b 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig/Legacy.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig/Legacy.hs
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ convertLegacyAllPackageFlags globalFlags configFlags
     GlobalFlags {
       globalConfigFile        = projectConfigConfigFile,
       globalRemoteRepos       = projectConfigRemoteRepos,
-      globalLocalRepos        = projectConfigLocalRepos,
       globalLocalNoIndexRepos = projectConfigLocalNoIndexRepos,
       globalProgPathExtra     = projectConfigProgPathExtra,
       globalStoreDir          = projectConfigStoreDir
@@ -569,7 +568,6 @@ convertToLegacySharedConfig
       globalConstraintsFile   = mempty,
       globalRemoteRepos       = projectConfigRemoteRepos,
       globalCacheDir          = projectConfigCacheDir,
-      globalLocalRepos        = projectConfigLocalRepos,
       globalLocalNoIndexRepos = projectConfigLocalNoIndexRepos,
       globalLogsDir           = projectConfigLogsDir,
       globalWorldFile         = mempty,
@@ -933,11 +931,7 @@ legacySharedConfigFieldDescrs =
       legacyGlobalFlags
       (\flags conf -> conf { legacyGlobalFlags = flags })
   . addFields
-      [ newLineListField "local-repo"
-          showTokenQ parseTokenQ
-          (fromNubList . globalLocalRepos)
-          (\v conf -> conf { globalLocalRepos = toNubList v }),
-         newLineListField "extra-prog-path-shared-only"
+      [ newLineListField "extra-prog-path-shared-only"
           showTokenQ parseTokenQ
           (fromNubList . globalProgPathExtra)
           (\v conf -> conf { globalProgPathExtra = toNubList v })
diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig/Types.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig/Types.hs
index 401ec181dd6..d9372162a62 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig/Types.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig/Types.hs
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ data ProjectConfigShared
 
        -- configuration used both by the solver and other phases
        projectConfigRemoteRepos       :: NubList RemoteRepo,     -- ^ Available Hackage servers.
-       projectConfigLocalRepos        :: NubList FilePath,
        projectConfigLocalNoIndexRepos :: NubList LocalRepo,
        projectConfigIndexState        :: Flag TotalIndexState,
        projectConfigStoreDir          :: Flag FilePath,
@@ -389,7 +388,6 @@ instance Semigroup PackageConfig where
 data SolverSettings
    = SolverSettings {
        solverSettingRemoteRepos       :: [RemoteRepo],     -- ^ Available Hackage servers.
-       solverSettingLocalRepos        :: [FilePath],
        solverSettingLocalNoIndexRepos :: [LocalRepo],
        solverSettingConstraints       :: [(UserConstraint, ConstraintSource)],
        solverSettingPreferences       :: [PackageVersionConstraint],
@@ -450,7 +448,6 @@ data BuildTimeSettings
        buildSettingOfflineMode           :: Bool,
        buildSettingKeepTempFiles         :: Bool,
        buildSettingRemoteRepos           :: [RemoteRepo],
-       buildSettingLocalRepos            :: [FilePath],
        buildSettingLocalNoIndexRepos     :: [LocalRepo],
        buildSettingCacheDir              :: FilePath,
        buildSettingHttpTransport         :: Maybe String,
diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectPlanOutput.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectPlanOutput.hs
index c623a4d6104..058a1e9ae1e 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectPlanOutput.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/ProjectPlanOutput.hs
@@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ encodePlanAsJson distDirLayout elaboratedInstallPlan elaboratedSharedConfig =
       repoToJ :: Repo -> J.Value
       repoToJ repo =
         case repo of
-          RepoLocal{..} ->
-            J.object [ "type" J..= J.String "local-repo"
-                     , "path" J..= J.String repoLocalDir
-                     ]
           RepoLocalNoIndex{..} ->
             J.object [ "type" J..= J.String "local-repo-no-index"
                      , "path" J..= J.String repoLocalDir
diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Setup.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Setup.hs
index 46129a42a9d..c763a2316b8 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Setup.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Setup.hs
@@ -408,11 +408,6 @@ globalCommand commands = CommandUI {
          globalCacheDir (\v flags -> flags { globalCacheDir = v })
          (reqArgFlag "DIR")
 
-      ,option [] ["local-repo"]
-         "The location of a local repository"
-         globalLocalRepos (\v flags -> flags { globalLocalRepos = v })
-         (reqArg' "DIR" (\x -> toNubList [x]) fromNubList)
-
       ,option [] ["logs-dir", "logsdir"]
          "The location to put log files"
          globalLogsDir (\v flags -> flags { globalLogsDir = v })
diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Types/Repo.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Types/Repo.hs
index 7b1065150c3..71f1e253415 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Types/Repo.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Types/Repo.hs
@@ -142,16 +142,11 @@ localRepoCacheKey local = unRepoName (localRepoName local) ++ "-" ++ hashPart wh
 -- | Different kinds of repositories
 --
 -- NOTE: It is important that this type remains serializable.
-data Repo =
-    -- | Local repositories
-    RepoLocal {
-        repoLocalDir :: FilePath
-      }
-
+data Repo
     -- | Local repository, without index.
     --
     -- https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/6359
-  | RepoLocalNoIndex
+  = RepoLocalNoIndex
       { repoLocal    :: LocalRepo
       , repoLocalDir :: FilePath
       }
@@ -181,13 +176,11 @@ instance Structured Repo
 
 -- | Check if this is a remote repo
 isRepoRemote :: Repo -> Bool
-isRepoRemote RepoLocal{}        = False
 isRepoRemote RepoLocalNoIndex{} = False
 isRepoRemote _                  = True
 
 -- | Extract @RemoteRepo@ from @Repo@ if remote.
 maybeRepoRemote :: Repo -> Maybe RemoteRepo
-maybeRepoRemote (RepoLocal          _localDir) = Nothing
 maybeRepoRemote (RepoLocalNoIndex _ _localDir) = Nothing
 maybeRepoRemote (RepoRemote       r _localDir) = Just r
 maybeRepoRemote (RepoSecure       r _localDir) = Just r
diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Update.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Update.hs
index 59347e3f00c..6cb3eeb846f 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Update.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Update.hs
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ updateRepo :: Verbosity -> UpdateFlags -> RepoContext -> Repo -> IO ()
 updateRepo verbosity updateFlags repoCtxt repo = do
   transport <- repoContextGetTransport repoCtxt
   case repo of
-    RepoLocal{} -> return ()
     RepoLocalNoIndex{} -> return ()
     RepoRemote{..} -> do
       downloadResult <- downloadIndex transport verbosity repoRemote repoLocalDir
diff --git a/cabal-install/tests/UnitTests/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig.hs b/cabal-install/tests/UnitTests/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig.hs
index d5dbf6a3f18..1e9bcbf7390 100644
--- a/cabal-install/tests/UnitTests/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/tests/UnitTests/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig.hs
@@ -370,11 +370,11 @@ instance Arbitrary ProjectConfigBuildOnly where
         <$> arbitrary
         <*> arbitrary
         <*> arbitrary
-        <*> (toNubList <$> shortListOf 2 arbitrary)             --  4
+        <*> (toNubList <$> shortListOf 2 arbitrary)
         <*> arbitrary
         <*> arbitrary
         <*> arbitrary
-        <*> (fmap getShortToken <$> arbitrary)                  --  8
+        <*> (fmap getShortToken <$> arbitrary)
         <*> arbitrary
         <*> arbitraryNumJobs
         <*> arbitrary
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ instance Arbitrary ProjectConfigShared where
         <*> arbitraryFlag arbitraryShortToken
         <*> arbitrary
         <*> arbitrary
-        <*> (toNubList <$> listOf arbitraryShortToken)
         <*> arbitrary
         <*> arbitrary
         <*> arbitraryFlag arbitraryShortToken
@@ -480,7 +479,6 @@ instance Arbitrary ProjectConfigShared where
         <*> shrinkerAla (fmap NonEmpty) projectConfigHcPkg
         <*> shrinker projectConfigHaddockIndex
         <*> shrinker projectConfigRemoteRepos
-        <*> shrinker projectConfigLocalRepos
         <*> shrinker projectConfigLocalNoIndexRepos
         <*> shrinker projectConfigIndexState
         <*> shrinker projectConfigStoreDir