diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 633b75c42..9e2471129 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ option(BUILD_TESTING "Build unit tests, used if standalone project" OFF)
 option(CMAKE_RUN_CLANG_TIDY "Run clang-tidy" OFF)
 option(LIBOCPP16_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build charge_point binary" OFF)
 option(OCPP_INSTALL "Install the library (shared data might be installed anyway)" ${EVC_MAIN_PROJECT})
-option(LIBOCPP_ENABLE_DEPRECATED_WEBSOCKETPP "[Deprecated] Websocket++ usage has been deprecated" OFF)
+option(LIBOCPP_ENABLE_DEPRECATED_WEBSOCKETPP "Websocket++ has been removed from the project" OFF)
 
 option(LIBOCPP_ENABLE_V16 "Enable OCPP 1.6 in the ocpp library" ON)
 option(LIBOCPP_ENABLE_V201 "Enable OCPP 2.0.1 in the ocpp library" ON)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if((NOT LIBOCPP_ENABLE_V16) AND (NOT LIBOCPP_ENABLE_V201))
 endif()
 
 if(LIBOCPP_ENABLE_DEPRECATED_WEBSOCKETPP)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Websocket++ has been deprecated")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Websocket++ has been removed")
 endif()
 
 if((${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} STREQUAL ${PROJECT_NAME} OR ${PROJECT_NAME}_BUILD_TESTING) AND BUILD_TESTING)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e86e36732..29e75e48f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ In order to use the TPM keys, it is mandatory to use the default libwebsocket im
 
 ## Support for websocket++
 
-The old websocket++ implementation has been deprecated. Enabling websocket++ will not start compilation.
+The old websocket++ implementation has been removed. Enabling websocket++ will prevent compilation from starting.
 
 ### Support for iface