diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index adc1c13c09..104b4f88fe 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+5498.	[test]		The --with-gperftools-profiler configure option was
+			removed. [GL !4045]
+
 5497.	[placeholder]
 
 5496.	[bug]		The rate limiter needs to hold a reference to its task.
diff --git a/doc/notes/notes-current.rst b/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
index 422a02b3e0..3106a6414b 100644
--- a/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
+++ b/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ New Features
   from the parent. Replaces the time-based ``parent-registration-delay``
   configuration option. [GL #1613]
 
+Removed Features
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- The ``--with-gperftools-profiler`` ``configure`` option was removed.
+  To use the gperftools profiler, the ``HAVE_GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER`` macro
+  now needs to be manually set in ``CFLAGS`` and ``-lprofiler`` needs to
+  be present in ``LDFLAGS``. [GL !4045]
+
 Feature Changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~