diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 7c5dd5ea..d33d23b5 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ all_done: test_build
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-	rm -rf $(PROGS) afl-fuzz-document as afl-g++ afl-clang afl-clang++ *.o src/*.o *~ a.out core core.[1-9][0-9]* *.stackdump .test .test1 .test2 test-instr .test-instr0 .test-instr1 afl-cs-proxy afl-qemu-trace afl-gcc-fast afl-g++-fast ld *.so *.8 test/unittests/*.o test/unittests/unit_maybe_alloc test/unittests/preallocable .afl-* afl-gcc afl-g++ afl-clang afl-clang++ test/unittests/unit_hash test/unittests/unit_rand *.dSYM lib*.a
+	rm -rf $(PROGS) afl-fuzz-document as afl-as afl-g++ afl-clang afl-clang++ *.o src/*.o *~ a.out core core.[1-9][0-9]* *.stackdump .test .test1 .test2 test-instr .test-instr0 .test-instr1 afl-cs-proxy afl-qemu-trace afl-gcc-fast afl-g++-fast ld *.so *.8 test/unittests/*.o test/unittests/unit_maybe_alloc test/unittests/preallocable .afl-* afl-gcc afl-g++ afl-clang afl-clang++ test/unittests/unit_hash test/unittests/unit_rand *.dSYM lib*.a
 	-$(MAKE) -f GNUmakefile.llvm clean
 	-$(MAKE) -f GNUmakefile.gcc_plugin clean
 	-$(MAKE) -C utils/libdislocator clean
@@ -836,9 +836,9 @@ endif
 
 .PHONY: uninstall
 uninstall:
-	-cd $${DESTDIR}$(BIN_PATH) && rm -f $(PROGS) $(SH_PROGS) afl-cs-proxy afl-qemu-trace afl-plot-ui afl-fuzz-document afl-network-client afl-network-server afl-g* afl-plot.sh afl-as afl-ld-lto afl-c* afl-lto*
+	-cd $${DESTDIR}$(BIN_PATH) && rm -f $(PROGS) $(SH_PROGS) afl-cs-proxy afl-qemu-trace afl-plot-ui afl-fuzz-document afl-network-client afl-network-server afl-g* afl-plot.sh afl-ld-lto afl-c* afl-lto*
 	-cd $${DESTDIR}$(INCLUDE_PATH) && rm -f $(HEADERS:include/%=%)
-	-cd $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH) && rm -f afl-g*.*o afl-llvm-*.*o afl-compiler-*.*o libdislocator.so libtokencap.so libcompcov.so libqasan.so afl-frida-trace.so libnyx.so socketfuzz*.so argvfuzz*.so libAFLDriver.a libAFLQemuDriver.a SanitizerCoverage*.so compare-transform-pass.so cmplog-*-pass.so split-*-pass.so dynamic_list.txt injections.dic
+	-cd $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH) && rm -f afl-g*.*o afl-llvm-*.*o afl-compiler-*.*o libdislocator.so libtokencap.so libcompcov.so libqasan.so afl-frida-trace.so libnyx.so socketfuzz*.so argvfuzz*.so libAFLDriver.a libAFLQemuDriver.a as afl-as SanitizerCoverage*.so compare-transform-pass.so cmplog-*-pass.so split-*-pass.so dynamic_list.txt injections.dic
 	-rm -rf $${DESTDIR}$(MISC_PATH)/testcases $${DESTDIR}$(MISC_PATH)/dictionaries
 	-sh -c "ls docs/*.md | sed 's|^docs/|$${DESTDIR}$(DOC_PATH)/|' | xargs rm -f"
 	-cd $${DESTDIR}$(MAN_PATH) && rm -f $(MANPAGES)
diff --git a/docs/Changelog.md b/docs/Changelog.md
index 13518aae..27a8d1fa 100644
--- a/docs/Changelog.md
+++ b/docs/Changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   release of the tool. See README.md for the general instruction manual.
 
 ### Version ++4.22a (dev)
+  ! afl-gcc and afl-clang funcionality is now removed !
   - afl-fuzz:
     - fastresume feature added. if you abort fuzzing and resume fuzzing
       with `-i -` or `AFL_AUTORESUME=1` and the target binary has not changed
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
     - new compile time variable: `AFL_OPT_LEVEL` to set a specific optimization
       level, default is `3`
     - correctly explain how to get the correct map size for large targets
-    - small fix weird LLVM defines in redhat
+    - small fix for weird LLVM defines in redhat
   - code formatting updated to llvm 18
   - improved custom_mutators/aflpp/standalone/aflpp-standalone
   - added custom_mutators/autotokens/standalone/autotokens-standalone
diff --git a/docs/best_practices.md b/docs/best_practices.md
index 459fcaf7..19da9e69 100644
--- a/docs/best_practices.md
+++ b/docs/best_practices.md
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ For PCGUARD instrumentation `abort()` is called if this is detected, for LTO
 there will either be no coverage for the instrumented dlopen()'ed libraries or
 you will see lots of crashes in the UI.
 
-Note that this is not an issue if you use the inferiour `afl-gcc-fast`,
-`afl-gcc` or`AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT=CLASSIC/NGRAM/CTX afl-clang-fast`
-instrumentation.
+Note that this is not an issue if you use the inferiour `afl-gcc-fast`, or
+`AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT=CLASSIC/NGRAM/CTX afl-clang-fast` instrumentation.
 
 ### Fuzzing a binary-only target
 
diff --git a/docs/env_variables.md b/docs/env_variables.md
index cd9c8854..5246b63f 100644
--- a/docs/env_variables.md
+++ b/docs/env_variables.md
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ To select the different instrumentation modes, use one of the following options:
   - Use the `AFL_CC_COMPILER` environment variable with `MODE`. To select
     `MODE`, use one of the following values:
 
-    - `GCC` (afl-gcc/afl-g++)
     - `GCC_PLUGIN` (afl-g*-fast)
     - `LLVM` (afl-clang-fast*)
     - `LTO` (afl-clang-lto*).