diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4263e6f458..2db6f686ad 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+8.0.0-dev.262 | 2025-05-28 08:29:33 -0700
+
+  * Remove obsolete --with-bind configure flag (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
+
 8.0.0-dev.259 | 2025-05-27 12:49:05 -0700
 
   * Add a few std::moves to fix Coverity warnings (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dccca8ce78..4a54a5c326 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ Changed Functionality
 Removed Functionality
 ---------------------
 
+- The ``--with-bind`` argument for ``configure`` was removed. We removed the need for the
+  BIND library from our CMake setup in the v7.2 release, but this non-functional argument
+  was left behind.
+
 Deprecated Functionality
 ------------------------
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 93213f94d8..e4eaa2e8e3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.0-dev.259
+8.0.0-dev.262
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 726dac3c5e..952614638a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
   Required Packages in Non-Standard Locations:
     --with-bifcl=PATH      path to Zeek BIF compiler executable
                            (useful for cross-compiling)
-    --with-bind=PATH       path to BIND install root
     --with-binpac=PATH     path to BinPAC executable
                            (useful for cross-compiling)
     --with-bison=PATH      path to bison executable