diff --git a/build/target-repository/README.md b/build/target-repository/README.md
index d809cd6fca..ee25b39e2c 100644
--- a/build/target-repository/README.md
+++ b/build/target-repository/README.md
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ We currently provide formatters for:
 
 - `console`:  Human-oriented printing à la PHP CS Fixer.
 - `json`:  A custom JSON blob for arbitrary tooling.
-- `junit`:  JUnit format to be used in different CI environments.
 - `checkstyle`: Useful for Github Action Reports.
 - `gitlab`: For Gitlab code quality reports or Code Climate tooling.
 
diff --git a/src/Console/Output/JUnitOutputFormatter.php b/src/Console/Output/JUnitOutputFormatter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 5dd065ede4..0000000000
--- a/src/Console/Output/JUnitOutputFormatter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output;
-
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\ExitCode;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Style\EasyCodingStandardStyle;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Contract\Console\Output\OutputFormatterInterface;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\ValueObject\Configuration;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\ValueObject\Error\ErrorAndDiffResult;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\ValueObject\Error\SystemError;
-
-/**
- * @see \Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Tests\Console\Output\JUnitOutputFormatterTest
- */
-final readonly class JUnitOutputFormatter implements OutputFormatterInterface
-{
-    public function __construct(
-        private EasyCodingStandardStyle $easyCodingStandardStyle,
-        private ExitCodeResolver $exitCodeResolver
-    ) {
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return ExitCode::*
-     */
-    public function report(ErrorAndDiffResult $errorAndDiffResult, Configuration $configuration): int
-    {
-        $xml = $this->createXmlOutput($errorAndDiffResult, false);
-        $this->easyCodingStandardStyle->writeln($xml);
-
-        return $this->exitCodeResolver->resolve($errorAndDiffResult, $configuration);
-    }
-
-    public static function getName(): string
-    {
-        return 'junit';
-    }
-
-    public static function hasSupportForProgressBars(): bool
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @api
-     */
-    public function createXmlOutput(ErrorAndDiffResult $errorAndDiffResult, bool $absoluteFilePath = false): string
-    {
-        $result = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>';
-
-        $totalFailuresCount = $errorAndDiffResult->getErrorCount();
-        $totalTestsCount = $errorAndDiffResult->getFileDiffsCount();
-
-        $result .= sprintf(
-            '<testsuite failures="%d" name="easy-coding-standard" tests="%d" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junit-team/junit5/r5.5.1/platform-tests/src/test/resources/jenkins-junit.xsd">',
-            $totalFailuresCount,
-            $totalTestsCount
-        );
-
-        foreach ($errorAndDiffResult->getErrors() as $codingStandardError) {
-            $fileName = $absoluteFilePath ? $codingStandardError->getAbsoluteFilePath() : $codingStandardError->getRelativeFilePath();
-            $result .= $this->createTestCase(
-                sprintf('%s:%s', $fileName, $codingStandardError->getLine()),
-                $codingStandardError->getMessage()
-            );
-        }
-
-        foreach ($errorAndDiffResult->getSystemErrors() as $systemError) {
-            if ($systemError instanceof SystemError) {
-                $result .= $this->createTestCase($systemError->getFileWithLine(), $systemError->getMessage());
-            }
-        }
-
-        foreach ($errorAndDiffResult->getFileDiffs() as $codingStandardError) {
-            $fileName = $absoluteFilePath ? $codingStandardError->getAbsoluteFilePath() : $codingStandardError->getRelativeFilePath();
-            $result .= $this->createTestCase($fileName ?? '', $codingStandardError->getDiff());
-        }
-
-        return $result . '</testsuite>';
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Format a single test case
-     */
-    private function createTestCase(string $reference, ?string $message = null): string
-    {
-        $result = sprintf('<testcase name="%s">', $this->escape($reference));
-        if ($message !== null) {
-            $result .= sprintf('<failure type="%s" message="%s" />', 'ERROR', $this->escape($message));
-        }
-
-        return $result . '</testcase>';
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Escapes values for using in XML
-     */
-    private function escape(string $string): string
-    {
-        return htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_XML1 | ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8');
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollector.php b/src/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollector.php
index 07f4e443f0..f58c627ee2 100644
--- a/src/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollector.php
+++ b/src/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollector.php
@@ -4,11 +4,21 @@
 
 namespace Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output;
 
+use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Style\EasyCodingStandardStyle;
 use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Contract\Console\Output\OutputFormatterInterface;
 use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Exception\Configuration\OutputFormatterNotFoundException;
 
 final class OutputFormatterCollector
 {
+    /**
+     * Formats dropped as ECS is a fixer, not a static analyzer; each maps to a still-supported fallback.
+     *
+     * @var array<string, string>
+     */
+    private const array REMOVED_FORMATS = [
+        'junit' => ConsoleOutputFormatter::NAME,
+    ];
+
     /**
      * @var array<string, OutputFormatterInterface>
      */
@@ -18,7 +28,8 @@ final class OutputFormatterCollector
      * @param OutputFormatterInterface[] $outputFormatters
      */
     public function __construct(
-        array $outputFormatters
+        array $outputFormatters,
+        private readonly EasyCodingStandardStyle $easyCodingStandardStyle
     ) {
         foreach ($outputFormatters as $outputFormatter) {
             $this->outputFormatters[$outputFormatter->getName()] = $outputFormatter;
@@ -31,6 +42,17 @@ public function getByName(string $name): OutputFormatterInterface
             return $this->outputFormatters[$name];
         }
 
+        if (isset(self::REMOVED_FORMATS[$name])) {
+            $fallback = self::REMOVED_FORMATS[$name];
+            $this->easyCodingStandardStyle->warning(sprintf(
+                'The "%s" output format was removed, as ECS is a fixer, not a static analyzer. Falling back to "%s".',
+                $name,
+                $fallback
+            ));
+
+            return $this->outputFormatters[$fallback];
+        }
+
         $outputFormatterKeys = array_keys($this->outputFormatters);
 
         $errorMessage = sprintf(
diff --git a/tests/Console/Output/Fixture/expected_junit_output.xml b/tests/Console/Output/Fixture/expected_junit_output.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1503329188..0000000000
--- a/tests/Console/Output/Fixture/expected_junit_output.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><testsuite failures="0" name="easy-coding-standard" tests="2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junit-team/junit5/r5.5.1/platform-tests/src/test/resources/jenkins-junit.xsd"><testcase name="tests/Console/Output/Source/RandomFile.php"><failure type="ERROR" message="some diff" /></testcase><testcase name="tests/Console/Output/Source/RandomFile.php"><failure type="ERROR" message="some other diff" /></testcase></testsuite>
diff --git a/tests/Console/Output/JUnitOutputFormatterTest.php b/tests/Console/Output/JUnitOutputFormatterTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 204ea77fa1..0000000000
--- a/tests/Console/Output/JUnitOutputFormatterTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Tests\Console\Output;
-
-use Override;
-use Symplify\CodingStandard\Fixer\LineLength\LineLengthFixer;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Formatter\ColorConsoleDiffFormatter;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output\JUnitOutputFormatter;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\FileSystem\StaticRelativeFilePathHelper;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Testing\PHPUnit\AbstractTestCase;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\ValueObject\Error\ErrorAndDiffResult;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\ValueObject\Error\FileDiff;
-
-final class JUnitOutputFormatterTest extends AbstractTestCase
-{
-    private JUnitOutputFormatter $jUnitOutputFormatter;
-
-    private ColorConsoleDiffFormatter $colorConsoleDiffFormatter;
-
-    #[Override]
-    protected function setUp(): void
-    {
-        parent::setUp();
-
-        $this->jUnitOutputFormatter = $this->make(JUnitOutputFormatter::class);
-        $this->colorConsoleDiffFormatter = $this->make(ColorConsoleDiffFormatter::class);
-    }
-
-    public function test(): void
-    {
-        $relativeFilePath = StaticRelativeFilePathHelper::resolveFromCwd(__DIR__ . '/Source/RandomFile.php');
-
-        $fileDiffs = [];
-
-        $diff = 'some diff';
-        $fileDiffs[] = new FileDiff(
-            $relativeFilePath,
-            $diff,
-            $this->colorConsoleDiffFormatter->format($diff),
-            [LineLengthFixer::class]
-        );
-
-        $diff = 'some other diff';
-        $fileDiffs[] = new FileDiff(
-            $relativeFilePath,
-            $diff,
-            $this->colorConsoleDiffFormatter->format($diff),
-            [LineLengthFixer::class]
-        );
-
-        $errorAndDiffResult = new ErrorAndDiffResult([], $fileDiffs, []);
-
-        $jsonContent = $this->jUnitOutputFormatter->createXmlOutput($errorAndDiffResult);
-        $this->assertStringMatchesFormatFile(
-            __DIR__ . '/Fixture/expected_junit_output.xml',
-            $jsonContent . PHP_EOL
-        );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollectorTest.php b/tests/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollectorTest.php
index 246163718c..f89f946a49 100644
--- a/tests/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollectorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollectorTest.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output\ConsoleOutputFormatter;
 use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output\GitlabOutputFormatter;
 use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output\JsonOutputFormatter;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output\JUnitOutputFormatter;
 use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output\OutputFormatterCollector;
 use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Testing\PHPUnit\AbstractTestCase;
 
@@ -33,10 +32,6 @@ public function test(): void
             JsonOutputFormatter::class,
             $this->outputFormatterCollector->getByName(JsonOutputFormatter::getName())
         );
-        $this->assertInstanceOf(
-            JUnitOutputFormatter::class,
-            $this->outputFormatterCollector->getByName(JUnitOutputFormatter::getName())
-        );
         $this->assertInstanceOf(
             GitlabOutputFormatter::class,
             $this->outputFormatterCollector->getByName(GitlabOutputFormatter::getName())
@@ -46,4 +41,12 @@ public function test(): void
             $this->outputFormatterCollector->getByName(CheckstyleOutputFormatter::getName())
         );
     }
+
+    public function testRemovedJUnitFormatFallsBackToConsole(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(
+            ConsoleOutputFormatter::class,
+            $this->outputFormatterCollector->getByName('junit')
+        );
+    }
 }