diff --git a/srcpkgs/ponyc/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/ponyc/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb59fcaa0cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ponyc/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ponyc is no longer provided by Void Linux, and will be fully removed from the
+repos on 2019/09/25
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ponyc/template b/srcpkgs/ponyc/template
index 7b03ad334f8..76f6e23475a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ponyc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ponyc/template
@@ -1,34 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'ponyc'
 pkgname=ponyc
 version=0.33.2
-revision=1
-archs="x86_64"
-build_style=gnu-makefile
-hostmakedepends="llvm9 which"
-makedepends="zlib-devel ncurses-devel libatomic-devel libxml2-devel"
-depends="libatomic-devel"
-short_desc="OO, actor-model, capabilities-secure, high-performance language"
+revision=2
+archs=noarch
+build_style=meta
+short_desc="Pony programming language (removed package)"
 maintainer="Brian Mitchell <brian@strmpnk.co>"
-license="BSD-2-Clause"
+license="metapackage"
 homepage="https://ponylang.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/ponylang/ponyc/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=41ba573f16b4aecbcc39ec6d5b794185bf50e570b4a8f2cceef0a276e7fb50a3
-
-do_build() {
-	vsed -e 's/-Werror //' -i Makefile
-
-	make config=release default_pic=true
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	make config=release destdir=${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/pony/${version} prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr install
-	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/ponyc ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libponyrt.a \
-		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libponyc.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/pony.h
-	ln -s /usr/lib/pony/${version}/lib/libponyrt.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	ln -s /usr/lib/pony/${version}/lib/libponyc.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	ln -s /usr/lib/pony/${version}/bin/ponyc ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
-	ln -s /usr/lib/pony/${version}/include/pony.h ${DESTDIR}/usr/include
-	vlicense LICENSE
-	vdoc README.md
-	vcopy examples usr/share/doc/ponyc/
-}