diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 7e8ed17913e..7bc69ffc016 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3461,7 +3461,6 @@ libvtkIOPLY-9.3.so.1 vtk-9.3.0_1
 libvtkIOExodus-9.3.so.1 vtk-9.3.0_1
 libvtkkissfft-9.3.so.1 vtk-9.3.0_1
 libvolume_key.so.1 volume_key-0.3.9_1
-librand48_r.so.0 rand48_r-0.1_1
 libxxhash.so.0 libxxHash-0.6.5_2
 libcapnp_c.so.0 c-capnproto-0.3_1
 libTKernel.so.7.7 occt-7.7.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rand48_r-devel b/srcpkgs/rand48_r-devel
deleted file mode 120000
index e46e8f48718..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/rand48_r-devel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rand48_r
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rand48_r/template b/srcpkgs/rand48_r/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f671cd3df5..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/rand48_r/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'rand48_r'
-pkgname=rand48_r
-version=0.2
-revision=1
-archs="*-musl"
-build_style=meson
-short_desc="DRAND48_R(3) implementation for musl libc"
-maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
-license="MIT"
-homepage="https://github.com/Johnnynator/rand48_r"
-distfiles="https://github.com/Johnnynator/rand48_r/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ed819b402aff641f98b2ab32bf105ba15f5178725d9e63eb6bcc67d2243c3d8b
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense COPYRIGHT
-}
-
-rand48_r-devel_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	depends="rand48_r>=${version}_${revision}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-		vmove usr/include
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
index 645a9888d81..78a6dabaafb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'removed-packages'
 pkgname=removed-packages
-version=0.1.20241229
+version=0.1.20250103
 revision=1
 build_style=meta
 short_desc="Uninstalls packages removed from repository"
@@ -782,6 +782,8 @@ replaces="
  qucs<=0.0.19_2
  qupzilla1<=1.8.9_16
  qupzilla<=3.0.1_1
+ rand48_r<=0.2_1
+ rand48_r-devel<=0.2_1
  r2-bindings<=1.0.1_2
  raul-devel<=0.8.0_6
  raul<=0.8.0_6