diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index bee0c90d3ae..1bcd8bbad37 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3485,7 +3485,6 @@ libkid3-core.so.3.8.3 kid3-3.8.3_1
 libkid3-gui.so.3.8.3 kid3-3.8.3_1
 libcfitsio.so.9 cfitsio-3.480_1
 libapparmor.so.1 libapparmor-2.12.0_1
-libgsettings-qt.so.1 gsettings-qt-0.1+17.10.20170824_1
 libplacebo.so.72 libplacebo-2.72.0_1
 libw2xc.so waifu2x-converter-cpp-5.2_1
 libnova-0.15.so.0 libnova-0.15.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt-devel b/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt-devel
deleted file mode 120000
index 6402e122b23..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt-devel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-gsettings-qt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/patches/0001-Fix-link-path-error.patch b/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/patches/0001-Fix-link-path-error.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 96f9d0f7a31..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/patches/0001-Fix-link-path-error.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From: Iceyer <iceyers@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:01:55 +0800
-Subject: Fix link path error
-Forwarded: https://code.launchpad.net/~iceyers/gsettings-qt/fix-link-path
-
-This patch would fix the FTBFS on Debian.
-
----
- GSettings/gsettings-qt.pro | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/GSettings/gsettings-qt.pro b/GSettings/gsettings-qt.pro
-index 218eeea..ffd9b5f 100644
---- GSettings/gsettings-qt.pro
-+++ GSettings/gsettings-qt.pro
-@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ QT -= gui
- CONFIG += qt plugin no_keywords link_pkgconfig
- PKGCONFIG += gio-2.0
- INCLUDEPATH += ../src .
--LIBS += -L../src -lgsettings-qt
-+LIBS += -L$$(PWD)/../src -lgsettings-qt
- 
- TARGET = GSettingsQmlPlugin
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/patches/0002-Add-ordered-config.patch b/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/patches/0002-Add-ordered-config.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index af74a82330a..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/patches/0002-Add-ordered-config.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From: Iceyer <iceyers@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:43:24 +0800
-Subject: Add ordered config
-Forwarded: https://code.launchpad.net/~iceyers/gsettings-qt/fix-link-path
-
-This patch would fix random FTBFS when doing parallel build after
-debhelper v10 due to tests built before real libraries.
-
----
- gsettings-qt.pro | 7 ++++++-
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/gsettings-qt.pro gsettings-qt.pro
-index 15e3684..ee04310 100644
---- a/gsettings-qt.pro
-+++ gsettings-qt.pro
-@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
- TEMPLATE = subdirs
--SUBDIRS += src/gsettings-qt.pro GSettings/gsettings-qt.pro tests/tests.pro tests/cpptest.pro
-+CONFIG += ordered
-+SUBDIRS += \
-+    src/gsettings-qt.pro \
-+    GSettings/gsettings-qt.pro \
-+    tests/tests.pro \
-+    tests/cpptest.pro
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/patches/0003-Fix-make-check-failed.patch b/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/patches/0003-Fix-make-check-failed.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ece1a6f0ad6..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/patches/0003-Fix-make-check-failed.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-From: Iceyer <iceyers@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 19:03:59 +0800
-Subject: Fix make check failed
-Forwarded: https://code.launchpad.net/~iceyers/gsettings-qt/fix-link-path
-
-This commit would fix the failure when invoking "make check".
----
- tests/cpptest.pro | 3 ++-
- tests/tests.pro   | 1 +
- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/tests/cpptest.pro tests/cpptest.pro
-index 68b3b49..ec46730 100644
---- a/tests/cpptest.pro
-+++ tests/cpptest.pro
-@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ QT += testlib
- QT -= gui
- CONFIG += testcase link_pkgconfig
- TARGET = cpptest
--IMPORTPATH = $$PWD/..
-+IMPORTPATH = $$(PWD)/..
-+QMAKE_RPATHDIR += $$(PWD)/../src
- SOURCES = cpptest.cpp
- INCLUDEPATH += $$(PWD)/../src
- LIBS += -L$$(PWD)/../src -lgsettings-qt
-diff --git a/tests/tests.pro tests/tests.pro
-index 6e3a388..2183584 100644
---- a/tests/tests.pro
-+++ tests/tests.pro
-@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ QT -= gui
- CONFIG += qmltestcase
- TARGET = test
- IMPORTPATH = $$PWD/..
-+QMAKE_RPATHDIR += $$PWD/../src
- SOURCES = test.cpp
- 
- schema.target = gschemas.compiled
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/template b/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c5ada5a77c..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'gsettings-qt'
-pkgname=gsettings-qt
-version=0.1+17.10.20170824
-revision=3
-build_style=qmake
-hostmakedepends="qt5-qmake pkg-config qt5-declarative"
-makedepends="qt5-devel qt5-declarative-devel glib-devel"
-short_desc="Qml bindings for GSettings"
-maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
-license="LGPL-3.0-only"
-homepage="https://launchpad.net/gsettings-qt"
-distfiles="$DEBIAN_SITE/main/g/gsettings-qt/gsettings-qt_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
-checksum=a3d1020d526ece2319f1e8f05876e456e85279741653008e05c5d7e8b019c9b9
-
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-devel qt5-declarative-devel"
-fi
-
-pre_configure() {
-	# disable generation for qmltypes file while cross building
-	# also makes trouble x86_64-musl so just remove it for everything
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ] || [ "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE#*-musl}" != "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" ];then
-		vsed -i  GSettings/gsettings-qt.pro -e '/qmltypes/ d'
-	fi
-}
-
-post_install() {
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		vsed -i ${DESTDIR}/usr/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/gsettings-qt.pc \
-			-e "s;${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}\${prefix}/;;"
-		rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}/usr/tests
-		cp -a ${DESTDIR}/usr/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}/usr/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/
-	else
-		rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/tests
-	fi
-}
-
-gsettings-qt-devel_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-	}
-}