diff --git a/srcpkgs/camlp4/patches/version-hack.patch b/srcpkgs/camlp4/patches/version-hack.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 34f7f48ff8c..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/camlp4/patches/version-hack.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- configure.orig
-+++ configure
-@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
-     echo "The standalone Camlp4 requires OCaml >= 4.02."
-     echo "For previous versions of OCaml use the Camlp4 distributed with OCaml."
-     exit 2
--elif [ $major -ne 4 -o $minor -ne 8 ]; then
-+elif [ $major -ne 4 -o $minor -ne 9 ]; then
-     echo "This version of Camlp4 is for OCaml 4.07 but you are using OCaml $ocaml_version."
-     if [ -d .git ] ; then
-       if [ $PINNED -eq 1 ] ; then
diff --git a/srcpkgs/camlp4/template b/srcpkgs/camlp4/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 64c324cb1a5..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/camlp4/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'camlp4'
-pkgname=camlp4
-version=4.08+1
-revision=2
-wrksrc="camlp4-${version/+/-}"
-build_style=configure
-hostmakedepends="ocaml ocamlbuild"
-short_desc="Caml preprocessor and pretty-printer"
-maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
-license="LGPL-2.0-only"
-homepage="https://github.com/ocaml/camlp4"
-distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=655cd3bdcafbf8435877f60f4b47dd2eb69feef5afd8881291ef01ba12bd9d88
-nocross=yes
-nopie=yes
-
-do_build() {
-	make all camlp4/META
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	make \
-		BINDIR="$DESTDIR/usr/bin" \
-		LIBDIR="$DESTDIR/usr/lib/ocaml" \
-		PKGDIR="$DESTDIR/usr/lib/ocaml" \
-		install install-META
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/camlp4/update b/srcpkgs/camlp4/update
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index 87f573d3999..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/camlp4/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pattern="/archive/\K[\d.]+\+[\d]+(?=\.tar\.gz)"