diff --git a/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..116011607e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+eclipse-ecj is no longer provided by Void Linux, and will be fully removed from the repos on 2020-02-17
diff --git a/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/files/ecj1 b/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/files/ecj1
deleted file mode 100644
index bb40584674b..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/files/ecj1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/bash
-gij -cp /usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar 				\
-	org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.GCCMain 		\
-	${1+"$@"}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/template b/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/template
index 600ae23ba79..8e1e52d93ec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/template
@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
-# Template build file for 'eclipse-ecj'.
+# Template file for 'eclipse-ecj'
 pkgname=eclipse-ecj
 version=4.9
-revision=2
+revision=3
 archs=noarch
-build_style=fetch
-depends="virtual?java-runtime"
-short_desc="A fork of the Eclipse Java bytecode compiler for GCJ"
+build_style=meta
+short_desc="Fork of the Eclipse Java bytecode compiler for GCJ (removed package)"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="EPL"
 homepage="http://gcc.gnu.org/java/"
-checksum=9506e75b862f782213df61af67338eb7a23c35ff425d328affc65585477d34cd
-distfiles="http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/java/ecj-${version}.jar"
-
-do_install() {
-	vinstall ecj-${version}.jar 644 usr/share/java ${pkgname}.jar
-	vbin ${FILESDIR}/ecj1
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/update b/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/update
deleted file mode 100644
index c9c5f7bf97b..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pkgname=ecj