diff --git a/srcpkgs/fifechan-devel b/srcpkgs/fifechan-devel
deleted file mode 120000
index 60e17af4959..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/fifechan-devel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-fifechan
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fifechan/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/fifechan/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25b61cdd050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fifechan/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fifechan is no longer provided by Void Linux, and will be fully removed from the repos on 2019/03/19
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fifechan/template b/srcpkgs/fifechan/template
index ae2af7a595d..50f05c9a034 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fifechan/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fifechan/template
@@ -1,25 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'fifechan'
 pkgname=fifechan
 version=0.1.4
-revision=2
-build_style=cmake
-makedepends="SDL2-devel MesaLib-devel SDL2_image-devel"
-short_desc="A C++ GUI library designed for games"
-maintainer="Helmut Pozimski <helmut@pozimski.eu>"
-license="LGPL-2.1, 3-clause-BSD"
+revision=3
+noarch=yes
+build_style=meta
+short_desc="A C++ GUI library designed for games (removed package)"
+license="metapackage"
 homepage="https://github.com/fifengine/fifechan"
-distfiles="https://github.com/fifengine/fifechan/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a93b015b5852b8fe2a0a2a6891d3de2cacb196732f670e081d7b7966f9ed1b87
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense LICENSE.md
-}
-
-fifechan-devel_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - development"
-	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove usr/lib/*.so
-	}
-}