diff --git a/srcpkgs/kate-devel b/srcpkgs/kate-devel
deleted file mode 120000
index 96b11b5d843..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/kate-devel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-kate/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kate/patches/gcc7-fix-abs.patch b/srcpkgs/kate/patches/gcc7-fix-abs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 56700a1cd08..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/kate/patches/gcc7-fix-abs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- part/view/kateviewhelpers.cpp	2014-10-26 21:17:55.000000000 +0100
-+++ part/view/kateviewhelpers.cpp	2017-07-10 14:33:46.722050893 +0200
-@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@
-       if (realLine > -1) {
-         if (m_viewInternal->cache()->viewLine(z).startCol() == 0) {
-           if (m_viRelLineNumbersOn && m_view->viInputMode()) {
--            int diff = abs(realLine - currentLine);
-+            int diff = abs((int)(realLine - currentLine));
-             if (diff > 0) {
-               p.drawText( lnX + m_maxCharWidth / 2, y, lnWidth - m_maxCharWidth, h,
-                           Qt::TextDontClip|Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignVCenter, QString("%1").arg(diff) );
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kate/template b/srcpkgs/kate/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 45a7ff06f0c..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/kate/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'kate'
-pkgname=kate
-version=4.14.3
-revision=1
-build_style=cmake
-configure_args="-Wno-dev -DKDE4_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR=/etc -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
-hostmakedepends="automoc4 perl"
-makedepends="kdelibs-devel qt-devel phonon-devel kde-baseapps-devel"
-short_desc="K Advanced Text Editor"
-maintainer="Norbert Vegh <vegh@norvegh.com>"
-license="GPL-2"
-homepage="http://www.kate-editor.org/"
-distfiles="http://download.kde.org/stable/${version}/src/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=513d4ae2c36fa6b59caf3b2b685e3ea1167093d16025859cfac90d75617e707d
-
-kate-devel_package() {
-	depends="${pkgname}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include/
-		vmove "usr/lib/libkate*.so"
-	}
-}