diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 13a439c0858..7412c01b8f0 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -827,7 +827,6 @@ libclutter-gtk-1.0.so.0 clutter-gtk-1.1.2_1
 libchamplain-0.12.so.0 libchamplain-0.12.5_2
 libchamplain-gtk-0.12.so.0 libchamplain-0.12.5_2
 libshumate-1.0.so.1 libshumate-1.0.0_1
-libvpx.so.6 libvpx6-1.8.0_1
 libvpx.so.7 libvpx7-1.11.0_1
 libatspi.so.0 at-spi2-core-1.91.91_1
 libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0 at-spi2-atk-2.6.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx6-devel b/srcpkgs/libvpx6-devel
deleted file mode 120000
index 3f7ec763b5e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libvpx6-devel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-libvpx6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx6-tools b/srcpkgs/libvpx6-tools
deleted file mode 120000
index 3f7ec763b5e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libvpx6-tools
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-libvpx6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx6/template b/srcpkgs/libvpx6/template
deleted file mode 100644
index c57d74f91bf..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libvpx6/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'libvpx6'
-# updates generally break abi, so if you update this,
-# have fun rebuilding everything
-pkgname=libvpx6
-reverts="1.10.0_1"
-version=1.9.0
-revision=3
-hostmakedepends="perl yasm"
-short_desc="VP8 and VP9 video codec"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
-license="BSD-3-Clause-Clear"
-homepage="http://www.webmproject.org"
-distfiles="https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d279c10e4b9316bf11a570ba16c3d55791e1ad6faa4404c67422eb631782c80a
-replaces="libvpx<1.8.0"
-
-do_configure() {
-	export LD="$CC"
-	local target args
-
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		x86_64*) target="x86_64-linux-gcc" ;;
-		i686*) target="x86-linux-gcc" ;;
-		armv7*) target="armv7-linux-gcc"; args="--disable-neon" ;;
-		aarch64*) target="arm64-linux-gcc" ;;
-		*) target="generic-gnu";;
-	esac
-	CFLAGS+=" -fPIC"
-
-	./configure --enable-vp8 --enable-vp9 \
-		--enable-experimental \
-		--enable-runtime-cpu-detect --enable-shared \
-		--enable-postproc --enable-pic --disable-install-docs \
-		--disable-install-srcs --as=yasm ${args} --target=${target}
-}
-
-do_build() {
-	make ${makejobs}
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	make DIST_DIR=${DESTDIR}/usr install
-	vlicense LICENSE
-}
-
-libvpx6-tools_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - tools"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/bin
-	}
-}
-
-libvpx6-devel_package() {
-	depends="libvpx6>=${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-	}
-}