diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxbps-beta b/srcpkgs/libxbps-beta
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--- a/srcpkgs/libxbps-beta
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-xbps-beta
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-beta/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/xbps-beta/INSTALL
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--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-beta/INSTALL
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-case "${ACTION}" in
-post)
-	chown root:xbuilder usr/bin/xbps-uchroot
-	chmod 4750 usr/bin/xbps-uchroot
-
-	if [ -d usr/sbin -a ! -L /usr/sbin ]; then
-		for f in usr/bin/xbps-*; do
-			ln -sr $f usr/sbin/$(basename $f)
-		done
-	fi
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-beta/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-beta/template
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--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-beta/template
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-# Template file for 'xbps-beta'
-pkgname=xbps-beta
-version=0.51.90
-revision=2
-build_style=configure
-short_desc="The XBPS package system utilities"
-maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-homepage="https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps"
-license="2-clause-BSD"
-distfiles="https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps/archive/$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=5e768a708843afc8cd2218465868235acfd978428188e0e156a46bc07f3f3f0c
-wrksrc=xbps-${version}
-provides="xbps-${version}_${revision}"
-replaces="xbps>=0"
-
-CFLAGS="-Wno-error"
-
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel libarchive-devel"
-depends="ca-certificates xbps-triggers libxbps-beta>=$version"
-
-# xbps needs symbols from glibc-2.22
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	*-musl) : ;;
-	*) depends+=" glibc>=2.22" ;;
-esac
-
-do_configure() {
-	HAVE_VASPRINTF=1 ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-debug \
-		--bindir=/usr/bin
-}
-post_install() {
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	aarch64*) # XXX different repo location
-		echo "repository=https://repo.voidlinux.eu/current/aarch64" > \
-			${DESTDIR}/usr/share/xbps.d/00-repository-main.conf
-		;;
-	*-musl) # XXX different repo location
-		echo "repository=https://repo.voidlinux.eu/current/musl" > \
-			${DESTDIR}/usr/share/xbps.d/00-repository-main.conf
-		;;
-	*)
-		echo "repository=https://repo.voidlinux.eu/current" > \
-			${DESTDIR}/usr/share/xbps.d/00-repository-main.conf
-		;;
-	esac
-	vmkdir etc/xbps.d
-	touch ${DESTDIR}/etc/xbps.d/.empty
-}
-
-libxbps-beta_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - runtime library"
-	provides="libxbps-${version}_${revision}"
-	replaces="libxbps>=0"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
-	}
-}
-libxbps-beta-devel_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - runtime library (development files)"
-	depends="zlib-devel libarchive-devel libxbps-beta>=${version}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-	}
-}