diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/strace/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/tools/strace/changelog.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 908a9a542b..0000000000
--- a/packages/addons/tools/strace/changelog.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-4.1.1
-- initial release
diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/strace/icon/icon.png b/packages/addons/tools/strace/icon/icon.png
deleted file mode 100644
index a712c98d0f..0000000000
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diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/strace/package.mk b/packages/addons/tools/strace/package.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index a358ec7f09..0000000000
--- a/packages/addons/tools/strace/package.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-# This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-# OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with OpenELEC. If not, see .
-################################################################################
-
-PKG_NAME="strace"
-PKG_VERSION="4.8"
-PKG_REV="1"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
-PKG_SITE="http://sourceforge.net/projects/strace/"
-PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/strace/strace/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
-PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-PKG_SECTION="tools"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="strace: Trace system calls and signals"
-PKG_LONGDESC="In the simplest case strace runs the specified command until it exits. It intercepts and records the system calls which are called by a process and the signals which are received by a process. The name of each system call, its arguments and its return value are printed on standard error or to the file specified with the -o option."
-
-PKG_IS_ADDON="yes"
-PKG_ADDON_TYPE="xbmc.python.script"
-
-PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
-
-makeinstall_target() {
- : # nothing to do here
-}
-
-addon() {
- mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin
- cp -P $PKG_BUILD/.$TARGET_NAME/strace $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin
-}
diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/strace/patches/strace-4.8-autoreconf.patch b/packages/addons/tools/strace/patches/strace-4.8-autoreconf.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bf7efa09c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/addons/tools/strace/patches/strace-4.8-autoreconf.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur strace-4.8/configure.ac strace-4.8.patch/configure.ac
---- strace-4.8/configure.ac 2013-05-04 21:51:57.000000000 +0200
-+++ strace-4.8.patch/configure.ac 2013-09-04 03:30:12.478057723 +0200
-@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
- dnl Process this file with autoconf to create configure. Use autoreconf.
- AC_PREREQ(2.57)
--AC_INIT([strace],
-- m4_esyscmd([./git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
-- [strace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net])
-+AC_INIT([strace],[4.8])
- AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([strace.c])
- AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
- AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/strace/patches/strace-fix-ptrace_peeksiginfo_args.patch b/packages/addons/tools/strace/patches/strace-fix-ptrace_peeksiginfo_args.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 665f010390..0000000000
--- a/packages/addons/tools/strace/patches/strace-fix-ptrace_peeksiginfo_args.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-From 0b4060f61f1bb101b5d8d084714b7d2feacdb199 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ali Polatel
-Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:04:32 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH 01/29] Work around conflict between and
-
-
-Since glibc-2.18~39 defines ptrace_peeksiginfo_args
-which collides with .
-
-* configure.ac: Check for `struct ptrace_peeksiginfo_args' in .
-* process.c: Work around potential conflict between
-and by redefining ptrace_peeksiginfo_args.
-* signal.c: Likewise.
-* syscall.c: Likewise.
-* util.c: Likewise.
-
-Signed-off-by: Ali Polatel
----
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index f19e4f2..aa4923a 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct T_conn_res.QUEUE_ptr,
-
- AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct __old_kernel_stat],,, [#include ])
-
--AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct pt_all_user_regs, struct ia64_fpreg],,,
-+AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct pt_all_user_regs, struct ia64_fpreg, struct ptrace_peeksiginfo_args],,,
- [#include ])
-
- AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct user_desc],,, [#include ])
-diff --git a/process.c b/process.c
-index 1a2181b..59428a4 100644
---- a/process.c
-+++ b/process.c
-@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@
- # ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_PT_ALL_USER_REGS
- # define pt_all_user_regs XXX_pt_all_user_regs
- # endif
-+# ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_PTRACE_PEEKSIGINFO_ARGS
-+# define ptrace_peeksiginfo_args XXX_ptrace_peeksiginfo_args
-+# endif
- # include
-+# undef ptrace_peeksiginfo_args
- # undef ia64_fpreg
- # undef pt_all_user_regs
- #endif
-diff --git a/signal.c b/signal.c
-index 7fb9abf..3411ddd 100644
---- a/signal.c
-+++ b/signal.c
-@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@
- # ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_PT_ALL_USER_REGS
- # define pt_all_user_regs XXX_pt_all_user_regs
- # endif
-+# ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_PTRACE_PEEKSIGINFO_ARGS
-+# define ptrace_peeksiginfo_args XXX_ptrace_peeksiginfo_args
-+# endif
- # include
-+# undef ptrace_peeksiginfo_args
- # undef ia64_fpreg
- # undef pt_all_user_regs
- #endif
-diff --git a/syscall.c b/syscall.c
-index 83a95bd..3477dcd 100644
---- a/syscall.c
-+++ b/syscall.c
-@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@
- # ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_PT_ALL_USER_REGS
- # define pt_all_user_regs XXX_pt_all_user_regs
- # endif
-+# ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_PTRACE_PEEKSIGINFO_ARGS
-+# define ptrace_peeksiginfo_args XXX_ptrace_peeksiginfo_args
-+# endif
- # include
-+# undef ptrace_peeksiginfo_args
- # undef ia64_fpreg
- # undef pt_all_user_regs
- #endif
-diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
-index 0dab902..30a7f19 100644
---- a/util.c
-+++ b/util.c
-@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@
- # ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_PT_ALL_USER_REGS
- # define pt_all_user_regs XXX_pt_all_user_regs
- # endif
-+# ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_PTRACE_PEEKSIGINFO_ARGS
-+# define ptrace_peeksiginfo_args XXX_ptrace_peeksiginfo_args
-+# endif
- # include
-+# undef ptrace_peeksiginfo_args
- # undef ia64_fpreg
- # undef pt_all_user_regs
- #endif
---
-1.8.3.2
-
diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/strace/source/default.py b/packages/addons/tools/strace/source/default.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cd40a7231e..0000000000
--- a/packages/addons/tools/strace/source/default.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-# This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-# OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with OpenELEC. If not, see .
-################################################################################