diff --git a/config/options b/config/options
index b19bf5e0c3..974860b1f5 100644
--- a/config/options
+++ b/config/options
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@ TARGET_ARCH="${ARCH}"
 # include arm-mem package on arm
 if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "arm" ]; then
   ARM_MEM_SUPPORT="yes"
-  TCMALLOC_SUPPORT="yes"
 else
   ARM_MEM_SUPPORT="no"
-  TCMALLOC_SUPPORT="no"
 fi
 
 # include helper functions
diff --git a/packages/devel/gperftools/package.mk b/packages/devel/gperftools/package.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b43f11c53..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/gperftools/package.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Copyright (C) 2021-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
-
-PKG_NAME="gperftools"
-PKG_VERSION="2.9.1"
-PKG_SHA256="ea566e528605befb830671e359118c2da718f721c27225cbbc93858c7520fee3"
-PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
-PKG_SITE="https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools"
-PKG_URL="https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/releases/download/gperftools-${PKG_VERSION}/gperftools-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
-PKG_LONGDESC="Google Performance Tools"
-
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-minimal --disable-debugalloc --disable-static"
diff --git a/packages/virtual/libc/package.mk b/packages/virtual/libc/package.mk
index f4ad489239..8aae341393 100644
--- a/packages/virtual/libc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/virtual/libc/package.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,3 @@ if [ "${ARM_MEM_SUPPORT}" = "yes" ]; then
   PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" arm-mem"
   PKG_DEPENDS_INIT+=" arm-mem:init"
 fi
-
-if [ "${TCMALLOC_SUPPORT}" = "yes" ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" gperftools"
-fi