diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 16c7feedf8..6c687ecc59 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ show_config() {
   config_message="$config_message\n - Avahi (Zeroconf) support:\t\t $AVAHI_DAEMON"
   config_message="$config_message\n - SAMBA server support:\t\t $SAMBA_SERVER"
   config_message="$config_message\n - SFTP server support:\t\t\t $SFTP_SERVER"
-  config_message="$config_message\n - SSH Guard support:\t\t\t $SSHGUARD_SUPPORT"
   config_message="$config_message\n - PPTP support:\t\t\t $PPTP_SUPPORT"
   config_message="$config_message\n - OpenVPN support:\t\t\t $OPENVPN_SUPPORT"
   config_message="$config_message\n - XBMC Airplay support:\t\t $AIRPLAY_SUPPORT"
diff --git a/packages/network/openssh/meta b/packages/network/openssh/meta
index 711113ae98..9c51c715a6 100644
--- a/packages/network/openssh/meta
+++ b/packages/network/openssh/meta
@@ -35,7 +35,3 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
-if [ "$SSHGUARD_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS sshguard"
-fi
-
diff --git a/packages/security/sshguard/build b/packages/security/sshguard/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 1ebab49e9d..0000000000
--- a/packages/security/sshguard/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program 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, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program 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.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-            --datadir=/usr/share \
-            --localstatedir=/var \
-            --with-firewall="iptables" \
-            --with-iptables="/usr/sbin/iptables" \
-
-make
diff --git a/packages/security/sshguard/install b/packages/security/sshguard/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 3907d81821..0000000000
--- a/packages/security/sshguard/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program 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, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program 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.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/sbin
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/src/sshguard $INSTALL/usr/sbin
diff --git a/packages/security/sshguard/meta b/packages/security/sshguard/meta
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f0fa731fe..0000000000
--- a/packages/security/sshguard/meta
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-PKG_NAME="sshguard"
-PKG_VERSION="1.5"
-PKG_REV="1"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
-PKG_SITE="http://www.sshguard.net/"
-PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/project/sshguard/sshguard/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="iptables"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
-PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-PKG_SECTION="security"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="sshguard: monitors servers from their logging activity."
-PKG_LONGDESC="Sshguard monitors servers from their logging activity. When logs convey that someone is doing a Bad Thing, sshguard reacts by blocking he/she/it for a bit. Sshguard has a touchy personality: when a naughty tyke insists disturbing your host, it reacts firmer and firmer."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
-
-PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
diff --git a/packages/security/sshguard/patches/sshguard-1.5-automake-1.13.patch b/packages/security/sshguard/patches/sshguard-1.5-automake-1.13.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bcf8073342..0000000000
--- a/packages/security/sshguard/patches/sshguard-1.5-automake-1.13.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur sshguard-1.5/configure.ac sshguard-1.5.patch/configure.ac
---- sshguard-1.5/configure.ac	2011-02-09 13:01:47.000000000 +0100
-+++ sshguard-1.5.patch/configure.ac	2013-01-12 01:13:22.735102536 +0100
-@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
- AC_INIT(sshguard, 1.5, mij@sshguard.net)
- AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
- AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/simclist.c])
--AM_CONFIG_HEADER([src/config.h])
-+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/config.h])
- # test if we are on Solaris, which requires outstanding practices
- AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
- AS_CASE([$build_os], 
diff --git a/projects/ARCTIC_MC/options b/projects/ARCTIC_MC/options
index 88fdc8ef7b..0354a845ba 100755
--- a/projects/ARCTIC_MC/options
+++ b/projects/ARCTIC_MC/options
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@
 # build and install SFTP Server (yes / no)
   SFTP_SERVER="yes"
 
-# build and install SSH Guard (yes / no)
-  SSHGUARD_SUPPORT="no"
-
 # build and install PPP support (yes / no)
   PPTP_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/ATV/options b/projects/ATV/options
index 4b928f86d0..e2a64d04cf 100755
--- a/projects/ATV/options
+++ b/projects/ATV/options
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@
 # build and install SFTP Server (yes / no)
   SFTP_SERVER="yes"
 
-# build and install SSH Guard (yes / no)
-  SSHGUARD_SUPPORT="yes"
-
 # build and install PPP support (yes / no)
   PPTP_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/Fusion/options b/projects/Fusion/options
index 68774c960a..072d5a9c64 100755
--- a/projects/Fusion/options
+++ b/projects/Fusion/options
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@
 # build and install SFTP Server (yes / no)
   SFTP_SERVER="yes"
 
-# build and install SSH Guard (yes / no)
-  SSHGUARD_SUPPORT="yes"
-
 # build and install PPP support (yes / no)
   PPTP_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/Generic/options b/projects/Generic/options
index 1ecc1bb60a..78898fe200 100755
--- a/projects/Generic/options
+++ b/projects/Generic/options
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@
 # build and install SFTP Server (yes / no)
   SFTP_SERVER="yes"
 
-# build and install SSH Guard (yes / no)
-  SSHGUARD_SUPPORT="yes"
-
 # build and install PPP support (yes / no)
   PPTP_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/Generic_OSS/options b/projects/Generic_OSS/options
index 7af2c75347..fffa5a516f 100755
--- a/projects/Generic_OSS/options
+++ b/projects/Generic_OSS/options
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@
 # build and install SFTP Server (yes / no)
   SFTP_SERVER="yes"
 
-# build and install SSH Guard (yes / no)
-  SSHGUARD_SUPPORT="yes"
-
 # build and install PPP support (yes / no)
   PPTP_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/ION/options b/projects/ION/options
index 24f5cdbf24..5fd73b495c 100755
--- a/projects/ION/options
+++ b/projects/ION/options
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@
 # build and install SFTP Server (yes / no)
   SFTP_SERVER="yes"
 
-# build and install SSH Guard (yes / no)
-  SSHGUARD_SUPPORT="yes"
-
 # build and install PPP support (yes / no)
   PPTP_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/Intel/options b/projects/Intel/options
index bf4b486d1b..d7ace6ff90 100755
--- a/projects/Intel/options
+++ b/projects/Intel/options
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@
 # build and install SFTP Server (yes / no)
   SFTP_SERVER="yes"
 
-# build and install SSH Guard (yes / no)
-  SSHGUARD_SUPPORT="yes"
-
 # build and install PPP support (yes / no)
   PPTP_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/RPi/options b/projects/RPi/options
index c77db212d2..adf2ff9724 100755
--- a/projects/RPi/options
+++ b/projects/RPi/options
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@
 # build and install SFTP Server (yes / no)
   SFTP_SERVER="yes"
 
-# build and install SSH Guard (yes / no)
-  SSHGUARD_SUPPORT="no"
-
 # build and install PPP support (yes / no)
   PPTP_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/Ultra/options b/projects/Ultra/options
index 669719f069..e4f9e6d949 100755
--- a/projects/Ultra/options
+++ b/projects/Ultra/options
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@
 # build and install SFTP Server (yes / no)
   SFTP_SERVER="yes"
 
-# build and install SSH Guard (yes / no)
-  SSHGUARD_SUPPORT="yes"
-
 # build and install PPP support (yes / no)
   PPTP_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/Virtual/options b/projects/Virtual/options
index 2ac310246d..a6251569c9 100755
--- a/projects/Virtual/options
+++ b/projects/Virtual/options
@@ -214,9 +214,6 @@
 # build and install SFTP Server (yes / no)
   SFTP_SERVER="yes"
 
-# build and install SSH Guard (yes / no)
-  SSHGUARD_SUPPORT="yes"
-
 # build and install PPP support (yes / no)
   PPTP_SUPPORT="yes"