diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/build b/packages/network/iptables/build
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index 18a451af7d..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/iptables/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. config/options $1
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-            --localstatedir=/var \
-            --disable-static \
-            --enable-shared \
-
-make
diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/install b/packages/network/iptables/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 82912b19b0..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/iptables/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. config/options $1
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/libiptc/.libs/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/meta b/packages/network/iptables/meta
deleted file mode 100644
index b977151b52..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/iptables/meta
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-PKG_NAME="iptables"
-PKG_VERSION="1.4.8"
-PKG_REV="1"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
-PKG_SITE="http://www.netfilter.org/"
-PKG_URL="ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
-PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-PKG_SECTION="network"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="iptables: IP packet filter administration"
-PKG_LONGDESC="Iptables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IP packet filter rules in the Linux kernel. There are several different tables which may be defined, and each table contains a number of built-in chains, and may contain user-defined chains."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"