diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
index ba3f1647af..144a2b3a4f 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.busybox.net"
 PKG_URL="http://busybox.net/downloads/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="kexec-tools hdparm dosfstools e2fsprogs speedcontrol zip pciutils usbutils"
+PKG_DEPENDS="hdparm dosfstools e2fsprogs speedcontrol zip pciutils usbutils"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain busybox-hosttools"
 PKG_PRIORITY="required"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/kexec-tools/build b/packages/sysutils/kexec-tools/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 55d33a508c..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/kexec-tools/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +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 $1
-
-
-#CFLAGS="$TARGET_FPU_FLAGS" # -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
-#LDFLAGS=""
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-            --datadir=/usr/share \
-            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/upower \
-            --localstatedir=/var \
-            --without-gamecube \
-            --with-zlib \
-            --without-lzma \
-            --without-xen \
-
-make
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/kexec-tools/install b/packages/sysutils/kexec-tools/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 103aeb3902..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/kexec-tools/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 $PKG_BUILD/build/sbin/kexec $INSTALL/usr/sbin
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/kexec-tools/meta b/packages/sysutils/kexec-tools/meta
deleted file mode 100644
index fbd0b79677..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/kexec-tools/meta
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-PKG_NAME="kexec-tools"
-PKG_VERSION="2.0.3"
-PKG_REV="1"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
-PKG_SITE="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/"
-PKG_URL="http://horms.net/projects/kexec/kexec-tools/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib"
-PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-PKG_SECTION="system"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="kexec-tools: the user-space portion of kexec"
-PKG_LONGDESC="kexec-tools is the user-space portion of kexec, a tool to load another kernel from the currently executing Linux kernel."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
-
-PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"