diff --git a/packages/sysutils/hd-idle/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/hd-idle/package.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a10c7b04b..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/hd-idle/package.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#      Copyright (C) 2011-2011 Gregor Fuis (gujs@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
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.Looking for the latest version?
-################################################################################
-
-PKG_NAME="hd-idle"
-PKG_VERSION="1.04"
-PKG_REV="1"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
-PKG_SITE="http://hd-idle.sourceforge.net/"
-PKG_URL="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/hd-idle/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tgz"
-PKG_SOURCE_DIR="$PKG_NAME"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
-PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-PKG_SECTION="system"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="hd-idle is a [Linux] utility program for spinning-down external disks after a period of idle time."
-PKG_LONGDESC="hd-idle is a utility program for spinning-down external disks after a period of idle time. Since most external IDE disk enclosures don't support setting the IDE idle timer, a program like hd-idle is required to spin down idle disks automatically."
-
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
-PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
-
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/hd-idle/patches/hd-idle-makefile.patch b/packages/sysutils/hd-idle/patches/hd-idle-makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c23437d5b..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/hd-idle/patches/hd-idle-makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 130afd8..480032e 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ clean:
- 	rm -f $(OBJS) $(TARGET)
- 
- install: $(TARGET)
--	install -D -g root -o root $(TARGET) $(TARGET_DIR)/sbin/$(TARGET)
--	install -D -g root -o root $(TARGET).1 $(TARGET_DIR)/share/man/man1/$(TARGET).1
-+	install -D $(TARGET) $(TARGET_DIR)/sbin/$(TARGET)
-+	install -D $(TARGET).1 $(TARGET_DIR)/share/man/man1/$(TARGET).1
- 
- hd-idle.o:     hd-idle.c
-