diff --git a/packages/python/system/hotqueue/build b/packages/python/system/hotqueue/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 3a7c2afbd8..0000000000
--- a/packages/python/system/hotqueue/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 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, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-export PYTHONXCPREFIX="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr"
-export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/lib"
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-
-python setup.py build --cross-compile bdist_egg --exclude-source-files
diff --git a/packages/python/system/hotqueue/install b/packages/python/system/hotqueue/install
deleted file mode 100755
index d2be73015e..0000000000
--- a/packages/python/system/hotqueue/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 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, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-PKG_SRC_DIR=`ls -d $PKG_BUILD`
-
-PYTHON_IMAGE_DIR="`ls -d $INSTALL/usr/lib/python*`"
-export PYTHONPATH="$PYTHON_IMAGE_DIR/site-packages"
-
-$TOOLCHAIN/bin/easy_install --exclude-scripts --zip-ok --no-deps --quiet --prefix=$INSTALL/usr $PKG_SRC_DIR/dist/*.egg
diff --git a/packages/python/system/hotqueue/meta b/packages/python/system/hotqueue/meta
deleted file mode 100644
index af2c682420..0000000000
--- a/packages/python/system/hotqueue/meta
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-PKG_NAME="hotqueue"
-PKG_VERSION="0.2.5"
-PKG_REV="1"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
-PKG_SITE="https://github.com/richardhenry/hotqueue"
-PKG_URL="$OPENELEC_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="Python distribute redis-py"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distribute distutilscross"
-PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-PKG_SECTION="python/system"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="hotqueue a Python library that allows you to use Redis as a message queue within your Python programs"
-PKG_LONGDESC="HotQueue is a Python library that allows you to use Redis as a message queue within your Python programs."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
-
-PKG_AUTORECONF="no"