diff --git a/packages/python/system/configobj/build b/packages/python/system/configobj/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 0efff6bff7..0000000000
--- a/packages/python/system/configobj/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +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 $1
-
-export PYTHONXCPREFIX="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr"
-export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/lib"
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-
-python setup.py build --cross-compile
-python setup.py install --root=./.install --prefix=/usr
-
-rm -rf .install/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/*.py
diff --git a/packages/python/system/configobj/install b/packages/python/system/configobj/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 85a37ef61d..0000000000
--- a/packages/python/system/configobj/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +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
-
-cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/.install/* $INSTALL
diff --git a/packages/python/system/configobj/meta b/packages/python/system/configobj/meta
deleted file mode 100644
index cb58813111..0000000000
--- a/packages/python/system/configobj/meta
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-PKG_NAME="configobj"
-PKG_VERSION="4.7.2"
-PKG_REV="1"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
-PKG_SITE="http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html"
-PKG_URL="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/configobj/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="Python"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross"
-PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-PKG_SECTION="python/system"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="configobj: a simple but powerful config file reader and writer"
-PKG_LONGDESC="ConfigObj is a simple but powerful config file reader and writer: an ini file round tripper. Its main feature is that it is very easy to use, with a straightforward programmer's interface and a simple syntax for config files."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
-
-PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/python/system/configobj/patches/configobj-4.7.2-setuptools-0.1.patch b/packages/python/system/configobj/patches/configobj-4.7.2-setuptools-0.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9141114ffa..0000000000
--- a/packages/python/system/configobj/patches/configobj-4.7.2-setuptools-0.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur configobj-4.7.2/setup.py configobj-4.7.2.patch/setup.py
---- configobj-4.7.2/setup.py	2010-03-02 00:18:36.000000000 +0100
-+++ configobj-4.7.2.patch/setup.py	2011-02-19 13:56:40.861322489 +0100
-@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
- # http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/license.shtml
- 
- import sys
--from distutils.core import setup
-+from setuptools import setup
- from configobj import __version__ as VERSION
- 
- NAME = 'configobj'