diff --git a/packages/debug/meta b/packages/debug/meta
index 6a1ae361ff..d339002a28 100644
--- a/packages/debug/meta
+++ b/packages/debug/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.openelec.tv"
 PKG_URL=""
-PKG_DEPENDS="dstat gdb strace wireless_tools"
+PKG_DEPENDS="dstat gdb strace"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="debug"
diff --git a/packages/debug/wireless_tools/build b/packages/debug/wireless_tools/build
deleted file mode 100755
index fb56a3af74..0000000000
--- a/packages/debug/wireless_tools/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2013 Dag Wieers (dag@wieers.com)
-#
-#  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
-
-# wireless_tools fails to build on some systems with LTO enabled
-  strip_lto
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-
-make PREFIX=/usr CC="$CC" AR="$AR" \
-     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS" iwmulticall
diff --git a/packages/debug/wireless_tools/install b/packages/debug/wireless_tools/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 3fe217399a..0000000000
--- a/packages/debug/wireless_tools/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2013 Dag Wieers (dag@wieers.com)
-#
-#  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/bin/
-  cp $PKG_BUILD/iwmulticall $INSTALL/usr/bin/iwconfig
-  ln -sf iwconfig $INSTALL/usr/bin/iwgetid
-  ln -sf iwconfig $INSTALL/usr/bin/iwlist
-  ln -sf iwconfig $INSTALL/usr/bin/iwspy
-  ln -sf iwconfig $INSTALL/usr/bin/iwpriv
diff --git a/packages/debug/wireless_tools/meta b/packages/debug/wireless_tools/meta
deleted file mode 100644
index 40ce84acb7..0000000000
--- a/packages/debug/wireless_tools/meta
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2013 Dag Wieers (dag@wieers.com)
-#
-#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-PKG_NAME="wireless_tools"
-PKG_VERSION="29"
-PKG_REV="1"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
-PKG_SITE="http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html"
-PKG_URL="http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/$PKG_NAME.$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
-PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-PKG_SECTION="system"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="wireless-tools: tools allowing to manipulate the Wireless Extensions"
-PKG_LONGDESC="The Wireless Tools (WT) is a set of tools allowing to manipulate the Wireless Extensions. They use a textual interface and are rather crude, but aim to support the full Wireless Extension. There are many other tools you can use with Wireless Extensions, however Wireless Tools is the reference implementation."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
-
-PKG_AUTORECONF="no"