diff --git a/libs/libcap/Makefile b/libs/libcap/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 0206bd9d1..000000000
--- a/libs/libcap/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2011 OpenWrt.org
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
-
-include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-
-PKG_NAME:=libcap
-PKG_VERSION:=2.43
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
-
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2
-PKG_HASH:=512a0e5fc4c1e06d472a20da26aa96a9b9bf2a26b23f094f77f1b8da56cc427f
-
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Paul Wassi <p.wassi@gmx.at>
-PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only
-PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=License
-
-PKG_INSTALL:=1
-PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
-
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
-
-define Package/libcap/Default
-  TITLE:=Linux capabilities library
-  SECTION:=libs
-  CATEGORY:=Libraries
-  URL:=https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/
-endef
-
-define Package/libcap/description/Default
-  Linux capabilities
-endef
-
-define Package/libcap
-  $(call Package/libcap/Default)
-  TITLE += library
-endef
-
-define Package/libcap-bin
-  $(call Package/libcap/Default)
-  TITLE += binaries
-  DEPENDS += libcap
-endef
-
-define Package/libcap-bin/description
-  $(call Package/libcap/description/Default)
-  .
-  This package contains the libcap utilities.
-endef
-
-define Package/libcap-bin/config
-  if PACKAGE_libcap-bin
-  config PACKAGE_libcap-bin-capsh-shell
-    string "capsh shell"
-    help
-      Set the capsh shell.
-    default "/bin/sh"
-  endif
-endef
-
-MAKE_FLAGS += \
-    BUILD_CC="$(CC)" \
-    BUILD_CFLAGS="$(FPIC) -I$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libcap/include" \
-    CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
-    LD="$(TARGET_CC) -Wl,-x -shared" \
-    LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
-    INDENT="| true" \
-    GOLANG="no" \
-    PAM_CAP="no" \
-    RAISE_SETFCAP="no" \
-    DYNAMIC="yes" \
-    lib="lib"
-
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_PACKAGE_libcap-bin-capsh-shell),)
-TARGET_CFLAGS += -DSHELL='\"$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_libcap-bin-capsh-shell)\"'
-endif
-
-TARGET_CFLAGS += $(if $(CONFIG_USE_MUSL),-Dpthread_yield=sched_yield)
-
-define Build/InstallDev
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/sys
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/sys/*.h $(1)/usr/include/sys/
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/lib/libcap.{so*,a} $(1)/usr/lib/
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/lib/libpsx.a $(1)/usr/lib/
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/lib/pkgconfig/libcap.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
-	$(SED) 's,exec_prefix=,exec_prefix=/usr,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcap.pc
-	$(SED) 's,/lib,$$$${exec_prefix}/lib,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcap.pc
-	$(SED) 's,/usr/include,$$$${prefix}/include,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcap.pc
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/lib/pkgconfig/libpsx.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
-	$(SED) 's,exec_prefix=,exec_prefix=/usr,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libpsx.pc
-	$(SED) 's,/lib,$$$${exec_prefix}/lib,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libpsx.pc
-	$(SED) 's,/usr/include,$$$${prefix}/include,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libpsx.pc
-endef
-
-define Package/libcap/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/lib/libcap.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
-endef
-
-define Package/libcap-bin/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/sbin/capsh     $(1)/usr/sbin/
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/sbin/getcap    $(1)/usr/sbin/
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/sbin/getpcaps  $(1)/usr/sbin/
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/sbin/setcap    $(1)/usr/sbin/
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libcap))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libcap-bin))
diff --git a/libs/libcap/patches/300-disable-tests.patch b/libs/libcap/patches/300-disable-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c1779e28e..000000000
--- a/libs/libcap/patches/300-disable-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ ifeq ($(GOLANG),yes)
- 	$(MAKE) -C go $@
- 	rm -f cap/go.sum
- endif
--	$(MAKE) -C tests $@
- 	$(MAKE) -C progs $@
- 	$(MAKE) -C doc $@
- 	$(MAKE) -C kdebug $@