diff --git a/repos/libports/lib/mk/pcre16.mk b/repos/libports/lib/mk/pcre16.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 21e6b8ed5e..0000000000
--- a/repos/libports/lib/mk/pcre16.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-include $(call select_from_repositories,lib/import/import-pcre.mk)
-
-PCRE_PORT_DIR := $(call select_from_ports,pcre)
-
-SRC_C = pcre16_byte_order.c   \
-        pcre16_chartables.c   \
-        pcre16_compile.c      \
-        pcre16_config.c       \
-        pcre16_dfa_exec.c     \
-        pcre16_exec.c         \
-        pcre16_fullinfo.c     \
-        pcre16_get.c          \
-        pcre16_globals.c      \
-        pcre16_jit_compile.c  \
-        pcre16_maketables.c   \
-        pcre16_newline.c      \
-        pcre16_ord2utf16.c    \
-        pcre16_refcount.c     \
-        pcre16_string_utils.c \
-        pcre16_study.c        \
-        pcre16_tables.c       \
-        pcre16_ucd.c          \
-        pcre16_utf16_utils.c  \
-        pcre16_valid_utf16.c  \
-        pcre16_version.c      \
-        pcre16_xclass.c
-
-INC_DIR += $(PCRE_PORT_DIR)/src/lib/pcre \
-           $(REP_DIR)/src/lib/pcre \
-           $(REP_DIR)/src/lib/pcre/include
-
-CC_OPT += -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
-
-LIBS += libc
-
-SHARED_LIB = yes
-
-vpath %.c $(PCRE_PORT_DIR)/src/lib/pcre
-
-CC_CXX_WARN_STRICT =
diff --git a/repos/libports/lib/symbols/pcre16 b/repos/libports/lib/symbols/pcre16
deleted file mode 100644
index 0426d4a8c0..0000000000
--- a/repos/libports/lib/symbols/pcre16
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-_pcre16_OP_lengths R 156
-_pcre16_default_tables R 1088
-_pcre16_find_bracket T
-_pcre16_is_newline T
-_pcre16_ord2utf T
-_pcre16_strcmp_uc_c8 T
-_pcre16_strcmp_uc_uc T
-_pcre16_strlen_uc T
-_pcre16_strncmp_uc_c8 T
-_pcre16_strncmp_uc_uc T
-_pcre16_ucd_records R 8
-_pcre16_ucd_stage1 R 1
-_pcre16_ucd_stage2 R 2
-_pcre16_ucp_gentype R 120
-_pcre16_utt R 828
-_pcre16_utt_names R 965
-_pcre16_utt_size R 4
-_pcre16_valid_utf T
-_pcre16_was_newline T
-_pcre16_xclass T
-pcre16_assign_jit_stack T
-pcre16_callout B 8
-pcre16_compile T
-pcre16_compile2 T
-pcre16_config T
-pcre16_copy_named_substring T
-pcre16_copy_substring T
-pcre16_dfa_exec T
-pcre16_exec T
-pcre16_free D 8
-pcre16_free_study T
-pcre16_free_substring T
-pcre16_free_substring_list T
-pcre16_fullinfo T
-pcre16_get_named_substring T
-pcre16_get_stringnumber T
-pcre16_get_stringtable_entries T
-pcre16_get_substring T
-pcre16_get_substring_list T
-pcre16_jit_stack_alloc T
-pcre16_jit_stack_free T
-pcre16_maketables T
-pcre16_malloc D 8
-pcre16_pattern_to_host_byte_order T
-pcre16_refcount T
-pcre16_stack_free D 8
-pcre16_stack_malloc D 8
-pcre16_study T
-pcre16_utf16_to_host_byte_order T
-pcre16_version T
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/api/pcre16/content.mk b/repos/libports/recipes/api/pcre16/content.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 55a139a446..0000000000
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/api/pcre16/content.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR := lib/import/import-pcre.mk \
-                       lib/symbols/pcre16
-
-content: $(MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR)
-
-$(MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR):
-	$(mirror_from_rep_dir)
-
-content: include LICENCE
-
-PORT_DIR := $(call port_dir,$(REP_DIR)/ports/pcre)
-
-include:
-	mkdir $@
-	cp -r $(PORT_DIR)/include/pcre/* $@/
-
-LICENCE:
-	cp $(PORT_DIR)/src/lib/pcre/LICENCE $@
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/api/pcre16/hash b/repos/libports/recipes/api/pcre16/hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 92151812f8..0000000000
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/api/pcre16/hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2022-11-16 a35fe75f288d4e35334d7aa8640088fde2a8c069
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/pcre16/api b/repos/libports/recipes/src/pcre16/api
deleted file mode 100644
index 37fb23e9ac..0000000000
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/src/pcre16/api
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pcre16
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/pcre16/content.mk b/repos/libports/recipes/src/pcre16/content.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c43d0699f..0000000000
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/src/pcre16/content.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-content: src/lib/pcre lib/mk/pcre16.mk LICENCE
-
-PORT_DIR := $(call port_dir,$(REP_DIR)/ports/pcre)
-
-src/lib/pcre:
-	mkdir -p $@
-	cp -a $(PORT_DIR)/src/lib/pcre/* $@
-	cp -a $(REP_DIR)/src/lib/pcre/* $@
-
-lib/mk/pcre16.mk:
-	$(mirror_from_rep_dir)
-
-LICENCE:
-	cp $(PORT_DIR)/src/lib/pcre/LICENCE $@
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/pcre16/hash b/repos/libports/recipes/src/pcre16/hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 69193545c2..0000000000
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/src/pcre16/hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2023-01-23 d72c09890a0cd5566370fd7c8a68aefb117dd191
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/pcre16/used_apis b/repos/libports/recipes/src/pcre16/used_apis
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a9ce4f3e2..0000000000
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/src/pcre16/used_apis
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-libc