diff --git a/package/utils/mkelfimage/Makefile b/package/utils/mkelfimage/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a52e714311..00000000000
--- a/package/utils/mkelfimage/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
-include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-
-PKG_NAME:=mkelfimage
-PKG_VERSION:=2.7
-
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mkelfimage/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=e505cb87e9c0cdc44cf03d2c4ea8c74b
-
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
-
-define Package/mkelfimage
-  SECTION:=base
-  CATEGORY:=Base system
-  TITLE:=mkelfimage
-  HIDDEN:=1
-  DEPENDS:=@i386
-  DEFAULT:=y if TARGET_x86
-endef
-
-CONFIGURE_VARS += AS="$(TARGET_CROSS)as"
-MAKE_FLAGS += HOST_CC="$(HOSTCC)" DEFS="-I$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/include"
-
-define Build/InstallDev
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/objdir/sbin/mkelfImage $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,mkelfimage))
diff --git a/package/utils/mkelfimage/patches/no-stack-protector.patch b/package/utils/mkelfimage/patches/no-stack-protector.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 108583aedd1..00000000000
--- a/package/utils/mkelfimage/patches/no-stack-protector.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- mkelfimage-2.7.old//Makefile	2006-03-28 02:44:59.000000000 +0300
-+++ mkelfimage-2.7/Makefile	2011-01-17 14:15:13.000000000 +0200
-@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
- pkglibdir = $(libdir)/$(PACKAGE)
- pkgincludedir = $(includedir)/$(PACKAGE)
- 
--CPPFLAGS=-DVERSION='"$(VERSION)"' -DRELEASE_DATE='"$(RELEASE_DATE)"' -I include
-+CPPFLAGS=-DVERSION='"$(VERSION)"' -DRELEASE_DATE='"$(RELEASE_DATE)"' -I include -fno-stack-protector
- HOST_CPPFLAGS=$(CPPFLAGS)
- I386_CPPFLAGS=$(CPPFLAGS) -I arch/i386/include
- IA64_CPPFLAGS=$(CPPFLAGS) -I arch/ia64/include