diff --git a/packages/getmail/build.sh b/packages/getmail/build.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 874431fd6..000000000
--- a/packages/getmail/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/
-TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="fetchmail replacement relatively easy to configure"
-TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=5.14
-TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://fossies.org/linux/misc/getmail-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=f3a99fe74564237d12ca8d4582e113c067c9205b5ab640f72b4e8447606a99c1
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="python2"
-TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
-TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true
-
-termux_step_make_install() {
-	python2 setup.py install --prefix=$TERMUX_PREFIX --force
-}
-
-termux_step_post_massage() {
-	find . -path '*.pyc' -delete
-}
diff --git a/packages/getmail/utilities.py.patch b/packages/getmail/utilities.py.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 28e161682..000000000
--- a/packages/getmail/utilities.py.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r ../getmail-5.1/getmailcore/utilities.py ./getmailcore/utilities.py
---- ../getmail-5.1/getmailcore/utilities.py	2017-07-16 05:26:01.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./getmailcore/utilities.py	2017-07-26 13:36:30.196152312 +0200
-@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
- import sys
- import tempfile
- import errno
-+import shutil
- try:
-     import subprocess
- except ImportError, o:
-@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@
- 
-     # Move message file from Maildir/tmp to Maildir/new
-     try:
--        os.link(fname_tmp, fname_new)
-+        shutil.copy2(fname_tmp, fname_new)
-         os.unlink(fname_tmp)
- 
-     except OSError: