diff --git a/serf/.footprint b/serf/.footprint
deleted file mode 100644
index aef689d72..000000000
--- a/serf/.footprint
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/serf-1/
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/serf-1/serf.h
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/serf-1/serf_bucket_types.h
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/serf-1/serf_bucket_util.h
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libserf-1.so -> libserf-1.so.1.3.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libserf-1.so.1 -> libserf-1.so.1.3.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libserf-1.so.1.3.0
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/serf-1.pc
diff --git a/serf/.signature b/serf/.signature
deleted file mode 100644
index bf32553ef..000000000
--- a/serf/.signature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF38S5I9LDuE9JBtIqB+kdFJSHWJv6HLfFQ3KhQ/iBSAwABSnEUnj6gINk1QNCkCbqZhpcj3jTeO8USLN3S8g7TgU=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = bc3572d18e93b0db55bacd017fb6d66073bb9c1fdbfb802d860360e6712f7178
-SHA256 (.footprint) = e226405dcc3a029e645718b827ec06544ae6757ad6c6c881e381acb2868a0ac4
-SHA256 (serf-1.3.9.tar.bz2) = 549c2d21c577a8a9c0450facb5cca809f26591f048e466552240947bdf7a87cc
-SHA256 (scons-py3.patch) = 363732546098b4c9415eb5d38b595d04c660c6324a34159768d334507b7d241f
diff --git a/serf/Pkgfile b/serf/Pkgfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 66067ae30..000000000
--- a/serf/Pkgfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Description: High performance C-based HTTP client library built upon the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library.
-# URL:         https://serf.apache.org/
-# Maintainer:  John Vogel, jvogel4 at stny dot rr dot com
-# Packager:    Jose V Beneyto, sepen at crux dot nu
-# Depends on:  apr scons
-
-name=serf
-version=1.3.9
-release=2
-source=(https://archive.apache.org/dist/$name/$name-$version.tar.bz2
-        scons-py3.patch)
-
-build() {
-    cd $name-$version
-
-    # Adjust to scons built with python3
-	# (should go away if/when python3 becomes default python)
-    patch -Np1 -i $SRC/scons-py3.patch
-    ln -s /usr/bin/python3 python
-    export PATH=$SRC/$name-$version:$PATH
-
-    # removes runtime path from shared library
-    sed -i -e '/Append/ s/RPATH=libdir,//' SConstruct
-    # disable building and installing of the static library
-    sed -i -e '/Default/ s/lib_static,//' SConstruct
-    sed -i -e '/Alias/ s/install_static,//' SConstruct
-
-    scons PREFIX=/usr LIBDIR=/usr/lib
-    scons install --install-sandbox=$PKG
-
-    # serf-1.3.9 does not install world writable files
-    chmod -cR go-w $PKG/usr/include/serf-1
-}
diff --git a/serf/scons-py3.patch b/serf/scons-py3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 144f5e39e..000000000
--- a/serf/scons-py3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
---- serf-1.3.9/SConstruct.orig	2019-07-26 17:49:30.910189251 +0000
-+++ serf-1.3.9/SConstruct	2019-07-26 17:49:54.073821735 +0000
-@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@
-               suffix='.def', src_suffix='.h')
-   })
- 
--match = re.search('SERF_MAJOR_VERSION ([0-9]+).*'
--                  'SERF_MINOR_VERSION ([0-9]+).*'
--                  'SERF_PATCH_VERSION ([0-9]+)',
-+match = re.search(b'SERF_MAJOR_VERSION ([0-9]+).*'
-+                  b'SERF_MINOR_VERSION ([0-9]+).*'
-+                  b'SERF_PATCH_VERSION ([0-9]+)',
-                   env.File('serf.h').get_contents(),
-                   re.DOTALL)
- MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH = [int(x) for x in match.groups()]
-@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
- 
- unknown = opts.UnknownVariables()
- if unknown:
--  print 'Warning: Used unknown variables:', ', '.join(unknown.keys())
-+  print ('Warning: Used unknown variables:', ', '.join(unknown.keys()))
- 
- apr = str(env['APR'])
- apu = str(env['APU'])