diff --git a/acpid/.footprint b/acpid/.footprint
deleted file mode 100644
index 68e90d58a..000000000
--- a/acpid/.footprint
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/acpi/
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/acpi/default.sh
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/acpi/events/
--rw-r--r--	root/root	etc/acpi/events/default
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/rc.d/
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/rc.d/acpid
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/acpi_listen
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/man8/
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man8/acpi_listen.8.gz
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man8/acpid.8.gz
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/
--rwxr-x---	root/root	usr/sbin/acpid
diff --git a/acpid/.md5sum b/acpid/.md5sum
deleted file mode 100644
index 10faf4ad8..000000000
--- a/acpid/.md5sum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-46c4f1ebf9328babd6664ded6fb5f1e6  acpid-1.0.4-gcc4.patch
-3aff94e92186e99ed5fd6dcee2db7c74  acpid-1.0.4.tar.gz
-41e6969cfea8e28bdc44142e977c0aa5  acpid.rc
-a0d3f9a8480faf602a7415d03267f49f  default
-270a4cddfe84c89c0fe534ece700d98b  default.sh
diff --git a/acpid/Pkgfile b/acpid/Pkgfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ac9d5cca..000000000
--- a/acpid/Pkgfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Description: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event management daemon
-# URL: http://acpid.sf.net
-# Maintainer:
-# Packager: 
-
-name=acpid
-version=1.0.4
-release=2
-source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/acpid/acpid-$version.tar.gz \
-	acpid.rc default default.sh acpid-1.0.4-gcc4.patch)
-
-build() {
-    cd $name-$version
-    patch -p1 -i $SRC/acpid-1.0.4-gcc4.patch
-    mkdir -p $PKG/usr/{bin,sbin,man/man8}
-    make INSTPREFIX=/usr
-    make INSTPREFIX=$PKG MAN8DIR=$PKG/usr/man/man8 install
-    install -D -m 755 ../acpid.rc   $PKG/etc/rc.d/acpid
-    install -D -m 644 ../default    $PKG/etc/acpi/events/default
-    install -D -m 755 ../default.sh $PKG/etc/acpi/default.sh
-}
diff --git a/acpid/acpid-1.0.4-gcc4.patch b/acpid/acpid-1.0.4-gcc4.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e9381d12..000000000
--- a/acpid/acpid-1.0.4-gcc4.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# this patch originates from Fedora
---- acpid-1.0.4/ud_socket.c.warning	2003-11-17 16:24:58.000000000 -0500
-+++ acpid-1.0.4/ud_socket.c	2005-03-16 17:51:40.000000000 -0500
-@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
- 	while (1) {
- 		int newsock = 0;
- 		struct sockaddr_un cliaddr;
--		int len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_un);
-+		socklen_t len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_un);
- 
- 		newsock = accept(listenfd, (struct sockaddr *)&cliaddr, &len);
- 		if (newsock < 0) {
---- acpid-1.0.4/acpid.c.warning	2004-10-17 18:33:51.000000000 -0400
-+++ acpid-1.0.4/acpid.c	2005-03-16 17:52:23.000000000 -0500
-@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
- main(int argc, char **argv)
- {
- 	int event_fd;
--	int sock_fd;
-+	int sock_fd = -1;
- 
- 	/* learn who we really are */
- 	progname = (const char *)strrchr(argv[0], '/');
-@@ -386,9 +386,7 @@
- 	umask(0);
- 
- 	/* get outta the way */
--	chdir("/");
--
--	return 0;
-+	return chdir("/");
- }
- 
- static int
diff --git a/acpid/acpid.rc b/acpid/acpid.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index aa00999f1..000000000
--- a/acpid/acpid.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-######################################################################
-# acpid: starts/stops ACPI daemon
-######################################################################
-
- daemon="/usr/sbin/acpid"
-options="-c /etc/acpi/events -l /var/log/acpid"
-
-######################################################################
-# Start/Stop/Reload/Status Functions
-######################################################################
-start() {
-	if [ -e /proc/acpi ]; then
-		# call acpid with default config/logfiles
-		$daemon $options
-		return $?
-	fi
-}
-stop() {
-        pkill -o -x ${daemon##*/}
-        return $?
-}
-reload() {
-        pkill -HUP -o -x ${daemon##*/}
-        return $?
-}
-status() {
-        base=${daemon##*/}
-        dpid=`pidof -o $$ -o $PPID -o %PPID -x ${base}`
-        if [ "$dpid" != "" ]; then
-           echo "${base} (pid $dpid) is running..."
-        elif [ -s /var/run/${base}.pid ]; then
-           echo "${base} is dead but pid file exists..."
-        else
-           echo "${base} is stopped."
-        fi
-        return
-}
-######################################################################
-# See how we were called
-######################################################################
-case "$1" in
-       start) start      ;;
-        stop) stop       ;;
-      reload) reload     ;;
-     restart) stop;start ;;
-      status) status     ;;
-           *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart|status}" ; exit 1
-esac
-exit $?
diff --git a/acpid/default b/acpid/default
deleted file mode 100644
index d1ca63c64..000000000
--- a/acpid/default
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# This is the ACPID default configuration, it takes all
-# events and passes them to /etc/acpi/default.sh for further
-# processing.
-
-# event keeps a regular expression matching the event. To get
-# power events only, just use something like "event=button power.*"
-# to catch it.
-# action keeps the command to be executed after an event occurs
-# In case of the power event above, your entry may look this way:
-#event=button power.*
-#action=/sbin/init 0
-
-# Optionally you can specify the placeholder %e. It will pass
-# through the whole kernel event message to the program you've
-# specified.
-
-event=.*
-action=/etc/acpi/default.sh %e
diff --git a/acpid/default.sh b/acpid/default.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 68af7764f..000000000
--- a/acpid/default.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Default acpi script that takes an entry for all actions
-
-set $*
-
-case "$1" in
-	button/power)
-		case "$2" in
-			PWRF)	/sbin/init 0
-				;;
-			*)	logger "ACPI action $2 is not defined"
-				;;
-		esac
-		;;
-
-	*)
-		logger "ACPI group $1 / action $2 is not defined"
-		;;
-esac