diff --git a/community/libvolk/0001-Use-NEON-for-ARMv7-only.patch b/community/libvolk/0001-Use-NEON-for-ARMv7-only.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ad00acc3e..000000000
--- a/community/libvolk/0001-Use-NEON-for-ARMv7-only.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-From ddace4afd21c7c41ab76b849346425d7b412a38e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:03:26 -0600
-Subject: [PATCH] Use NEON for ARMv7 only
-
-Signed-off-by: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
----
- lib/CMakeLists.txt | 14 +++++++++++---
- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
-index 1accb59..19746d5 100644
---- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -250,6 +250,14 @@ if(NOT CPU_IS_x86)
- endif(NOT CPU_IS_x86)
- 
- ########################################################################
-+# if the CPU is not ARMv7, eliminate NEON
-+########################################################################
-+
-+if(NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "armv7.*")
-+    OVERRULE_ARCH(neon "Architecture is not ARMv7")
-+endif(NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "armv7.*")
-+
-+########################################################################
- # implement overruling in the ORC case,
- # since ORC always passes flag detection
- ########################################################################
-@@ -414,7 +422,7 @@ include_directories(
- # Handle ASM support
- #  on by default, but let users turn it off
- ########################################################################
--if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "2.8.9")
-+if((${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "2.8.9") AND (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "armv7.*"))
-   set(ASM_ARCHS_AVAILABLE "neon")
- 
-   set(FULL_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}" "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1}")
-@@ -443,7 +451,7 @@ if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "2.8.9")
-     message(STATUS "asm flags: ${CMAKE_ASM_FLAGS}")
-   endforeach(ARCH)
- 
--else(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "2.8.9")
-+else((${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "2.8.9") AND (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "armv7.*"))
-   message(STATUS "Not enabling ASM support. CMake >= 2.8.10 required.")
-   foreach(machine_name ${available_machines})
-     string(REGEX MATCH "neon" NEON_MACHINE ${machine_name})
-@@ -451,7 +459,7 @@ else(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "2.8.9")
-       message(FATAL_ERROR "CMake >= 2.8.10 is required for ARM NEON support")
-     endif()
-   endforeach()
--endif(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "2.8.9")
-+endif((${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "2.8.9") AND (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "armv7.*"))
- 
- ########################################################################
- # Handle orc support
--- 
-2.8.0
-
diff --git a/community/libvolk/PKGBUILD b/community/libvolk/PKGBUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index b13b3e0be..000000000
--- a/community/libvolk/PKGBUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-# Maintainer: Kyle Keen <keenerd@gmail.com>
-
-# ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
-#  - patch to not build neon on !ARMv7
-
-pkgname=libvolk
-pkgver=1.4
-pkgrel=3
-pkgdesc="The Vector-Optimized Library of Kernels from Gnuradio"
-arch=('x86_64')
-url="http://libvolk.org/"
-license=('GPL3')
-depends=('gcc-libs' 'boost-libs' 'orc' 'python2' 'python2-six')
-makedepends=('boost' 'cmake' 'python2-mako')
-# this release was really screwed up
-# there is going to be lots of stuff hopefully removed in 1.4.1 or 1.5
-# first the asc doesn't exist
-#source=("http://libvolk.org/releases/volk-$pkgver.tar.gz"{,.asc})
-source=("http://libvolk.org/releases/volk-$pkgver.tar.gz"
-        '0001-Use-NEON-for-ARMv7-only.patch')
-md5sums=('02d3a0f4b19c4cc34ecea19fc37c7fd4'
-         'da3b1d0b0f859697c743563ee55152d3')
-validpgpkeys=('09E749D885FA881A7E84E823385323EE6402091D')
-
-# doxygen for docs
-
-prepare() {
-  cd "$srcdir"
-  # here is 99% of the broken
-  # I'm not even sure how they made a tarball this broken
-  mkdir -p volk-1.4
-  mv volk-1.4kernels volk-1.4/kernels
-  mv volk-1.4lib volk-1.4/lib
-  mv volk-1.4cmake volk-1.4/cmake
-  mv volk-1.4include volk-1.4/include
-  mv volk-1.4python volk-1.4/python
-  mv volk-1.4tmpl volk-1.4/tmpl
-  mv volk-1.4apps volk-1.4/apps
-  mv volk-1.4gen volk-1.4/gen
-  mv volk-1.4docs volk-1.4/docs
-  mv volk-1.4Doxyfile.in volk-1.4/Doxyfile.in
-  mv volk-1.4COPYING volk-1.4/COPYING
-  mv volk-1.4CMakeLists.txt volk-1.4/CMakeLists.txt
-  mv volk-1.4DoxygenLayout.xml volk-1.4/DoxygenLayout.xml
-  mv volk-1.4appveyor.yml volk-1.4/appveyor.yml
-  mv volk-1.4.travis.yml volk-1.4/.travis.yml
-  mv volk-1.4README.md volk-1.4/README.md
-  mv volk-1.4.gitlab-ci.yml volk-1.4/.gitlab-ci.yml
-  mv volk-1.4volk.pc.in volk-1.4/volk.pc.in
-  mv volk-1.4.gitignore volk-1.4/.gitignore
-  mv volk-1.4.tar.gz volk-1.4/.tar.gz
-  cd "$srcdir/volk-$pkgver"
-  sed -i -e "s|#![ ]*/usr/bin/env python$|&2|" $(find ./ -name '*.py')
-  patch -p1 -i ../0001-Use-NEON-for-ARMv7-only.patch
-}
-
-build() {
-  export PYTHON=python2
-  cd "$srcdir/volk-$pkgver"
-
-  mkdir -p build
-  cd build
-  cmake \
-    -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python2) \
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -Wno-dev ../
-  make
-}
-
-check() {
-  cd "$srcdir/volk-$pkgver/build"
-  export PYTHON=python2
-  if [[ "$CARCH" == "x86_64" ]]; then
-    make test
-  fi
-}
-
-package() {
-  cd "$srcdir/volk-$pkgver/build"
-  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
-}