diff --git a/core/coreutils/01-fix-fs72253.patch b/core/coreutils/01-fix-fs72253.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ad2b06887..000000000
--- a/core/coreutils/01-fix-fs72253.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-From e8b56ebd536e82b15542a00c888109471936bfda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?utf8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <P@draigBrady.com>
-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:57:41 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] chmod: fix exit status when ignoring symlinks
-
-* src/chmod.c: Reorder enum so CH_NOT_APPLIED
-can be treated as a non error.
-* tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh: A new test.
-* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
-Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/50784
----
- src/chmod.c                   |  4 ++--
- tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- tests/local.mk                |  1 +
- 4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
- create mode 100755 tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh
-
-diff --git a/src/chmod.c b/src/chmod.c
-index 37b04f5..57ac47f 100644
---- a/src/chmod.c
-+++ b/src/chmod.c
-@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ struct change_status
-   enum
-     {
-       CH_NO_STAT,
--      CH_NOT_APPLIED,
-       CH_FAILED,
-+      CH_NOT_APPLIED,
-       CH_NO_CHANGE_REQUESTED,
-       CH_SUCCEEDED
-     }
-@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ process_file (FTS *fts, FTSENT *ent)
-   if ( ! recurse)
-     fts_set (fts, ent, FTS_SKIP);
- 
--  return CH_NO_CHANGE_REQUESTED <= ch.status;
-+  return CH_NOT_APPLIED <= ch.status;
- }
- 
- /* Recursively change the modes of the specified FILES (the last entry
-diff --git a/tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh b/tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh
-new file mode 100755
-index 0000000..5ce3de8
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh
-@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
-+#!/bin/sh
-+# Test for proper exit code of chmod on a processed symlink.
-+
-+# Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-+
-+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-+# (at your option) any later version.
-+
-+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-+# GNU General Public License for more details.
-+
-+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-+
-+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
-+print_ver_ chmod
-+
-+mkdir dir || framework_failure_
-+touch dir/f || framework_failure_
-+ln -s f dir/l || framework_failure_
-+
-+# This operation ignores symlinks but should succeed.
-+chmod u+w -R dir 2> out || fail=1
-+
-+compare /dev/null out || fail=1
-+
-+Exit $fail
-diff --git a/tests/local.mk b/tests/local.mk
-index 228d0e3..b5b893f 100644
---- a/tests/local.mk
-+++ b/tests/local.mk
-@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ all_tests =					\
-   tests/chmod/c-option.sh			\
-   tests/chmod/equal-x.sh			\
-   tests/chmod/equals.sh				\
-+  tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh			\
-   tests/chmod/inaccessible.sh			\
-   tests/chmod/octal.sh				\
-   tests/chmod/setgid.sh				\
--- 
-1.9.1
-
diff --git a/core/coreutils/PKGBUILD b/core/coreutils/PKGBUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index e8d342af6..000000000
--- a/core/coreutils/PKGBUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# Maintainer: Sébastien "Seblu" Luttringer
-# Contributor: Bartłomiej Piotrowski <bpiotrowski@archlinux.org>
-# Contributor: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
-# Contributor: judd <jvinet@zeroflux.org>
-
-# no changes, hold for builder updates
-
-pkgname=coreutils
-pkgver=9.0
-pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc='The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system'
-arch=('x86_64')
-license=('GPL3')
-url='https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/'
-depends=('glibc' 'acl' 'attr' 'gmp' 'libcap' 'openssl')
-source=("https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.xz"{,.sig}
-        '01-fix-fs72253.patch')
-validpgpkeys=('6C37DC12121A5006BC1DB804DF6FD971306037D9') # Pádraig Brady
-sha256sums=('ce30acdf4a41bc5bb30dd955e9eaa75fa216b4e3deb08889ed32433c7b3b97ce'
-            'SKIP'
-            'aefec296212c10f8ddae10225216847f537e573d80b678161f453b34fd183bf5')
-
-prepare() {
-  cd $pkgname-$pkgver
-  # apply patch from the source array (should be a pacman feature)
-  local filename
-  for filename in "${source[@]}"; do
-    if [[ "$filename" =~ \.patch$ ]]; then
-      echo "Applying patch ${filename##*/}"
-      patch -p1 -N -i "$srcdir/${filename##*/}"
-    fi
-  done
-  :
-}
-
-build() {
-  cd $pkgname-$pkgver
-  ./configure \
-      --prefix=/usr \
-      --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
-      --with-openssl \
-      --enable-no-install-program=groups,hostname,kill,uptime
-  make
-}
-
-check() {
-  cd $pkgname-$pkgver
-  make check
-}
-
-package() {
-  cd $pkgname-$pkgver
-  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
-}
-
-# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et: