diff --git a/community/grpc/PKGBUILD b/community/grpc/PKGBUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index dd1dab17f..000000000
--- a/community/grpc/PKGBUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,184 +0,0 @@
-# Maintainer: Massimiliano Torromeo <massimiliano.torromeo@gmail.com>
-# Contributor: Aleksey Filippov <sarum9in@gmail.com>
-# Contributor: Victor Aurélio Santos <victoraur.santos@gmail.com>
-
-# ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
-#  - explicitly link v5/v6 with libatomic
-
-pkgbase='grpc'
-pkgname=('grpc' 'python-grpcio' 'php-grpc' 'php7-grpc' 'grpc-cli')
-pkgver=1.43.2
-_gtestver=c9ccac7cb7345901884aabf5d1a786cfa6e2f397
-pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="High performance, open source, general RPC framework that puts mobile and HTTP/2 first."
-arch=('x86_64')
-url='https://grpc.io'
-license=('BSD')
-makedepends=('re2' 're2c' 'protobuf' 'php' 'php7' 'c-ares' 'openssl' 'chrpath' 'cython'
-             'cmake' 'benchmark' 'python-setuptools' 'abseil-cpp' 'ninja')
-checkdepends=('python-six')
-source=("https://github.com/grpc/grpc/archive/v$pkgver/$pkgbase-$pkgver.tar.gz"
-        "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/$_gtestver/googletest-$_gtestver.tar.gz"
-        "python-grpcio-use-system-abseil.patch")
-sha256sums=('b74ce7d26fe187970d1d8e2c06a5d3391122f7bc1fdce569aff5e435fb8fe780'
-            '443d383db648ebb8e391382c0ab63263b7091d03197f304390baac10f178a468'
-            '3cfb289266f9d2697b917e4400f18a6592f95a99e658e401c1332870b219358b')
-
-prepare() {
-  cd "$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver"
-  patch -Np1 -i ../python-grpcio-use-system-abseil.patch
-
-  ln -sf "$srcdir/googletest-$_gtestver/"{googlemock,googletest} \
-    third_party/googletest
-
-  cp -a src/php{,7}
-
-  if [[ $CARCH == "armv6h" || $CARCH == "arm" ]]; then
-    sed -i -e "s/set(_gRPC_ALLTARGETS_LIBRARIES \${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} rt m pthread)/set(_gRPC_ALLTARGETS_LIBRARIES \${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} atomic rt m pthread)/g" CMakeLists.txt
-  fi
-
-  cmake -Bbuild \
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=None \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -DNDEBUG" \
-    -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON \
-    -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 \
-    -DCMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=ON \
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-    -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
-    -DgRPC_BUILD_CODEGEN=ON \
-    -DgRPC_BUILD_CSHARP_EXT=ON \
-    -DgRPC_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY_MODE=OFF \
-    -DgRPC_ZLIB_PROVIDER='package' \
-    -DgRPC_CARES_PROVIDER='package' \
-    -DgRPC_RE2_PROVIDER='package' \
-    -DgRPC_SSL_PROVIDER='package' \
-    -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER='package' \
-    -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PACKAGE_TYPE='MODULE' \
-    -DgRPC_BENCHMARK_PROVIDER:STRING='package' \
-    -DgRPC_ABSL_PROVIDER:STRING='package' \
-    -DgRPC_USE_PROTO_LITE=OFF \
-    -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN=ON \
-    -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_CSHARP_PLUGIN=ON \
-    -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_NODE_PLUGIN=ON \
-    -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_OBJECTIVE_C_PLUGIN=ON \
-    -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_PHP_PLUGIN=ON \
-    -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_PYTHON_PLUGIN=ON \
-    -DgRPC_BUILD_GRPC_RUBY_PLUGIN=ON \
-    -GNinja
-}
-
-build() {
-  cd "$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver/build"
-
-  cmake --build .
-  export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$PWD"
-
-  # PHP
-  cd "$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver/src/php/ext/$pkgbase"
-  phpize
-  ./configure --enable-grpc="$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver"
-  make
-
-  # PHP7
-  cd "$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver/src/php7/ext/$pkgbase"
-  phpize7
-  ./configure --enable-grpc="$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver"
-  make
-
-  # Python
-  cd "$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver"
-  GRPC_PYTHON_CFLAGS="-fvisibility=hidden -fno-wrapv -fno-exceptions $(pkg-config --cflags protobuf) -std=c++17" \
-  GRPC_PYTHON_LDFLAGS="$(pkg-config --libs protobuf)" \
-  GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_WITH_CYTHON=1 \
-  GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM_OPENSSL=1 \
-  GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM_ZLIB=1 \
-  GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM_CARES=1 \
-  GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM_RE2=1 \
-  GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM_ABSL=1 \
-  GRPC_BUILD_WITH_BORING_SSL_ASM=0 \
-  python setup.py build
-}
-
-check() {
-  cd "$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver"
-  local _pyver=$(python -c "import sys; print('{0}.{1}'.format(*sys.version_info[:2]))")
-  PYTHONPATH="python_build/lib.linux-$CARCH-$_pyver" python -c 'import grpc'
-}
-
-package_grpc() {
-  depends=('c-ares' 'protobuf' 'openssl' 're2' 'abseil-cpp')
-  provides=(
-    'libupb.so'
-    'libgrpcpp_channelz.so'
-    'libgrpc_unsecure.so'
-    'libgrpc_plugin_support.so'
-    'libgrpc.so'
-    'libgrpc++_unsecure.so'
-    'libgrpc++_reflection.so'
-    'libgrpc++_error_details.so'
-    'libgrpc++_alts.so'
-    'libgrpc++.so'
-    'libgpr.so'
-    'libaddress_sorting.so'
-  )
-
-  cd "$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver/build"
-  DESTDIR="$pkgdir" cmake --install .
-  install -Dm644 ../LICENSE "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
-}
-
-package_python-grpcio() {
-  pkgdesc='Python language bindings for grpc, remote procedure call (RPC) framework'
-  depends=('c-ares' 'python' 'python-six' 're2' 'abseil-cpp')
-
-  cd "$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver"
-  python setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root="$pkgdir"
-  install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
-}
-
-package_php-grpc() {
-  pkgdesc='gRPC module for PHP'
-  depends=('grpc' 'php')
-  backup=('etc/php/conf.d/grpc.ini')
-
-  # Install PHP extension.
-  cd "$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver/src/php/ext/$pkgbase"
-  make install "INSTALL_ROOT=$pkgdir"
-  install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
-
-  # Remove RPATH
-  chrpath -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib/php/modules/grpc.so"
-
-  echo ';extension=grpc.so' >grpc.ini
-  install -Dm644 grpc.ini "$pkgdir/etc/php/conf.d/grpc.ini"
-}
-
-package_php7-grpc() {
-  pkgdesc='gRPC module for PHP'
-  depends=('grpc' 'php7')
-  backup=('etc/php7/conf.d/grpc.ini')
-
-  # Install PHP extension.
-  cd "$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver/src/php7/ext/$pkgbase"
-  make install "INSTALL_ROOT=$pkgdir"
-  install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
-
-  # Remove RPATH
-  chrpath -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib/php7/modules/grpc.so"
-
-  echo ';extension=grpc.so' >grpc.ini
-  install -Dm644 grpc.ini "$pkgdir/etc/php7/conf.d/grpc.ini"
-}
-
-package_grpc-cli() {
-  pkgdesc='gRPC protocol buffers cli'
-  depends=('grpc')
-
-  cd "$srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver"
-  install -dm0755 "$pkgdir/usr/lib"
-  cp -a build/libgrpc++_test_config.so* "$pkgdir/usr/lib/"
-
-  install -Dm0755 build/grpc_cli "$pkgdir/usr/bin/grpc_cli"
-  install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
-}
diff --git a/community/grpc/python-grpcio-use-system-abseil.patch b/community/grpc/python-grpcio-use-system-abseil.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c8388d29..000000000
--- a/community/grpc/python-grpcio-use-system-abseil.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 4d34c43..5826663 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from distutils import extension as _extension
- from distutils import util
- import os
- import os.path
-+import pathlib
- import platform
- import re
- import shlex
-@@ -155,6 +156,11 @@ BUILD_WITH_SYSTEM_CARES = _env_bool_value('GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM_CARES',
- # runtime, the shared library must be installed
- BUILD_WITH_SYSTEM_RE2 = _env_bool_value('GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM_RE2', 'False')
- 
-+# Export this variable to use the system installation of abseil. You need to
-+# have the header files installed (in /usr/include/absl) and during
-+# runtime, the shared library must be installed
-+BUILD_WITH_SYSTEM_ABSL = os.environ.get('GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM_ABSL', False)
-+
- # Export this variable to force building the python extension with a statically linked libstdc++.
- # At least on linux, this is normally not needed as we can build manylinux-compatible wheels on linux just fine
- # without statically linking libstdc++ (which leads to a slight increase in the wheel size).
-@@ -297,6 +303,10 @@ if BUILD_WITH_SYSTEM_RE2:
-     CORE_C_FILES = filter(lambda x: 'third_party/re2' not in x, CORE_C_FILES)
-     RE2_INCLUDE = (os.path.join('/usr', 'include', 're2'),)
- 
-+if BUILD_WITH_SYSTEM_ABSL:
-+    CORE_C_FILES = filter(lambda x: 'third_party/abseil-cpp' not in x, CORE_C_FILES)
-+    ABSL_INCLUDE = (os.path.join('/usr', 'include'),)
-+
- EXTENSION_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES = ((PYTHON_STEM,) + CORE_INCLUDE + ABSL_INCLUDE +
-                                  ADDRESS_SORTING_INCLUDE + CARES_INCLUDE +
-                                  RE2_INCLUDE + SSL_INCLUDE + UPB_INCLUDE +
-@@ -326,6 +336,10 @@ if BUILD_WITH_SYSTEM_CARES:
-     EXTENSION_LIBRARIES += ('cares',)
- if BUILD_WITH_SYSTEM_RE2:
-     EXTENSION_LIBRARIES += ('re2',)
-+if BUILD_WITH_SYSTEM_ABSL:
-+    EXTENSION_LIBRARIES += tuple(
-+        lib.stem[3:] for lib in pathlib.Path('/usr').glob('lib*/libabsl_*.so')
-+    )
- 
- DEFINE_MACROS = (('_WIN32_WINNT', 0x600),)
- asm_files = []