diff --git a/mail/dovecot/Makefile b/mail/dovecot/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index fdc29303d..000000000
--- a/mail/dovecot/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2014 OpenWrt.org
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
-
-include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-
-PKG_NAME:=dovecot
-PKG_VERSION:=2.2.13
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
-
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.dovecot.org/releases/2.2
-PKG_MD5SUM:=a3eb1c0b1822c4f2b0fe9247776baa71
-
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libiconv
-
-PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
-PKG_INSTALL:=1
-
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
-
-define Package/dovecot
-  SECTION:=mail
-  CATEGORY:=Mail
-  DEPENDS:=+libopenssl +librt +zlib +libbz2 +libcap
-  TITLE:=An IMAP and POP3 daemon
-  MAINTAINER:=Peter Wagner <tripolar@gmx.at>
-  URL:=http://www.dovecot.org/
-endef
-
-define Package/dovecot/description
- Dovecot is a program which provides POP3 and IMAP services.
-endef
-
-CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
-	--without-gssapi \
-	--without-pam \
-	--with-moduledir=/usr/lib/dovecot/modules \
-	--with-notify=dnotify \
-	--without-lzma \
-	--without-lz4
-
-CONFIGURE_VARS += \
-	RPCGEN= \
-	i_cv_signed_size_t=no \
-	i_cv_signed_time_t=no \
-	i_cv_gmtime_max_time_t=32 \
-	i_cv_mmap_plays_with_write=yes \
-	i_cv_fd_passing=yes \
-	i_cv_c99_vsnprintf=yes \
-	lib_cv_va_copy=yes \
-	lib_cv_va_copy=yes \
-	lib_cv___va_copy=yes \
-	lib_cv_va_val_copy=yes
-
-define Package/dovecot/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR)  $(1)/etc/init.d \
-			$(1)/etc/dovecot \
-			$(1)/usr/share/doc/dovecot/example-config \
-			$(1)/usr/lib/dovecot \
-			$(1)/usr/bin \
-			$(1)/usr/sbin
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/etc/dovecot/* $(1)/etc/dovecot/
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/dovecot/* $(1)/usr/lib/dovecot/
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/doc/dovecot/example-config $(1)/usr/share/doc/dovecot/example-config
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/doveconf $(1)/usr/bin/
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/* $(1)/usr/sbin/
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/dovecot.init $(1)/etc/init.d/dovecot
-	rm  $(1)/usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-config
-	find $(1)/usr/lib/dovecot/ -name "*.a" -o -name "*.la" | xargs rm
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,dovecot))
diff --git a/mail/dovecot/files/dovecot.init b/mail/dovecot/files/dovecot.init
deleted file mode 100644
index 7739cd15a..000000000
--- a/mail/dovecot/files/dovecot.init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2013 OpenWrt.org
-
-START=75
-STOP=75
-
-USE_PROCD=1
-
-start_service() {
-	user_exists dovecot 59 || user_add dovecot 59
-	group_exists dovecot 59 || group_add dovecot 59
-	mkdir -p -m 0755 /var/lib/dovecot
-	mkdir -p -m 0755 /var/run/dovecot
-	chmod 0750 /var/lib/dovecot
-	procd_open_instance
-	procd_set_param command /usr/sbin/dovecot -F
-	procd_close_instance
-}
diff --git a/mail/dovecot/patches/001-configure_in.patch b/mail/dovecot/patches/001-configure_in.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 69328cb7d..000000000
--- a/mail/dovecot/patches/001-configure_in.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -504,9 +504,9 @@ have_ioloop=no
- 
- if test "$ioloop" = "best" || test "$ioloop" = "epoll"; then
-   AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether we can use epoll],i_cv_epoll_works,[
--    AC_TRY_RUN([
-+    AC_TRY_LINK([
-       #include <sys/epoll.h>
--  
-+    ], [
-       int main()
-       {
- 	return epoll_create(5) < 1;
-@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ fi
- dnl * Old glibcs have broken posix_fallocate(). Make sure not to use it.
- dnl * It may also be broken in AIX.
- AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether posix_fallocate() works],i_cv_posix_fallocate_works,[
--  AC_TRY_RUN([
-+  AC_TRY_LINK([
-     #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600
-     #include <stdio.h>
-     #include <stdlib.h>
-@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether posix_fallocate(
-     #if defined(__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC__ < 2 || __GLIBC_MINOR__ < 7)
-       possibly broken posix_fallocate
-     #endif
-+  ], [
-     int main() {
-       int fd = creat("conftest.temp", 0600);
-       int ret;