diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pywlroots/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pywlroots/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f7be02a92a..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pywlroots/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python3-pywlroots'
-pkgname=python3-pywlroots
-version=0.17.0
-revision=3
-build_style=python3-pep517
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-cffi python3-pywayland python3-xkbcommon
- python3-wheel python3-devel wlroots${version%.*}-devel"
-makedepends="python3-devel python3-cffi wlroots${version%.*}-devel"
-depends="python3-pywayland python3-xkbcommon python3-cffi"
-short_desc="Python binding to the wlroots library using cffi"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
-license="MIT"
-homepage="https://github.com/flacjacket/pywlroots"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pywlroots/pywlroots-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=72cb2be14048c0cbc89ccf1b57863013a9977fd51248c300ccc72001e7c43dbb
-replaces="python3-pywlroots-0.15>=0 python3-pywlroots-0.16>=0"
-
-pre_build() {
-	[ "$CROSS_BUILD" ] || return 0
-	(
-		rm -rf wlroots/__pycache__
-		CC="$BUILD_CC"
-		CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS"
-		LDFLAGS="$BUILD_LDFLAGS"
-		unset LDSHARED
-		unset PYTHON_CONFIG
-		unset PYTHONPATH
-		unset PYPREFIX
-		unset _PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA_NAME
-		python3 wlroots/ffi_build.py
-		rm -f wlroots/_ffi.o wlroots/_ffi.cpython.*.so
-	)
-}
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense LICENSE
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pywlroots/update b/srcpkgs/python3-pywlroots/update
deleted file mode 100644
index 522573b2508..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pywlroots/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pattern="[v_-]\K\Q${version%.*}.\E.*(?=\.tar\.gz)"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
index 2a10558e86e..860901db1b4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
@@ -867,6 +867,7 @@ replaces="
  python3-pyside2<=5.15.10_1
  python3-pyside<=5.15.0_2
  python3-pyspotify<=2.1.3_5
+ python3-pywlroots<=0.17.0_3
  python3-sabyenc3<=5.4.4_2
  python3-scikit-video<=1.1.11_6
  python3-scruffy<=0.3.8.2_6