diff --git a/pkg/bdb/build b/pkg/bdb/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 7fcf230..0000000
--- a/pkg/bdb/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-VERSION="6.2.32"
-SRCDIR="db-${VERSION}"
-TARBALL="${SRCDIR}.tar.gz"
-URL="http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/"
-SHA256SUM="a9c5e2b004a5777aa03510cfe5cd766a4a3b777713406b02809c17c8e0e7a8fb"
-DEPENDS="toolchain"
-
-prepare() {
-	return
-}
-
-build() {
-	$1/dist/configure --prefix="" --host="$TARGET" --enable-compat185 \
-			  --enable-dbm --disable-static --enable-cxx
-
-	make -j $NUMJOBS
-}
-
-deploy() {
-	local SOURCE="$1"
-	local DEPLOY="$2"
-
-	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install
-	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/$PKGNAME/rootfs_files.txt" "$DEPLOY"
-	chmod 755 ${DEPLOY}/bin/db_*
-	rm -r "$DEPLOY/docs"
-}
-
-check_update() {
-	# we need to login to access newer versions
-	# ... because Oracle, thats why!
-	return
-}
diff --git a/pkg/bdb/rootfs_files.txt b/pkg/bdb/rootfs_files.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index af82285..0000000
--- a/pkg/bdb/rootfs_files.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-lib/libdb-6.2.so m 555 0 0
-lib/libdb_cxx-6.2.so m 555 0 0
-lib/libdb.so m 777 0 0
-lib/libdb-6.so m 777 0 0
-lib/libdb_cxx.so m 777 0 0
-lib/libdb_cxx-6.so m 777 0 0
-bin/db_archive m 555 0 0
-bin/db_checkpoint m 555 0 0
-bin/db_convert m 555 0 0
-bin/db_deadlock m 555 0 0
-bin/db_dump m 555 0 0
-bin/db_hotbackup m 555 0 0
-bin/db_load m 555 0 0
-bin/db_log_verify m 555 0 0
-bin/db_printlog m 555 0 0
-bin/db_recover m 555 0 0
-bin/db_replicate m 555 0 0
-bin/db_stat m 555 0 0
-bin/db_tuner m 555 0 0
-bin/db_upgrade m 555 0 0
-bin/db_verify m 555 0 0
diff --git a/pkg/iproute2/build b/pkg/iproute2/build
index d257f76..6a2ce90 100755
--- a/pkg/iproute2/build
+++ b/pkg/iproute2/build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SRCDIR="iproute2-${VERSION}"
 TARBALL="${SRCDIR}.tar.xz"
 URL="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/"
 SHA256SUM="a9e6c70c95f513871c5e1f4e452c04fcb3c4d8a05be651bd794cd994a52daa45"
-DEPENDS="bdb libmnl"
+DEPENDS="libmnl"
 
 prepare() {
 	apply_patches
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ deploy() {
 	local SOURCE="$1"
 	local DEPLOY="$2"
 
-	mkdir -p "$DEPLOY/var/lib/arpd"
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" SYSROOT="$TCDIR/$TARGET" install
 	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/$PKGNAME/rootfs_files.txt" "$DEPLOY"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/iproute2/rootfs_files.txt b/pkg/iproute2/rootfs_files.txt
index 0fd4a5a..2501fe2 100644
--- a/pkg/iproute2/rootfs_files.txt
+++ b/pkg/iproute2/rootfs_files.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-var/lib/arpd m 755 0 0
 bin/ip m 555 0 0
 bin/rtmon m 555 0 0
 bin/ifcfg m 555 0 0
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ bin/nstat m 555 0 0
 bin/ifstat m 555 0 0
 bin/rtacct m 555 0 0
 bin/lnstat m 555 0 0
-bin/arpd m 555 0 0
 bin/rtstat m 777 0 0
 bin/ctstat m 777 0 0
 bin/genl m 555 0 0