diff --git a/srcpkgs/grv/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/grv/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d884cea443e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/grv/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+grv is no longer provided by Void Linux, and will be fully removed from the repos on 2019/06/04
diff --git a/srcpkgs/grv/patches/Prevent-overflow-of-unsigned-options-in-git2.patch b/srcpkgs/grv/patches/Prevent-overflow-of-unsigned-options-in-git2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fcbd556104..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/grv/patches/Prevent-overflow-of-unsigned-options-in-git2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- cmd/grv/vendor/gopkg.in/libgit2/git2go.v27/diff.go   2018-07-14 03:13:29.682424699 -0700
-+++ cmd/grv/vendor/gopkg.in/libgit2/git2go.v27/diff.go   2018-07-14 03:13:24.210458876 -0700
-@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@
- 	return newPatchFromC(patchPtr), nil
- }
- 
--type DiffOptionsFlag int
-+type DiffOptionsFlag uint
- 
- const (
- 	DiffNormal                 DiffOptionsFlag = C.GIT_DIFF_NORMAL
diff --git a/srcpkgs/grv/patches/ncurses.patch b/srcpkgs/grv/patches/ncurses.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d56d30e4a60..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/grv/patches/ncurses.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
---- cmd/grv/vendor/github.com/rgburke/goncurses/defs.go.orig
-+++ cmd/grv/vendor/github.com/rgburke/goncurses/defs.go
-@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- 
- package goncurses
- 
--// #cgo !darwin,!freebsd,!openbsd,!windows pkg-config: ncurses
-+// #cgo !darwin,!freebsd,!openbsd,!windows pkg-config: ncursesw
- // #include <curses.h>
- import "C"
- 
---- cmd/grv/vendor/github.com/rgburke/goncurses/form.go.orig
-+++ cmd/grv/vendor/github.com/rgburke/goncurses/form.go
-@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
- 
- package goncurses
- 
--// #cgo !darwin,!freebsd,!openbsd pkg-config: form
-+// #cgo !darwin,!freebsd,!openbsd pkg-config: formw
- // #cgo darwin freebsd openbsd LDFLAGS: -lform
- // #include <form.h>
- // #include <stdlib.h>
---- cmd/grv/vendor/github.com/rgburke/goncurses/menu.go.orig
-+++ cmd/grv/vendor/github.com/rgburke/goncurses/menu.go
-@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
- package goncurses
- 
- /*
--#cgo !darwin,!freebsd,!openbsd pkg-config: menu
-+#cgo !darwin,!freebsd,!openbsd pkg-config: menuw
- #cgo darwin freebsd openbsd LDFLAGS: -lmenu
- #include <menu.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
---- cmd/grv/vendor/github.com/rgburke/goncurses/mouse.go.orig
-+++ cmd/grv/vendor/github.com/rgburke/goncurses/mouse.go
-@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
- 
- package goncurses
- 
--// #cgo !darwin,!freebsd,!openbsd,!windows pkg-config: ncurses
-+// #cgo !darwin,!freebsd,!openbsd,!windows pkg-config: ncursesw
- // #cgo windows CFLAGS: -DNCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION
- // #cgo windows LDFLAGS: -lpdcurses
- // #include <curses.h>
---- cmd/grv/vendor/github.com/rgburke/goncurses/ncurses.go.orig
-+++ cmd/grv/vendor/github.com/rgburke/goncurses/ncurses.go
-@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
- 
- package goncurses
- 
--// #cgo !darwin,!freebsd,!openbsd,!windows pkg-config: ncurses
-+// #cgo !darwin,!freebsd,!openbsd,!windows pkg-config: ncursesw
- // #cgo windows CFLAGS: -DNCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION
- // #cgo windows LDFLAGS: -lpdcurses
- // #cgo darwin freebsd openbsd LDFLAGS: -lncurses
---- cmd/grv/vendor/github.com/rgburke/goncurses/panel.go.orig
-+++ cmd/grv/vendor/github.com/rgburke/goncurses/panel.go
-@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- 
- package goncurses
- 
--// #cgo !darwin,!freebsd,!openbsd,!windows pkg-config: panel
-+// #cgo !darwin,!freebsd,!openbsd,!windows pkg-config: panelw
- // #cgo darwin freebsd openbsd LDFLAGS: -lpanel
- // #include <panel.h>
- // #include <curses.h>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/grv/template b/srcpkgs/grv/template
index 99c9927c020..66c50fdb974 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grv/template
@@ -1,20 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'grv'
 pkgname=grv
 version=0.3.1
-revision=2
-wrksrc="$pkgname"
-build_style=go
-go_import_path=github.com/rgburke/grv
-go_package=github.com/rgburke/grv/cmd/grv
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="ncurses-devel readline-devel libgit2-devel"
-short_desc="Terminal based interface for viewing git repositories"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
-license="GPL-3.0-only"
+revision=3
+noarch=yes
+build_style=meta
+short_desc="Terminal based interface for viewing git repositories (removed package)"
+license="metapackage"
 homepage="https://github.com/rgburke/grv"
-distfiles="https://github.com/rgburke/grv/releases/download/v${version}/grv-${version}-src.tar.gz"
-checksum=604f927a40218f6d7dff2188f796bb47c4ababff203f11a6f7ebce2f1967b6f0
-
-post_install() {
-	vdoc doc/documentation.md
-}