diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index bff18e46bd2..1f2505543e4 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2315,10 +2315,6 @@ libhdf5_hl_cpp.so.100 hdf5-1.10.1_2
 libhdf5_cpp.so.103 hdf5-1.10.4_1
 libhdf5hl_fortran.so.100 hdf5-1.10.1_2
 libhdf5_fortran.so.102 hdf5-1.10.5_1
-libhdf5.so.10 hdf5-18-1.8.20_1
-libhdf5_hl.so.10 hdf5-18-1.8.20_1
-libhdf5_hl_cpp.so.11 hdf5-18-1.8.20_1
-libhdf5_cpp.so.15 hdf5-18-1.8.20_1
 libcryptmount.so.0 libpam-mount-2.15_1
 libglob.so.0 libglob-1.0_1
 libepub.so.0 ebook-tools-0.2.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hdf5-18-devel b/srcpkgs/hdf5-18-devel
deleted file mode 120000
index 3611f141209..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/hdf5-18-devel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-hdf5-18
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hdf5-18/template b/srcpkgs/hdf5-18/template
deleted file mode 100644
index ab850ecf7e6..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/hdf5-18/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'hdf5-18'
-pkgname=hdf5-18
-version=1.8.20
-revision=2
-wrksrc=hdf5-$version
-build_style=gnu-configure
-nocross=yes
-makedepends="zlib-devel"
-short_desc="Data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data"
-maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
-license="BSD"
-homepage="http://hdfgroup.org"
-distfiles="http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current18/src/hdf5-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=6ed660ccd2bc45aa808ea72e08f33cc64009e9dd4e3a372b53438b210312e8d9
-
-configure_args="--enable-cxx"
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense COPYING
-	vmkdir usr/lib/${pkgname}
-	mv -v ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/${pkgname}
-	mv -v ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libhdf5{,-18}.settings
-}
-
-hdf5-18-devel_package() {
-	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove usr/lib/*.a
-		vmove usr/lib/*.so
-		vmove usr/share
-	}
-}