diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontmatrix/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/fontmatrix/INSTALL.msg
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-fontmatrix is no longer provided by Void Linux, and will be fully removed from the repos on 2019/03/20
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontmatrix/template b/srcpkgs/fontmatrix/template
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-# Template file for 'fontmatrix'
-pkgname=fontmatrix
-version=0.6.0.20171228
-revision=2
-archs=noarch
-build_style=meta
-short_desc="Free font collections manager (removed package)"
-license="metapackage"
-homepage="https://github.com/fontmatrix/fontmatrix"