diff --git a/srcpkgs/pony-stable/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/pony-stable/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7dfe04fc65d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pony-stable/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pony-stable is no longer provided by Void Linux, and will be fully removed
+from the repos on 2019/09/25
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pony-stable/template b/srcpkgs/pony-stable/template
index 910ee3171fa..4bd27ef0538 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pony-stable/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pony-stable/template
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'pony-stable'
 pkgname=pony-stable
 version=0.2.2
-revision=1
-archs="x86_64"
-build_style=gnu-makefile
-make_install_args="prefix=/usr"
-hostmakedepends="ponyc"
-makedepends="libatomic-devel"
-short_desc="Simple dependency manager for the Pony language"
+revision=2
+archs=noarch
+build_style=meta
+short_desc="Simple dependency manager for the Pony language (removed package)"
 maintainer="Brian Mitchell <brian@strmpnk.co>"
-license="BSD-2-Clause"
+license="metapackage"
 homepage="https://github.com/ponylang/pony-stable"
-distfiles="https://github.com/ponylang/pony-stable/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8fca5f0f600e695d648200a7492c5d8cea82581f4e4e138f0bb621911d9e4c13
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense LICENSE
-}