diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 48c63f2d073..d38ee63d0bb 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2915,8 +2915,6 @@ libite.so.5 libite-2.0.1_1
 liblog4cplus-1.2.so.5 log4cplus-1.2.0_1
 liblog4cplus-2.0.so.3 log4cplus-2.0.0_1
 liblog4cplusU-2.0.so.3 log4cplus-2.0.3_1
-libpng12.so.0 libpng12-1.2.56_2
-libpng.so.3 libpng12-1.2.56_2
 libcapnpc-0.9.1.so capnproto-0.9.1_1
 libcapnp-json-0.9.1.so capnproto-0.9.1_1
 libcapnp-rpc-0.9.1.so capnproto-0.9.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng12-devel b/srcpkgs/libpng12-devel
deleted file mode 120000
index da491d9066b..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libpng12-devel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-libpng12
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng12/template b/srcpkgs/libpng12/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 1efdb9e4609..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libpng12/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Template build file for 'libpng12'.
-pkgname=libpng12
-version=1.2.59
-revision=1
-wrksrc=libpng-${version}
-build_style=gnu-configure
-makedepends="zlib-devel"
-short_desc="Library for manipulating PNG images, compatibility package"
-maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
-homepage="http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html"
-license="zlib"
-distfiles="ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng12/libpng-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=b4635f15b8adccc8ad0934eea485ef59cc4cae24d0f0300a9a941e51974ffcc7
-
-post_install() {
-	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.la
-	vlicense LICENSE
-	mv $DESTDIR/usr/share/man/man5/png.5 $DESTDIR/usr/share/man/man5/png12.5
-}
-
-libpng12-devel_package() {
-	depends="${makedepends} libpng12>=${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	conflicts="libpng-devel"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove "usr/bin/libpng*-config"
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove usr/share/man/man3
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng12/update b/srcpkgs/libpng12/update
deleted file mode 100644
index 125db71da82..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libpng12/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ignore="*beta*"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
index cd7d3d005ec..8aae5500c2f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ replaces="
  libmagick6<=6.9.12.12_2
  libmpd-devel<=11.8.17_3
  libmpd<=11.8.17_3
+ libpng12<=1.2.59_1
  libpyside-python3<=5.15.0_2
  libqmatrixclient-devel<=0.5.3.2_1
  libqmatrixclient<=0.5.3.2_1