diff --git a/srcpkgs/readline/patches/readline-6.2-fix-shlib-perms.patch b/srcpkgs/readline/patches/readline-6.2-fix-shlib-perms.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 625ce9a2e9b..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/readline/patches/readline-6.2-fix-shlib-perms.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- support/shlib-install.orig	2013-03-26 02:48:09.724069139 +0400
-+++ support/shlib-install	2013-03-26 02:48:19.530946536 +0400
-@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
- case "$host_os" in
- hpux*|darwin*|macosx*|linux*)
- 	if [ -z "$uninstall" ]; then
--		chmod 555 ${INSTALLDIR}/${LIBNAME}
-+		chmod 644 ${INSTALLDIR}/${LIBNAME}
- 	fi ;;
- cygwin*|mingw*)
- 	IMPLIBNAME=`echo ${LIBNAME} \
diff --git a/srcpkgs/readline/template b/srcpkgs/readline/template
index 5ff133392c1..e15942902e8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/readline/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/readline/template
@@ -1,56 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'readline'
 pkgname=readline
-_dist_ver=7.0
-_patch_ver=005
-version="${_dist_ver}.${_patch_ver}"
-revision=2
-bootstrap=yes
-wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_dist_ver}"
-build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--with-curses --enable-multibyte"
-makedepends="ncurses-devel"
-short_desc="The GNU Readline Library"
-maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
-license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
-homepage="https://tiswww.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html"
-distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${_dist_ver}.tar.gz"
-checksum=750d437185286f40a369e1e4f4764eda932b9459b5ec9a731628393dd3d32334
-
-pre_configure() {
-	local url="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-${_dist_ver}-patches"
-
-	cd ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}
-	if [ "${_patch_ver}" -gt 000 ]; then
-		for p in $(seq -w 001 ${_patch_ver}); do
-			if [ -f readline${version/./}-${p} ]; then
-				continue
-			fi
-			local patch_url="${url}/readline${_dist_ver/./}-${p}"
-			msg_normal " Fetching ${patch_url} ...\n"
-			$XBPS_FETCH_CMD "${patch_url}"
-		done
-	fi
-	cd ${wrksrc}
-	for p in $(seq -w 001 ${_patch_ver}); do
-		patch -s -Np0 -i ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/readline${_dist_ver/./}-${p}
-		msg_normal " Applying patch readline${_dist_ver/./}-$p.\n"
-	done
-	sed -i 's|-Wl,-rpath,$(libdir) ||g' support/shobj-conf
-}
-do_build() {
-	make ${makejobs} LDFLAGS="-lncurses" SHLIB_LIBS="-lncurses"
-}
-do_install() {
-	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} LDFLAGS="-lncurses" SHLIB_LIBS="-lncurses" install
-}
-
-readline-devel_package() {
-	depends="ncurses-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove usr/share
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-	}
-}
+version=8.0.0
+revision=1
+build_style=meta
+depends="libreadline8 libhistory8"
+short_desc="Readline meta package"
+maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
+license="Public Domain"
+homepage="https://www.voidlinux.org"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/readline/update b/srcpkgs/readline/update
deleted file mode 100644
index 034db99ab52..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/readline/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-site="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/readline.git"
-pattern="(readline-\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar.gz))|(Readline-\K[\d.]+ patch \d+)"
-version="${_dist_ver} patch ${_patch_ver}"