diff --git a/net/Makefile b/net/Makefile
index 5bb57ae0ce3d..308235044e48 100644
--- a/net/Makefile
+++ b/net/Makefile
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@
     SUBDIR += lambdamoo
     SUBDIR += ldapmodule
     SUBDIR += ldapsdk
-    SUBDIR += libetherx
     SUBDIR += libicq
     SUBDIR += libjabber
     SUBDIR += libnet
diff --git a/net/libetherx/Makefile b/net/libetherx/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b4424b22a54..000000000000
--- a/net/libetherx/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	libetherx
-# Date created:			4 April 2000
-# Whom:				Kostya Lukin <lukin@okbmei.msk.su>
-#
-# $FreeBSD$
-#
-
-PORTNAME=	libetherx
-PORTVERSION=	1.0
-CATEGORIES=	net
-MASTER_SITES=	http://download.jabber.org/dists/1.0/final/
-
-MAINTAINER=	lukin@okbmei.msk.su
-
-LIB_DEPENDS=	jabber.1:${PORTSDIR}/net/libjabber \
-		pth.13:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pth \
-		adns.1:${PORTSDIR}/net/adns
-
-USE_LIBTOOL=	yes
-INSTALLS_SHLIB=	yes
-
-MAN1=		etherx-config.1
-
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/libetherx/distinfo b/net/libetherx/distinfo
deleted file mode 100644
index 752633f604c5..000000000000
--- a/net/libetherx/distinfo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-MD5 (libetherx-1.0.tar.gz) = 048d481aa013724995bbb55e5262a1e5
diff --git a/net/libetherx/files/patch-aa b/net/libetherx/files/patch-aa
deleted file mode 100644
index 906b9d103fea..000000000000
--- a/net/libetherx/files/patch-aa
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- man/etherx-config.1.orig	Wed Mar  1 04:58:40 2000
-+++ man/etherx-config.1	Wed May 10 17:50:59 2000
-@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
- .\" Process this file with
- .\" groff -man -Tascii etherx-config.1
- .\"
--
- .PU
- .TH ETHERX-CONFIG 1
- 
diff --git a/net/libetherx/pkg-comment b/net/libetherx/pkg-comment
deleted file mode 100644
index 870ff83c2dd0..000000000000
--- a/net/libetherx/pkg-comment
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Library that routes XML streams among agents
diff --git a/net/libetherx/pkg-descr b/net/libetherx/pkg-descr
deleted file mode 100644
index e99a38d95589..000000000000
--- a/net/libetherx/pkg-descr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Originally, the etherx daemon routed XML streams among agents.
-Now the etherx daemon has morphed into a library that allows any agent
-to become the daemon if the daemon is not found.
-
-You can learn more about Etherx at
-WWW: http://etherx.jabber.org/
diff --git a/net/libetherx/pkg-plist b/net/libetherx/pkg-plist
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ad8048c28ff..000000000000
--- a/net/libetherx/pkg-plist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bin/etherx-config
-include/etherx.h
-lib/libetherx.a
-lib/libetherx.so
-lib/libetherx.so.1