diff --git a/x11/Makefile b/x11/Makefile
index 2a581c63b1a..22153ce6f2c 100644
--- a/x11/Makefile
+++ b/x11/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.55 2000/05/19 14:06:31 espie Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.56 2000/05/21 21:45:31 espie Exp $
 # $FreeBSD: Makefile,v 1.178 1997/11/24 05:32:52 fenner Exp $
 #
 
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #    SUBDIR += fvwm
 #    SUBDIR += fvwm2-english
 #    SUBDIR += fvwm95
-     SUBDIR += getbdf
      SUBDIR += gtk+
      SUBDIR += gtkglarea
 #    SUBDIR += gwm
diff --git a/x11/getbdf/Makefile b/x11/getbdf/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 2766e405372..00000000000
--- a/x11/getbdf/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# OpenBSD makefile for: getbdf
-# Date created:         May 18 1998
-# Whom:                 Angelos D. Keromytis
-#
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.6 2000/04/09 17:38:43 espie Exp $
-#
-
-DISTNAME=       getbdf
-PKGNAME=        getbdf-1.0
-CATEGORIES=	x11
-NEED_VERSION=	1.191
-FAKE=No
-MASTER_SITES=   ftp://ftp.ipa.fhg.de/pub/X/
-EXTRACT_SUFX=   .tar.Z
-
-MAINTAINER=     angelos@openbsd.org
-
-LICENSE_TYPE=		NONE
-PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM=	YES
-PERMIT_PACKAGE_FTP=	YES
-PERMIT_DISTFILES_CDROM=	YES
-PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP=	YES
-
-USE_X11=        yes
-WRKDIST=	${WRKDIR}
-ALL_TARGET=     getbdf
-
-do-install:
-	cd ${WRKSRC}; \
-	${INSTALL} -c -s -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m ${BINMODE} getbdf ${PREFIX}/bin
-
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11/getbdf/README b/x11/getbdf/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f81ec9a289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/getbdf/README
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+No need for getbdf, as X11's fstobdf does the same thing and has a clear
+copyright.
diff --git a/x11/getbdf/files/md5 b/x11/getbdf/files/md5
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a2286688f6..00000000000
--- a/x11/getbdf/files/md5
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-MD5 (getbdf.tar.Z) = a72a7fdbc4a390ea51cc580d87442162
-RMD160 (getbdf.tar.Z) = 9dc23664b686d482737765d5638f01b986a9c15a
-SHA1 (getbdf.tar.Z) = 8d55c8348096ee8480f05186530e8a31037f11ae
diff --git a/x11/getbdf/patches/patch-aa b/x11/getbdf/patches/patch-aa
deleted file mode 100644
index f02f0a6b4f5..00000000000
--- a/x11/getbdf/patches/patch-aa
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-*** Makefile.orig	Wed Mar  7 17:23:09 1990
---- Makefile	Sat Aug 31 00:04:49 1996
-***************
-*** 1,22 ****
-  OBJS=           getbdf.o Xargs.o open_display.o
-  
-! # HP or SUN ?
-! #CFLAGS=        -g -DHP
-! CFLAGS=         -g
-  
-  
-  getbdf:         $(OBJS)
-! 	               cc $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) -o getbdf -lX11 -lm
-! 
-! 
-! getbdf.o:       getbdf.c
-! 	               cc -c $(CFLAGS) getbdf.c -I. -I/usr/include/X11
-! 
-! Xargs.o:        Xargs.c
-! 	               cc -c $(CFLAGS) Xargs.c -I. -I/usr/include/X11
-! 
-! open_display.o: open_display.c
-! 	               cc -c $(CFLAGS) open_display.c -I. -I/usr/include/X11
-  
-  clean:
-  	               rm -f $(OBJS) getbdf
---- 1,10 ----
-  OBJS=           getbdf.o Xargs.o open_display.o
-  
-! CFLAGS+=        -I. -I${X11BASE}/include
-  
-  
-  getbdf:         $(OBJS)
-! 		cc $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) -o getbdf -L${X11BASE}/lib -lX11 -lm
-  
-  clean:
-  	               rm -f $(OBJS) getbdf
diff --git a/x11/getbdf/patches/patch-ab b/x11/getbdf/patches/patch-ab
deleted file mode 100644
index b4613781c41..00000000000
--- a/x11/getbdf/patches/patch-ab
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-*** getbdf.c.orig	Wed Mar  7 17:16:41 1990
---- getbdf.c	Fri Aug 30 23:39:32 1996
-***************
-*** 33,39 ****
-  
-  XFontStruct *font;
-  
-! #ifdef HP
-  nint(x) double x;
-  {
-      int i;
---- 33,39 ----
-  
-  XFontStruct *font;
-  
-! #if defined(HP) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
-  nint(x) double x;
-  {
-      int i;
diff --git a/x11/getbdf/pkg/COMMENT b/x11/getbdf/pkg/COMMENT
deleted file mode 100644
index cae7f4802c3..00000000000
--- a/x11/getbdf/pkg/COMMENT
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-convert any X server font to .bdf format
diff --git a/x11/getbdf/pkg/DESCR b/x11/getbdf/pkg/DESCR
deleted file mode 100644
index d04ad5cfc25..00000000000
--- a/x11/getbdf/pkg/DESCR
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-getbdf will convert anything your X server understands into the bdf format.
-Hence snftobdf, pcftobdf are not necessary.  It is useful to convert a Latin
-font that you work with into bdf so that you may compare and edi.
diff --git a/x11/getbdf/pkg/PLIST b/x11/getbdf/pkg/PLIST
deleted file mode 100644
index d7a2ee9784c..00000000000
--- a/x11/getbdf/pkg/PLIST
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-bin/getbdf