diff --git a/NOTES~ b/NOTES~
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index 5abb537..0000000
--- a/NOTES~
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
--LessTif is busted; tries to mkdir an existing dir. Replace with OS/F MOTIF
--Package Haskell tools to allow building shellcheck from source
--es needs to have its patch adjusted
--libwebp cannot be retrieved from upstream securely; look into alternate sources
-
--rename all non-obvious GNU tools to gnu-$package
--rename all libraries to lib$package, adjust depends
--remove superfluous packages
--fix sup package
--remove coreutils from browser deps?
-
--look into packaging ftpfs, encfs, x11fs, and ucspi, as well as stunnel, sent, 
diff --git a/ports/classic-colors-git/depends~ b/ports/classic-colors-git/depends~
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index 717e81a..0000000
--- a/ports/classic-colors-git/depends~
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-libX11
-libXext
-libXpm
-libXt
-motif
diff --git a/ports/netsurf-gtk2/build~ b/ports/netsurf-gtk2/build~
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index fe186f6..0000000
--- a/ports/netsurf-gtk2/build~
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fcommon"
-export PERL5LIB="$PWD/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.32.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi"
-export PATH="$PATH:$PWD/xxd"
-
-# Give the Makefile busybox compatible arguments.
-sed -i "s|$(Q)$(INSTALL) -T|$(Q)$(INSTALL) -Dm755|g" \
-    netsurf/frontends/framebuffer/Makefile
-
-for p in html-parser html-tagset; do (
-    cd "$p"
-
-    perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
-
-    make
-    make DESTDIR="$PWD/.." install
-) done
-
-# Build standalone xxd to remove VIM requirement
-cc xxd/xxd.c -o xxd/xxd
-
-make                   \
-    LIBDIR=lib         \
-    INCLUDEDIR=include \
-    PREFIX=/usr        \
-    TARGET=gtk2
-
-make                   \
-    LIBDIR=lib         \
-    INCLUDEDIR=include \
-    PREFIX=/usr        \
-    TARGET=gtk2        \
-    DESTDIR="$1"       \
-    install
diff --git a/ports/netsurf-gtk2/depends~ b/ports/netsurf-gtk2/depends~
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index 688404e..0000000
--- a/ports/netsurf-gtk2/depends~
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#sdl - uncomment to build  with additional sdl interface
-bison make
-gperf make
-gtk+2
-libjpeg-turbo
-libpng
-libressl
-linux-headers make
-perl make
-xcb-util
-xcb-util-image
-xcb-util-keysyms
-xcb-util-wm
diff --git a/ports/pidgin/build~ b/ports/pidgin/build~
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index 2821dfb..0000000
--- a/ports/pidgin/build~
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@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-ls
-
-./configure                      \
-   --prefix=/usr                 \
-   --sysconfdir=/etc             \
-   --disable-gstreamer           \
-   --disable-avahi               \
-   --disable-gtkspell            \
-   --disable-meanwhile           \
-   --disable-idn                 \
-   --disable-nm                  \
-   --disable-tcl                 \
-   --disable-dbus                \
-   --disable-screensaver         \
-   --disable-perl                \
-   --disable-sm                  \
-   --disable-vv                  \
-   --disable-dependency-tracking \
-   --disable-nls                 \
-   --with-dynamic-prpls=irc,xmpp \
-   --disable-gevolution
-
-make
-make DESTDIR="$1" install