diff --git a/srcpkgs/ls++-git/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/ls++-git/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f002f1d04d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ls++-git/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ls++-git is no longer provided by Void Linux, and will be fully removed from the repos on 2019/02/17
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ls++-git/template b/srcpkgs/ls++-git/template
index dfd5e3422d8..6d0124c79ba 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ls++-git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ls++-git/template
@@ -1,26 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'ls++-git'
 pkgname=ls++-git
 version=20140919
-revision=2
-noarch="yes"
-build_style=perl-module
-hostmakedepends="perl git"
-makedepends="perl-Term-ExtendedColor"
-depends="perl-Term-ExtendedColor"
-conf_files="/etc/ls++.conf"
-short_desc="Colorized ls on steroids"
-maintainer='Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>'
-license="GPL-2"
+revision=3
+noarch=yes
+build_style=meta
+short_desc="Colorized ls on steroids (removed package)"
+license="metapackage"
 homepage="https://github.com/trapd00r/ls--"
-provides="ls++-${version}_${revision}"
-replaces="ls++>=0"
-
-do_fetch() {
-	local url="git://github.com/trapd00r/ls--"
-	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"
-	git clone ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
-}
-
-post_install() {
-	vinstall ${wrksrc}/ls++.conf 644 etc
-}