diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
index e11afcd4e5..f9b3e742aa 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
@@ -816,7 +816,6 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-oe-support ="\
     lockdev \
     logwarn \
     libjs-sizzle \
-    liblinebreak \
     mailcap \
     liboauth \
     mg \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/liblinebreak/liblinebreak_2.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/liblinebreak/liblinebreak_2.1.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index c6caf450a5..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/liblinebreak/liblinebreak_2.1.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Liblinebreak is an implementation of the line breaking algorithm as described in Unicode 5.1.0 Standard Annex 14, Revision 22"
-HOMEPAGE = "http://vimgadgets.sourceforge.net/liblinebreak/"
-SECTION = "libs"
-LICENSE = "Zlib"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENCE;md5=f89a1ce02e2dba48c1c0a8e6038464c2"
-
-SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/project/vimgadgets/liblinebreak/${PV}/liblinebreak-${PV}.tar.gz"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "dd8cba554d260cf686865cc53d0c6be98102a80f56f8152ca5e7307bf06a66b8"
-
-UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/vimgadgets/files/liblinebreak/"
-UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "${BPN}/(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
-
-inherit autotools