diff --git a/srcpkgs/arm-mem-git/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/arm-mem-git/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89d315ffd52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/arm-mem-git/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+arm-mem-git is no longer provided by Void Linux, and will be fully removed from the repos on 17/12/2018
diff --git a/srcpkgs/arm-mem-git/template b/srcpkgs/arm-mem-git/template
index 272f44fc52f..be079383c78 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/arm-mem-git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/arm-mem-git/template
@@ -1,22 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'arm-mem-git'
 pkgname=arm-mem-git
 version=20131108
-revision=1
-build_style=gnu-makefile
-hostmakedepends="git"
-only_for_archs="armv6l"
-short_desc="ARM-accelerated versions of selected functions from <string.h>"
-maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-license="BSD"
+revision=2
+noarch=yes
+build_style=meta
+short_desc="ARM-accelerated versions of selected functions from <string.h> (removed package)"
+license="metapackage"
 homepage="https://github.com/bavison/arm-mem"
-
-do_fetch() {
-	git clone git://github.com/bavison/arm-mem ${pkgname}-${version}
-	cd ${pkgname}-${version}
-	# Latest commit from this date.
-	git checkout 8a1fbee
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	vinstall libarmmem.so 755 usr/lib
-}