diff --git a/srcpkgs/calicoctl/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/calicoctl/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f61e5c9b1f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/calicoctl/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+calicoctl is no longer provided by Void Linux, and will be fully removed from the repos on 2019/04/14
diff --git a/srcpkgs/calicoctl/template b/srcpkgs/calicoctl/template
index 571695ebdef..1df3889d60e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/calicoctl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/calicoctl/template
@@ -1,19 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'calicoctl'
 pkgname=calicoctl
 version=3.5.2
-revision=1
-build_style=go
-go_import_path="github.com/projectcalico/calicoctl"
-go_package="${go_import_path}/calicoctl"
-hostmakedepends="glide"
-short_desc="CLI tool for Project Calico"
-maintainer="Frank Steinborn <steinex@nognu.de>"
-license="Apache-2.0"
+revision=2
+build_style=meta
+short_desc="CLI tool for Project Calico (removed package)"
+license="metapackage"
 homepage="https://www.projectcalico.org"
-distfiles="https://github.com/projectcalico/calicoctl/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a0a4a85dcdb72f54baf6d2f1b242682530215d5111a58330ec70781fedec1e0d
-
-pre_build() {
-	cd $GOSRCPATH
-	glide install
-}