diff --git a/srcpkgs/touchegg/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/touchegg/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77b9161dfc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/touchegg/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+touchegg is no longer provided by Void Linux, and will be fully removed from the repos on 2019/03/20
diff --git a/srcpkgs/touchegg/template b/srcpkgs/touchegg/template
index 106db299e1e..de7962b21f4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/touchegg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/touchegg/template
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'touchegg'
 pkgname=touchegg
 version=1.1.1
-revision=3
-build_style=qmake
-hostmakedepends="qt-qmake qt-devel"
-makedepends="libXtst-devel geis-devel qt-devel"
-build_wrksrc="touchegg"
-short_desc="Multitouch gesture recognizer"
-maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
+revision=4
+noarch=yes
+build_style=meta
+short_desc="Multitouch gesture recognizer (removed package)"
+license="metapackage"
 homepage="https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg"
-license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=daeca6063eeb9d3ee95803699665ce0b6f101bb3ce8421df2676744556c0b8c8