diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fdc9cd..d5a36bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ make && make install
 ```
 As you can see, the qmake build system is used. However the library itself does *not* depend on Qt.
 
-The repository also contains PKGBUILD files for building Arch Linux packages. A PKGBUILD file to build for Windows using the Mingw-w64 compiler is also included.
+The repository PKGBUILDs (also on GitHub) contains files for building Arch Linux packages. A PKGBUILD file to build for Windows using the Mingw-w64 compiler is also included.
diff --git a/c++utilities.pro b/c++utilities.pro
index 212b7fb..bce7e3f 100644
--- a/c++utilities.pro
+++ b/c++utilities.pro
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@ HEADERS += \
 
 OTHER_FILES += \
     README.md \
-    LICENSE \
-    pkgbuild/default/PKGBUILD \
-    pkgbuild/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+    LICENSE
 
 # installs
 target.path = $$(INSTALL_ROOT)/lib
diff --git a/pkgbuild/default/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuild/default/PKGBUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index d518236..0000000
--- a/pkgbuild/default/PKGBUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Maintainer: Martchus <martchus@gmx.net>
-pkgname=c++utilities
-pkgver=1.0.6
-pkgrel=1
-arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
-pkgdesc="Common C++ classes and routines used by my applications such
-as argument parser, IO and conversion utilities."
-license=('GPL')
-depends=('qt5-base')
-makedepends=
-url="https://github.com/Martchus/cpp-utilities"
-source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/cpp-utilities/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-_reponame=cpp-utilities
-sha256sums=('4e94aff9225d8873f752995c1bcc5f15')
-
-# head end
-
-build() {
-    cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-    INSTALL_ROOT=$pkgdir/usr/ qmake-qt5 "$pkgname.pro" -r -spec linux-g++
-    make
-}
-
-package() {
-    cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-    make install
-}
diff --git a/pkgbuild/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuild/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index 22f1c82..0000000
--- a/pkgbuild/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-_name=c++utilities
-pkgname=mingw-w64-c++utilities
-pkgver=1.0.6
-pkgrel=1
-arch=('any')
-pkgdesc="Common C++ classes and routines used by my applications such
-as argument parser, IO and conversion utilities (mingw-w64)."
-license=('GPL')
-depends=('mingw-w64-crt' 'mingw-w64-qt5-base')
-makedepends=('mingw-w64-gcc')
-url="https://github.com/Martchus/cpp-utilities"
-source=("c++utilities-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Martchus/cpp-utilities/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-_reponame=cpp-utilities
-sha256sums=('4e94aff9225d8873f752995c1bcc5f15')
-options=('staticlibs' '!strip')
-_architectures="i686-w64-mingw32 x86_64-w64-mingw32"
-
-# head end
-
-build() {
-    cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-    # build for each architecture
-    for _arch in ${_architectures}; do
-        mkdir -p build-${_arch} && pushd build-${_arch}
-        INSTALL_ROOT=$pkgdir/usr/ ${_arch}-qmake-qt5 -r ../${_name}.pro
-        make
-        popd
-    done
-}
-
-package() {
-    cd "$srcdir/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME:-$_reponame-$pkgver}"
-    for _arch in ${_architectures}; do
-        # bin stuff
-        pushd build-${_arch}
-        ${_arch}-strip --strip-unneeded ./release/${_name}.dll
-        ${_arch}-strip --strip-unneeded ./release/lib${_name}.dll.a
-        install -m755 -D ./release/${_name}.dll $pkgdir/usr/${_arch}/bin/${_name}.dll
-        install -m755 -D ./release/lib${_name}.dll.a $pkgdir/usr/${_arch}/lib/lib${_name}.dll.a
-        popd            
-        # include files
-        for dir in application chrono conversion io math misc
-        do
-            mkdir -p $pkgdir/usr/${_arch}/include/${_name}/$dir
-            install -m644 -D ./$dir/*.h $pkgdir/usr/${_arch}/include/${_name}/$dir
-        done
-    done
-}