diff --git a/lang/python/python-simplejson/Makefile b/lang/python/python-simplejson/Makefile
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-#
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2017 OpenWrt.org
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
-
-include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-
-PKG_NAME:=python-simplejson
-PKG_VERSION:=3.17.5
-PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
-PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
-PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:simplejson_project:simplejson
-
-PYPI_NAME:=simplejson
-PKG_HASH:=91cfb43fb91ff6d1e4258be04eee84b51a4ef40a28d899679b9ea2556322fb50
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
-
-include ../pypi.mk
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
-include ../python3-package.mk
-
-define Package/python3-simplejson
-  SUBMENU:=Python
-  SECTION:=lang
-  CATEGORY:=Languages
-  TITLE:=Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder
-  URL:=https://simplejson.readthedocs.org/
-  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-decimal
-endef
-
-define Package/python3-simplejson/description
-  Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python
-endef
-
-define Py3Package/python3-simplejson/filespec
-+|$(PYTHON3_PKG_DIR)
--|$(PYTHON3_PKG_DIR)/simplejson/tests
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call Py3Package,python3-simplejson))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-simplejson))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-simplejson-src))