diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 577ea799c5..a2665dbc9a 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tools-y += autoconf autoconf-archive automake bc bison cmake dosfstools
 tools-y += e2fsprogs fakeroot findutils firmware-utils flex gengetopt
 tools-y += libressl libtool lzma m4 make-ext4fs missing-macros mkimage
 tools-y += mklibs mm-macros mtd-utils mtools padjffs2 patch-image
-tools-y += patchelf pkgconf quilt squashfskit4 sstrip xxd zip zlib zstd
+tools-y += patchelf pkgconf quilt squashfskit4 sstrip zip zlib zstd
 tools-$(BUILD_B43_TOOLS) += b43-tools
 tools-$(BUILD_ISL) += isl
 tools-$(BUILD_TOOLCHAIN) += expat gmp libelf mpc mpfr
diff --git a/tools/xxd/Makefile b/tools/xxd/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index c3cc6863cc..0000000000
--- a/tools/xxd/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-
-include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-
-PKG_NAME:=xxd
-PKG_VERSION:=1.10
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://grail.cba.csuohio.edu/~somos/
-PKG_HASH:=9bf05c19b9084973e3cc877696a7f9881a5c87fa5a9fa438d9962519726559f9
-PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:vim:vim
-
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
-
-define Host/Install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/xxd $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call HostBuild))