diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index a48aa80db3..82a877379c 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ endif
 tools-y += autoconf autoconf-archive automake bc bison cmake cpio 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 ninja padjffs2 patch-image
+tools-y += mklibs mtd-utils mtools ninja padjffs2 patch-image
 tools-y += patchelf pkgconf quilt squashfskit4 sstrip xxd zip zlib zstd
 tools-$(BUILD_B43_TOOLS) += b43-tools
 tools-$(BUILD_ISL) += isl
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ $(curdir)/make-ext4fs/compile := $(curdir)/zlib/compile
 $(curdir)/missing-macros/compile := $(curdir)/autoconf/compile
 $(curdir)/mkimage/compile += $(curdir)/libressl/compile
 $(curdir)/mklibs/compile := $(curdir)/libtool/compile
-$(curdir)/mm-macros/compile := $(curdir)/libtool/compile
 $(curdir)/mpc/compile := $(curdir)/mpfr/compile $(curdir)/gmp/compile
 $(curdir)/mpfr/compile := $(curdir)/gmp/compile
 $(curdir)/mtd-utils/compile := $(curdir)/libtool/compile $(curdir)/e2fsprogs/compile $(curdir)/zlib/compile
diff --git a/tools/mm-macros/Makefile b/tools/mm-macros/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 071563378f..0000000000
--- a/tools/mm-macros/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2010-2016 OpenWrt.org
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
-
-include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-
-PKG_NAME:=mm-macros
-PKG_VERSION:=1.0.0
-
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/mm-common/1.0
-PKG_SOURCE:=mm-common-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_HASH:=b97d9b041e5952486cab620b44ab09f6013a478f43b6699ae899b8a4da189cd4
-
-HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_HOST)/mm-common-$(PKG_VERSION)
-
-HOST_FIXUP:=autoreconf
-
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
-
-define Host/Install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/share/aclocal
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/macros/*.m4 $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/share/aclocal/
-endef
-
-define Host/Clean
-	-$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) uninstall
-	$(call Host/Clean/Default)
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call HostBuild))