diff --git a/core/libinih/.checksums b/core/libinih/.checksums
deleted file mode 100644
index f3af606ef..000000000
--- a/core/libinih/.checksums
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dc8b8638b84d990faa75b8558b34a68d  r52.tar.gz
diff --git a/core/libinih/.pkgfiles b/core/libinih/.pkgfiles
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index d65b814ec..000000000
--- a/core/libinih/.pkgfiles
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-drwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/
-drwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/local/
-drwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/local/include/
--rw-r--r-- root/root    usr/local/include/INIReader.h
--rw-r--r-- root/root    usr/local/include/ini.h
-drwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/local/lib/
-lrwxrwxrwx root/root    usr/local/lib/libINIReader.so -> libINIReader.so.0
--rwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/local/lib/libINIReader.so.0
-lrwxrwxrwx root/root    usr/local/lib/libinih.so -> libinih.so.0
--rwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/local/lib/libinih.so.0
-drwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/
--rw-r--r-- root/root    usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/INIReader.pc
--rw-r--r-- root/root    usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/inih.pc
diff --git a/core/libinih/spkgbuild b/core/libinih/spkgbuild
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index 784a63b0e..000000000
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-# description	: A simple .INI file parser written in C 
-# depends	: meson gcc glibc  
-
-name=libinih
-version=52
-release=1
-source="https://github.com/benhoyt/inih/archive/r$version.tar.gz"
-
-build() {
-	cd inih-r$version
-  meson build \
-    -Ddefault_library=shared \
-    -Ddistro_install=true \
-    -Dwith_INIReader=true
-  meson compile -C build
-  DESTDIR="$PKG" meson install -C build
-}