diff --git a/meta-oe/classes/gpe.bbclass b/meta-oe/classes/gpe.bbclass
deleted file mode 100644
index a9b1cd5a90..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/classes/gpe.bbclass
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-DEPENDS:prepend = "virtual/libintl intltool-native "
-GPE_TARBALL_SUFFIX ?= "gz"
-SRC_URI = "${GPE_MIRROR}/${BP}.tar.${GPE_TARBALL_SUFFIX}"
-FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/gpe ${datadir}/application-registry"
-SECTION ?= "gpe"
-
-inherit gettext
-
-gpe_do_compile() {
-    oe_runmake PREFIX=${prefix}
-}
-
-gpe_do_install() {
-    oe_runmake PREFIX=${prefix} DESTDIR=${D} install
-}
-
-EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install