diff --git a/metadata/repository_mask.conf b/metadata/repository_mask.conf
index 7544210..4a422e7 100644
--- a/metadata/repository_mask.conf
+++ b/metadata/repository_mask.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     dev-lang/fsharp[~scm]
     dev-lang/fstar[~scm]
     dev-python/pytype[~scm]
-    dev-util/universal-ctags[~scm]
     games-emulation/gambatte[~scm]
     games-engines/OpenJK[~scm]
     games-engines/flare[~scm]
diff --git a/packages/dev-util/universal-ctags/universal-ctags-scm.exheres-0 b/packages/dev-util/universal-ctags/universal-ctags-scm.exheres-0
deleted file mode 100644
index 53ef242..0000000
--- a/packages/dev-util/universal-ctags/universal-ctags-scm.exheres-0
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2018 Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-require alternatives github [ user='universal-ctags' pn='ctags' ]
-require autotools [ supported_autoconf=[ 2.5 ] supported_automake=[ 1.16 ] ]
-
-SUMMARY="Universal ctags"
-
-LICENCES="GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-PLATFORMS="~amd64 ~x86"
-MYOPTIONS="
-    json [[ description = [ Add support for JSON format as output ] ]]
-    seccomp [[ description = [ Add support for libseccomp library ] ]]
-    xml
-    yaml [[ description = [ Add support for YAML format as output ] ]]
-"
-
-DEPENDENCIES="
-    build+run:
-        json? ( dev-libs/jansson )
-        seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-        xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2.0[>=2.7.7] )
-        yaml? ( dev-libs/libyaml )
-    build:
-        dev-python/docutils
-        virtual/pkg-config
-"
-
-# input-encoding-option and output-encoding-option fail as of 20-03-2020
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-DEFAULT_SRC_CONFIGURE_OPTION_ENABLES=(
-    'json'
-    'seccomp'
-    'xml'
-    'yaml'
-)
-
-src_install() {
-    default
-
-    # alternatives collision
-    edo mv "${IMAGE}"/usr/$(exhost --target)/bin/{ctags,universal-ctags}
-    edo mv "${IMAGE}"/usr/share/man/man1/{ctags,universal-ctags}.1
-
-    alternatives_for ctags universal-ctags 500 \
-        /usr/$(exhost --target)/bin/ctags universal-ctags \
-        /usr/share/man/man1/ctags.1 universal-ctags.1
-}
-