diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wget/wget.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wget/wget.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cd70b06af..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wget/wget.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A console URL download utility featuring HTTP, FTP, and more."
-SECTION = "console/network"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
-INC_PR = "r10"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/wget-${PV}"
-
-inherit autotools gettext
-
-EXTRA_OECONF = " \
-  --enable-ipv6 \ 
-  --with-libssl-prefix=${STAGING_DIR}${HOST_SYS}"
-
-do_install_append () {
-  mv ${D}${bindir}/wget ${D}${bindir}/wget.${PN}
-}
-
-pkg_postinst_${PN} () {
-  update-alternatives --install ${bindir}/wget wget wget.${PN} 100
-}
-
-pkg_prerm_${PN} () {
-  update-alternatives --remove wget wget.${PN}
-}
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wget/wget_1.11.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wget/wget_1.11.4.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index b9f27f87d8..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wget/wget_1.11.4.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-PR="${INC_PR}.0"
-
-SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/wget/wget-${PV}.tar.gz"
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "69e8a7296c0e12c53bd9ffd786462e87"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7315963b6eefb7530b4a4f63a5d5ccdab30078784cf41ccb5297873f9adea2f3"
-
-require wget.inc