diff --git a/utils/modbus-utils/Makefile b/utils/modbus-utils/Makefile
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--- a/utils/modbus-utils/Makefile
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-include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-
-PKG_NAME:=modbus-utils
-
-PKG_VERSION:=2013-07-31
-PKG_RELEASE=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
-
-PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/Krzysztow/modbus-utils.git
-PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=c569dc0a11a1bedf3a8080fe4a1696de93e386ab
-# PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=3aed4146e06bd9f9bcc271824c6b1d75d1fc2a0bd980f2b729c3b4755c6f70a8
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-
-PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
-PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
-PKG_INSTALL:=1
-
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
-
-# supposed based on statement that source is based on libmodbus testcases
-PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+ LGPL-2.1+
-
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
-
-define Package/modbus-utils
-  SECTION:=utils
-  CATEGORY:=Utilities
-  TITLE:=Modbus client/server utils
-  DEPENDS:=+libmodbus
-endef
-
-define Package/modbus-utils/description
-endef
-
-define Package/modbus-utils/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
-#	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/mbrecorder $(1)/usr/bin/
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,modbus-utils))