diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libidn b/config/rootfiles/common/libidn
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d0d3a97c..000000000
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libidn
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-usr/bin/idn
-#usr/include/idn-free.h
-#usr/include/idn-int.h
-#usr/include/idna.h
-#usr/include/pr29.h
-#usr/include/punycode.h
-#usr/include/stringprep.h
-#usr/include/tld.h
-#usr/lib/libidn.la
-#usr/lib/libidn.so
-usr/lib/libidn.so.12
-usr/lib/libidn.so.12.6.5
-#usr/lib/pkgconfig/libidn.pc
-#usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/idna.el
-#usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/punycode.el
diff --git a/lfs/libidn b/lfs/libidn
deleted file mode 100644
index 068fefe40..000000000
--- a/lfs/libidn
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-###############################################################################
-#                                                                             #
-# IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2024  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
-#                                                                             #
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or           #
-# (at your option) any later version.                                         #
-#                                                                             #
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             #
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              #
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the               #
-# GNU General Public License for more details.                                #
-#                                                                             #
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License           #
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       #
-#                                                                             #
-###############################################################################
-
-###############################################################################
-# Definitions
-###############################################################################
-
-include Config
-
-VER        = 1.42
-
-THISAPP    = libidn-$(VER)
-DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
-DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
-DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
-TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
-
-###############################################################################
-# Top-level Rules
-###############################################################################
-
-objects = $(DL_FILE)
-
-$(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
-
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 8f16d388884ad2ac9aafc46ec5eae144508ca86135184f625761c82c02ec9f99400bd4db65c9c9df54d315502cd5e2d37893d171abc6d76abe0a70f29acdb68e
-
-install : $(TARGET)
-
-check : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_CHK)/%,$(objects))
-
-download :$(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
-
-b2 : $(subst %,%_BLAKE2,$(objects))
-
-###############################################################################
-# Downloading, checking, b2sum
-###############################################################################
-
-$(patsubst %,$(DIR_CHK)/%,$(objects)) :
-	@$(CHECK)
-
-$(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects)) :
-	@$(LOAD)
-
-$(subst %,%_BLAKE2,$(objects)) :
-	@$(B2SUM)
-
-###############################################################################
-# Installation Details
-###############################################################################
-
-$(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
-	@$(PREBUILD)
-	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar zxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure \
-	                --prefix=/usr \
-	                --disable-nls \
-	                --disable-doc \
-	                --disable-static
-
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && make $(MAKETUNING)
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && make install
-	sed -e 's/include_next/include/g' -i /usr/include/idn-int.h
-	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP)
-	@$(POSTBUILD)
diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index 22148bd2b..6e0605e14 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -1671,7 +1671,6 @@ build_system() {
 	lfsmake2 fireinfo
 	lfsmake2 libnet
 	lfsmake2 libnl-3
-	lfsmake2 libidn
 	lfsmake2 libidn2
 	lfsmake2 nasm
 	lfsmake2 libexif