diff --git a/srcpkgs/db185/patches/db.1.85.diff b/srcpkgs/db185/patches/db.1.85.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 04d1c080e1c..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/db185/patches/db.1.85.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
---- hash/hash.c	1994-06-24 09:12:29.000000000 -0600
-+++ hash/hash.c	2010-05-26 13:54:28.000000000 -0600
-@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
- 	else
- 		if (wsize != sizeof(HASHHDR)) {
- 			errno = EFTYPE;
--			hashp->errno = errno;
-+			hashp->errno_ = errno;
- 			return (-1);
- 		}
- 	for (i = 0; i < NCACHED; i++)
-@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
- 
- 	hashp = (HTAB *)dbp->internal;
- 	if (flag) {
--		hashp->errno = errno = EINVAL;
-+		hashp->errno_ = errno = EINVAL;
- 		return (ERROR);
- 	}
- 	return (hash_access(hashp, HASH_GET, (DBT *)key, data));
-@@ -553,11 +553,11 @@
- 
- 	hashp = (HTAB *)dbp->internal;
- 	if (flag && flag != R_NOOVERWRITE) {
--		hashp->errno = errno = EINVAL;
-+		hashp->errno_ = errno = EINVAL;
- 		return (ERROR);
- 	}
- 	if ((hashp->flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY) {
--		hashp->errno = errno = EPERM;
-+		hashp->errno_ = errno = EPERM;
- 		return (ERROR);
- 	}
- 	return (hash_access(hashp, flag == R_NOOVERWRITE ?
-@@ -574,11 +574,11 @@
- 
- 	hashp = (HTAB *)dbp->internal;
- 	if (flag && flag != R_CURSOR) {
--		hashp->errno = errno = EINVAL;
-+		hashp->errno_ = errno = EINVAL;
- 		return (ERROR);
- 	}
- 	if ((hashp->flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY) {
--		hashp->errno = errno = EPERM;
-+		hashp->errno_ = errno = EPERM;
- 		return (ERROR);
- 	}
- 	return (hash_access(hashp, HASH_DELETE, (DBT *)key, NULL));
-@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@
- 
- 	hashp = (HTAB *)dbp->internal;
- 	if (flag && flag != R_FIRST && flag != R_NEXT) {
--		hashp->errno = errno = EINVAL;
-+		hashp->errno_ = errno = EINVAL;
- 		return (ERROR);
- 	}
- #ifdef HASH_STATISTICS
---- hash/hash.h	1994-06-24 09:12:29.000000000 -0600
-+++ hash/hash.h	2010-05-26 13:53:48.000000000 -0600
-@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
- 	BUFHEAD 	*cpage;		/* Current page */
- 	int		cbucket;	/* Current bucket */
- 	int		cndx;		/* Index of next item on cpage */
--	int		errno;		/* Error Number -- for DBM 
-+	int		errno_;		/* Error Number -- for DBM 
- 					 * compatability */
- 	int		new_file;	/* Indicates if fd is backing store 
- 					 * or no */
---- hash/ndbm.c	1994-07-21 12:02:40.000000000 -0600
-+++ hash/ndbm.c	2010-05-26 13:54:45.000000000 -0600
-@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
- 	HTAB *hp;
- 
- 	hp = (HTAB *)db->internal;
--	return (hp->errno);
-+	return (hp->errno_);
- }
- 
- extern int
-@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
- 	HTAB *hp;
- 
- 	hp = (HTAB *)db->internal;
--	hp->errno = 0;
-+	hp->errno_ = 0;
- 	return (0);
- }
- 
---- PORT/linux/Makefile.orig	2014-03-13 14:58:27.943771560 +0100
-+++ PORT/linux/Makefile	2014-03-13 14:58:43.678574848 +0100
-@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ MISC=	snprintf.o
- 
- ${LIBDB}: ${OBJ1} ${OBJ2} ${OBJ3} ${OBJ4} ${OBJ5} ${MISC}
- 	rm -f $@
--	ar cq $@ \
--	    `lorder ${OBJ1} ${OBJ2} ${OBJ3} ${OBJ4} ${OBJ5} ${MISC} | tsort`
-+	ar rcs $@ $^
- 	ranlib $@
- 
- clean:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/db185/template b/srcpkgs/db185/template
deleted file mode 100644
index f559fa5935a..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/db185/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'db185'
-pkgname=db185
-version=1.85
-revision=1
-wrksrc="db.${version}"
-short_desc="The Original Berkeley DB 1.85"
-maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-license="BSD"
-homepage="http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db"
-distfiles="http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db.${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4220d4ddeb77fb57ba2f37c1aa105d561d3ef85a6fb89c79c3edd735d0e193c6
-
-# This is a development pkg explicitly, mostly to avoid the libdb
-# dependency in mdocml.
-conflicts="db-devel>=0"
-
-do_build() {
-	cd PORT/linux
-	make CC=$CC ${makejobs}
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	vinstall PORT/include/db.h 644 usr/include
-	vinstall PORT/linux/libdb.a 644 usr/lib
-	# Create db_185.h for compat.
-	ln -s db.h ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/db_185.h
-}