diff --git a/depends/packages/native_protobuf.mk b/depends/packages/native_protobuf.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index ec89cecb2..000000000
--- a/depends/packages/native_protobuf.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package=native_protobuf
-$(package)_version=3.6.1
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v$($(package)_version)
-$(package)_file_name=protobuf-cpp-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=b3732e471a9bb7950f090fd0457ebd2536a9ba0891b7f3785919c654fe2a2529
-
-define $(package)_set_vars
-$(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared
-endef
-
-define $(package)_config_cmds
-  $($(package)_autoconf)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE) -C src protoc
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-  $(MAKE) -C src DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install-strip
-endef
-
-define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
-  rm -rf lib include
-endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/packages.mk b/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 18c644ca3..346a0f356 100644
--- a/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 packages:=boost openssl libevent zeromq
 native_packages := native_ccache
 
-qt_native_packages = native_protobuf
-qt_packages = qrencode protobuf zlib
+qt_packages = qrencode zlib
 
 qt_x86_64_linux_packages:=qt expat libxcb xcb_proto libXau xproto freetype fontconfig libxkbcommon
 qt_i686_linux_packages:=$(qt_x86_64_linux_packages)
diff --git a/depends/packages/protobuf.mk b/depends/packages/protobuf.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 54d3fd924..000000000
--- a/depends/packages/protobuf.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package=protobuf
-$(package)_version=$(native_$(package)_version)
-$(package)_download_path=$(native_$(package)_download_path)
-$(package)_file_name=$(native_$(package)_file_name)
-$(package)_sha256_hash=$(native_$(package)_sha256_hash)
-$(package)_dependencies=native_$(package)
-$(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
-
-define $(package)_set_vars
-  $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --with-protoc=$(build_prefix)/bin/protoc
-  $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
-endef
-
-define $(package)_config_cmds
-  $($(package)_autoconf)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE) -C src libprotobuf.la
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) -C src install-libLTLIBRARIES install-nobase_includeHEADERS &&\
-  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install-pkgconfigDATA
-endef
-
-define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
-  rm lib/libprotoc.a
-endef