diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e14edb2a034173..c267a62e26af29 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1027,7 +1027,6 @@ $(TARBALL): release-only $(NODE_EXE) doc
 	$(RM) -r $(TARNAME)/tools/node_modules
 	$(RM) -r $(TARNAME)/tools/osx-*
 	$(RM) -r $(TARNAME)/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc
-	$(RM) -r $(TARNAME)/tools/pkgsrc
 	find $(TARNAME)/ -name ".eslint*" -maxdepth 2 | xargs $(RM)
 	find $(TARNAME)/ -type l | xargs $(RM) # annoying on windows
 	tar -cf $(TARNAME).tar $(TARNAME)
diff --git a/tools/pkgsrc/comment b/tools/pkgsrc/comment
deleted file mode 100644
index 819497523d0646..00000000000000
--- a/tools/pkgsrc/comment
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-V8 JavaScript for clients and servers (nodejs.org package)
diff --git a/tools/pkgsrc/description b/tools/pkgsrc/description
deleted file mode 100644
index b070f52fb6b092..00000000000000
--- a/tools/pkgsrc/description
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-Node.js is an evented I/O framework for the V8 JavaScript engine. It is
-intended for writing scalable network programs such as web servers.
-
-Packaged by nodejs.org
-
-Homepage:
-https://nodejs.org/