diff --git a/config/blobs.yml b/config/blobs.yml
index aa0102668..e6a2dc54b 100644
--- a/config/blobs.yml
+++ b/config/blobs.yml
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-  object_id: c2a13621-9ec0-4da4-7ce7-229066284651
-  sha: 562471cbcb0dd0fa42a76665acf0dbb68479b78a
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-  size: 2300906
-  object_id: fc6c6d98-9fc9-4014-46c5-ea6a7c2028cd
-  sha: sha256:608a97523f97db32f1f5d5615c98ca69326ced2054c9f82e65bade7fc4c9dea8
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@@ -34,14 +26,6 @@ libseccomp/libseccomp-2.5.1.tar.gz:
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   object_id: 15ec2e2a-4040-43be-7ad9-f6313dc28230
   sha: sha256:ee307e383c77aa7995abc5ada544d51c9723ae399768a97667d4cdb3c3a30d55
-libtool/libtool-2.4.6.tar.gz:
-  size: 1806697
-  object_id: ddac6c73-578e-4b7d-7ce4-807f46661e85
-  sha: 25b6931265230a06f0fc2146df64c04e5ae6ec33
-lzo/lzo-2.09.tar.gz:
-  size: 594855
-  object_id: 39bb6d9a-e168-4137-7751-c8262b743f1d
-  sha: e2a60aca818836181e7e6f8c4f2c323aca6ac057
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   size: 1058642
   object_id: 0e2e1101-d964-41d5-7c45-9383d0f9ae98
@@ -58,15 +42,3 @@ tini/tini-v0.18.0.tar.gz:
   size: 32152
   object_id: bfcc2f24-1cf0-432a-67cc-2c19518c839b
   sha: 27b7529ae87ea688e21d0a061b6d9299ff9362f6
-util-linux/util-linux-2.28.tar.gz:
-  size: 8860808
-  object_id: ed756d6a-13d9-475e-6bba-99fc7531b470
-  sha: ad8f1a338c23bcf3519b856295fbdb6a820db64c
-xfs-progs/xfsprogs-4.20.0.tar.gz:
-  size: 1750213
-  object_id: 46a0233d-1423-46d8-49ad-b5d0f07a39aa
-  sha: 46c23a0e222a3374d9c739b8c44be879712e6e75
-zlib/zlib-1.2.11.tar.gz:
-  size: 607698
-  object_id: 34c42971-0f0e-4704-7530-432d180753af
-  sha: e6d119755acdf9104d7ba236b1242696940ed6dd
diff --git a/jobs/garden-binaries/spec b/jobs/garden-binaries/spec
index 0433639ad..907717c31 100644
--- a/jobs/garden-binaries/spec
+++ b/jobs/garden-binaries/spec
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ packages:
   - garden-idmapper
   - greenskeeper
   - grootfs
-  - xfs-progs
   - thresholder
   - netplugin-shim
   - dontpanic
diff --git a/jobs/garden/spec b/jobs/garden/spec
index c69f40809..781cb0255 100644
--- a/jobs/garden/spec
+++ b/jobs/garden/spec
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ packages:
   - garden-idmapper
   - greenskeeper
   - grootfs
-  - xfs-progs
   - thresholder
   - netplugin-shim
   - dontpanic
diff --git a/jobs/garden/templates/bin/overlay-xfs-setup b/jobs/garden/templates/bin/overlay-xfs-setup
index 0c8200a59..965234612 100644
--- a/jobs/garden/templates/bin/overlay-xfs-setup
+++ b/jobs/garden/templates/bin/overlay-xfs-setup
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ main() {
   source /var/vcap/jobs/garden/bin/grootfs-utils
   store_mountpoint=${store_mountpoint:?}
 
-  export PATH=/var/vcap/packages/grootfs/bin:/var/vcap/packages/xfs-progs/sbin:$PATH
+  export PATH=/var/vcap/packages/grootfs/bin:$PATH
 
   init_unprivileged_store
   init_privileged_store
diff --git a/packages/autoconf/packaging b/packages/autoconf/packaging
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f45d602b..000000000
--- a/packages/autoconf/packaging
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-version="2.69"
-
-tar xzf "autoconf/autoconf-${version}.tar.gz"
-
-cd "autoconf-${version}"
-
-autoconf_dir="${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/share/autoconf" ./configure "--prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}"
-make
-make install "prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}"
diff --git a/packages/autoconf/spec b/packages/autoconf/spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 62d21a95e..000000000
--- a/packages/autoconf/spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-name: autoconf
-
-dependencies: []
-
-files:
-- autoconf/autoconf-2.69.tar.gz
diff --git a/packages/automake/packaging b/packages/automake/packaging
deleted file mode 100644
index 4407abc8f..000000000
--- a/packages/automake/packaging
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-version="1.16.1"
-export PATH="/var/vcap/packages/autoconf/bin:${PATH}"
-
-tar xzf "automake/automake-${version}.tar.gz"
-
-cd "automake-${version}"
-
-./configure "--prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}"
-make
-make install "prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}"
diff --git a/packages/automake/spec b/packages/automake/spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 27de6de4a..000000000
--- a/packages/automake/spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-name: automake
-
-dependencies:
-- autoconf
-
-files:
-- automake/automake-1.16.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/packages/libtool/packaging b/packages/libtool/packaging
deleted file mode 100644
index cf6809666..000000000
--- a/packages/libtool/packaging
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-version="2.4.6"
-
-tar xzf "libtool/libtool-${version}.tar.gz"
-
-cd "libtool-${version}"
-
-./configure "--prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}"
-make
-make install "prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}"
diff --git a/packages/libtool/spec b/packages/libtool/spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 300ebf1ad..000000000
--- a/packages/libtool/spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-name: libtool
-
-dependencies: []
-
-files:
-- libtool/libtool-2.4.6.tar.gz
-
diff --git a/packages/lzo/packaging b/packages/lzo/packaging
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fa182651..000000000
--- a/packages/lzo/packaging
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-version="2.09"
-
-tar xvzf "lzo/lzo-${version}.tar.gz"
-
-cd "lzo-${version}"
-
-./configure "--prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}"
-make
-make install "prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}"
diff --git a/packages/lzo/spec b/packages/lzo/spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 67ab0ccc5..000000000
--- a/packages/lzo/spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
----
-name: lzo
-
-dependencies:
-- autoconf
-- automake
-- libtool
-- pkg-config
-
-files:
-- lzo/lzo-2.09.tar.gz
diff --git a/packages/util-linux/packaging b/packages/util-linux/packaging
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a103e29b..000000000
--- a/packages/util-linux/packaging
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# abort script on any command that exits with a non zero value
-set -e
-
-export PACKAGES=/var/vcap/packages
-export PATH=$PACKAGES/util-linux/bin:$PATH
-
-addBuildTool(){
-  export PATH=$PACKAGES/$1/bin:$PATH
-}
-
-setDeps() {
-  addBuildTool libtool
-  addBuildTool automake
-  addBuildTool pkg-config
-  addBuildTool autoconf
-  export AL_OPTS="-I/${PACKAGES}/pkg-config/share/aclocal"
-}
-
-tar xvzf util-linux/util-linux-2.28.tar.gz
-(
-  cd util-linux-2.28
-
-  setDeps
-  ./configure --prefix=$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET
-  make
-  make install prefix=$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET
-)
diff --git a/packages/util-linux/spec b/packages/util-linux/spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 611fe64e4..000000000
--- a/packages/util-linux/spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
----
-name: util-linux
-
-dependencies:
-- autoconf
-- automake
-- libtool
-- pkg-config
-
-files:
-- util-linux/util-linux-2.28.tar.gz
diff --git a/packages/xfs-progs/packaging b/packages/xfs-progs/packaging
deleted file mode 100644
index 970247e20..000000000
--- a/packages/xfs-progs/packaging
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# abort script on any command that exits with a non zero value
-
-set -e
-
-export PACKAGES=/var/vcap/packages
-
-addBuildTool(){
-  export PATH=$PACKAGES/$1/bin:$PATH
-  export AL_OPTS="${AL_OPTS} -I${PACKAGES}/$1"
-}
-
-addLib(){
-  export PATH=$PACKAGES/$1/bin:$PATH
-  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PACKAGES}/$1/lib/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
-  export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${PACKAGES}/$1/lib"
-  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fcommon -I${PACKAGES}/$1/include"
-}
-
-setDeps(){
-  addBuildTool autoconf
-  addBuildTool automake
-  addBuildTool libtool
-  addBuildTool pkg-config
-
-  addLib zlib
-  addLib util-linux
-  addLib lzo
-
-  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -L${PACKAGES}/lzo/lib"
-  export AL_OPTS="-I${PACKAGES}/pkg-config/share/aclocal ${AL_OPTS}"
-}
-
-tar xvzf xfs-progs/xfsprogs-4.20.0.tar.gz
-(
-  cd xfsprogs-4.20.0
-
-  setDeps
-
-  ./configure --prefix=$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET
-  make
-  make install prefix=$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET
-)
diff --git a/packages/xfs-progs/spec b/packages/xfs-progs/spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ca5f8c55..000000000
--- a/packages/xfs-progs/spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-name: xfs-progs
-
-dependencies:
-- autoconf
-- automake
-- libtool
-- lzo
-- pkg-config
-- util-linux
-- zlib
-
-files:
-- xfs-progs/xfsprogs-4.20.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/packages/zlib/packaging b/packages/zlib/packaging
deleted file mode 100644
index bf21f721f..000000000
--- a/packages/zlib/packaging
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-version="1.2.11"
-
-tar xvzf "zlib/zlib-${version}.tar.gz"
-
-cd "zlib-${version}"
-
-./configure "--prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}"
-make
-make install "prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}"
diff --git a/packages/zlib/spec b/packages/zlib/spec
deleted file mode 100644
index e1bd73a49..000000000
--- a/packages/zlib/spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
----
-name: zlib
-
-dependencies:
-- autoconf
-- automake
-- libtool
-- pkg-config
-
-files:
-- zlib/*