diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff782b98..0d3522b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ $ pmbootstrap pkgrel_bump --auto
 Generate cross-compiler aports based on the latest version from Alpine's
 aports:
 ```
-$ pmbootstrap aportgen binutils-armhf gcc-armhf
+$ pmbootstrap aportgen gcc-armhf
 ```
 
 Manually rebuild package index:
diff --git a/pmb/aportgen/__init__.py b/pmb/aportgen/__init__.py
index 1071173a..897bf84b 100644
--- a/pmb/aportgen/__init__.py
+++ b/pmb/aportgen/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 import os
 import logging
-import pmb.aportgen.binutils
 import pmb.aportgen.busybox_static
 import pmb.aportgen.device
 import pmb.aportgen.gcc
diff --git a/pmb/aportgen/binutils.py b/pmb/aportgen/binutils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 571fb43a..00000000
--- a/pmb/aportgen/binutils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2023 Oliver Smith
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-import pmb.aportgen.core
-import pmb.helpers.git
-import pmb.helpers.run
-
-
-def generate(args, pkgname):
-    # Copy original aport
-    arch = pkgname.split("-")[1]
-    upstream = pmb.aportgen.core.get_upstream_aport(args, "binutils")
-    pmb.helpers.run.user(args, ["cp", "-r", upstream, args.work + "/aportgen"])
-
-    # Rewrite APKBUILD
-    fields = {
-        "arch": pmb.config.arch_native,
-        "makedepends_host": "zlib-dev jansson-dev zstd-dev",
-        "pkgdesc": f"Tools necessary to build programs for {arch} targets",
-        "pkgname": pkgname,
-    }
-
-    replace_simple = {
-        "*--with-bugurl=*": "\t\t--with-bugurl=\"https://postmarketos.org/issues\" \\"
-    }
-
-    below_header = """
-        CTARGET_ARCH=""" + arch + """
-        CTARGET="$(arch_to_hostspec $CTARGET_ARCH)"
-    """
-
-    pmb.aportgen.core.rewrite(args, pkgname, "main/binutils", fields,
-                              "binutils", replace_simple=replace_simple,
-                              below_header=below_header)
diff --git a/pmb/config/__init__.py b/pmb/config/__init__.py
index 378fad4c..05fba846 100644
--- a/pmb/config/__init__.py
+++ b/pmb/config/__init__.py
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ chroot_outdated = 3600 * 24 * 2
 #
 # Officially supported host/target architectures for postmarketOS. Only
 # specify architectures supported by Alpine here. For cross-compiling,
-# we need to generate the "musl-$ARCH", "binutils-$ARCH" and "gcc-$ARCH"
-# packages (use "pmbootstrap aportgen musl-armhf" etc.).
+# we need to generate the "musl-$ARCH" and "gcc-$ARCH" packages (use
+# "pmbootstrap aportgen musl-armhf" etc.).
 build_device_architectures = ["armhf", "armv7", "aarch64", "x86_64", "x86", "riscv64"]
 
 # Packages that will be installed in a chroot before it builds packages
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ git_repo_outdated = 3600 * 24 * 2
 #
 aportgen = {
     "cross": {
-        "prefixes": ["binutils", "busybox-static", "gcc", "musl", "grub-efi"],
+        "prefixes": ["busybox-static", "gcc", "musl", "grub-efi"],
         "confirm_overwrite": False,
     },
     "device/testing": {
diff --git a/test/test_aportgen.py b/test/test_aportgen.py
index 8c27b3c5..ceb1515c 100644
--- a/test/test_aportgen.py
+++ b/test/test_aportgen.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def test_aportgen_compare_output(args, tmpdir, monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(pmb.aportgen.core, "get_upstream_aport", func)
 
     # Run aportgen and compare output
-    pkgnames = ["binutils-armhf", "gcc-armhf"]
+    pkgnames = ["gcc-armhf"]
     for pkgname in pkgnames:
         pmb.aportgen.generate(args, pkgname)
         path_new = args.aports + "/cross/" + pkgname + "/APKBUILD"
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ def test_aportgen(args, tmpdir):
     pmb.helpers.run.user(args, ["mkdir", "-p", args.work + "/aportgen"])
 
     # Generate all valid packages (gcc twice -> different code path)
-    pkgnames = ["binutils-armv7", "musl-armv7", "busybox-static-armv7",
-                "gcc-armv7", "gcc-armv7"]
+    pkgnames = ["musl-armv7",
+                "busybox-static-armv7",
+                "gcc-armv7",
+                "gcc-armv7"]
     for pkgname in pkgnames:
         pmb.aportgen.generate(args, pkgname)
 
diff --git a/test/testdata/aportgen/pmaports/cross/binutils-armhf/APKBUILD b/test/testdata/aportgen/pmaports/cross/binutils-armhf/APKBUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index 566b1442..00000000
--- a/test/testdata/aportgen/pmaports/cross/binutils-armhf/APKBUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-# Automatically generated aport, do not edit!
-# Generator: pmbootstrap aportgen binutils-armhf
-# Based on: main/binutils
-
-
-CTARGET_ARCH=armhf
-CTARGET="$(arch_to_hostspec $CTARGET_ARCH)"
-
-pkgname=binutils-armhf
-pkgver=2.39
-pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="Tools necessary to build programs for armhf targets"
-url="https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"
-makedepends_build="bison flex texinfo"
-makedepends_host="zlib-dev jansson-dev zstd-dev"
-makedepends="$makedepends_build $makedepends_host"
-arch="x86_64"
-license="GPL-2.0 GPL-3.0-or-later LGPL-2.0 BSD"
-subpackages="binutils-dev binutils-doc"
-source="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-$pkgver.tar.xz
-	binutils-ld-fix-static-linking.patch
-	gold-mips.patch
-	ld-bfd-mips.patch
-	0001-Revert-PR25882-.gnu.attributes-are-not-checked-for-s.patch
-	binutils-mips-disable-assert.patch
-	"
-builddir="$srcdir/binutils-$pkgver"
-
-if [ "$CHOST" = "$CBUILD" ] && [ "$CBUILD" = "$CTARGET" ] && [ "$CTARGET_ARCH" != "riscv64" ]; then
-	subpackages="$subpackages binutils-gold"
-fi
-
-if [ "$CHOST" != "$CTARGET" ]; then
-	pkgname="binutils-$CTARGET_ARCH"
-	subpackages=""
-	sonameprefix="binutils:"
-fi
-
-# secfixes:
-#   2.35.2-r1:
-#     - CVE-2021-3487
-#   2.32-r0:
-#     - CVE-2018-19931
-#     - CVE-2018-19932
-#     - CVE-2018-20002
-#     - CVE-2018-20712
-#   2.28-r1:
-#     - CVE-2017-7614
-
-build() {
-	local _sysroot=/
-	local _cross_configure="--enable-install-libiberty --enable-shared"
-	local _arch_configure=""
-	local _gold_configure="--disable-gold"
-	local _plugin_configure="--enable-plugins"
-
-	if [ "$CHOST" != "$CTARGET" ]; then
-		_sysroot="$CBUILDROOT"
-		_cross_configure="--disable-install-libiberty"
-		_plugin_configure="--disable-plugins"
-	fi
-
-	if [ "$CHOST" = "$CBUILD" ] && [ "$CBUILD" = "$CTARGET" ] && [ "$CTARGET_ARCH" != "riscv64" ]; then
-		_gold_configure="--enable-gold"
-	fi
-
-	if [ "$CTARGET_ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-		_arch_configure="--enable-targets=x86_64-pep"
-	fi
-
-	if [ "$CTARGET_ARCH" = "riscv64" ]; then
-		_gold_configure="--disable-gold"
-	fi
-
-	case "$CTARGET_ARCH" in
-	mips*)  _hash_style_configure="--enable-default-hash-style=sysv" ;;
-	*)      _hash_style_configure="--enable-default-hash-style=gnu"	;;
-	esac
-
-	./configure \
-		--build=$CBUILD \
-		--host=$CHOST \
-		--target=$CTARGET \
-		--with-build-sysroot="$CBUILDROOT" \
-		--with-sysroot=$_sysroot \
-		--prefix=/usr \
-		--mandir=/usr/share/man \
-		--infodir=/usr/share/info \
-		--disable-multilib \
-		--disable-gprofng \
-		--enable-ld=default \
-		$_gold_configure \
-		--enable-64-bit-bfd \
-		$_plugin_configure \
-		--enable-relro \
-		--enable-deterministic-archives \
-		--enable-default-execstack=no \
-		$_cross_configure \
-		$_arch_configure \
-		$_hash_style_configure \
-		--with-pic \
-		--disable-werror \
-		--disable-nls \
-		--with-mmap \
-		--with-system-zlib
-	make
-}
-
-package() {
-	make install DESTDIR="$pkgdir"
-	if [ -d "$pkgdir"/usr/lib64 ]; then
-		mv "$pkgdir"/usr/lib64/* "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/
-		rmdir "$pkgdir"/usr/lib64
-	fi
-	if [ "$CHOST" != "$CTARGET" ]; then
-		# creating cross tools: remove any files that would conflict
-		# with the native tools, or other cross tools
-		rm -r "${pkgdir:?}"/usr/share
-		rm -f "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/libiberty.a
-		rm -r "${pkgdir:?}"/usr/lib/bfd-plugins
-	fi
-}
-
-libs() {
-	pkgdesc="Runtime libraries from binutils - libbfd and libopcodes"
-
-	mkdir -p "$subpkgdir"/usr/lib
-	mv "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/lib*.so "$subpkgdir"/usr/lib/
-}
-
-gold() {
-	pkgdesc="GNU binutils - gold linker"
-
-	if [ -e "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/ld.gold ]; then
-		mkdir -p "$subpkgdir"/usr/bin
-		mv "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/ld.gold "$subpkgdir"/usr/bin
-	fi
-	mkdir -p "$subpkgdir"/usr/$CTARGET/bin
-	mv "$pkgdir"/usr/$CTARGET/bin/ld.gold "$subpkgdir"/usr/$CTARGET/bin/ld.gold
-}
-
-sha512sums="
-68e038f339a8c21faa19a57bbc447a51c817f47c2e06d740847c6e9cc3396c025d35d5369fa8c3f8b70414757c89f0e577939ddc0d70f283182504920f53b0a3  binutils-2.39.tar.xz
-ecee33b0e435aa704af1c334e560f201638ff79e199aa11ed78a72f7c9b46f85fbb227af5748e735fd681d1965fcc42ac81b0c8824e540430ce0c706c81e8b49  binutils-ld-fix-static-linking.patch
-f55cf2e0bf82f97583a1abe10710e4013ecf7d64f1da2ef8659a44a06d0dd8beaf58dab98a183488ea137f03e32d62efc878d95f018f836f8cec870bc448556f  gold-mips.patch
-314d2ef9071c89940aa6c8118e8a1e2f191a5d0a4bf596da1ad9cc84f884d8bc7dea8bd7b9fc3f8f1bddd3fd41c6eb017e1e804044b3bf084df1ed9e6e095e2d  ld-bfd-mips.patch
-70ec22bd72ef6dddecfd970613387dd4a8cdc8730dd3cbf03d5a0c3a7c4d839383167bb06dad21bf7c235329fd44b5dc4aefe762f68544f17155cf002bf1be4a  0001-Revert-PR25882-.gnu.attributes-are-not-checked-for-s.patch
-609cd90d8b334eb309f586b17b9d335a08d3dbb6def7c3eb5c010028fcb681674031e5b9d853aa7a39a50304356a86afc184b85562b3f228f8197f4d29395c8f  binutils-mips-disable-assert.patch
-"