diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 68882f3061..42a04d2a6b 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -556,7 +556,6 @@ package/libfuse/0002-util-ulockmgr_server-c-conditionally-define-closefrom-fix-g
 package/libgcrypt/0001-configure.ac-add-an-option-to-disable-tests.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/libgpiod/0001-build-add-a-configure-switch-for-building-examples.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/libgsm/0001-Misc-fixes-from-Archlinux.patch lib_patch.Upstream
-package/libgtk2/0001-reduce-dependencies.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/libgtk3/0001-Remove-Gdk-dependency-from-gtk-encode-symbolic-svg.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/libhdhomerun/0001-dont-strip.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/libiio/S99iiod Shellcheck lib_sysv.Variables
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index f1da3c231a..7174afbdf9 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1049,7 +1049,6 @@ F:	package/libcue/
 F:	package/libebml/
 F:	package/libgee/
 F:	package/libglib2/
-F:	package/libgtk2/
 F:	package/libgtk3/
 F:	package/libhtp/
 F:	package/libidn/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index f256b9356f..ec67380db6 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1758,7 +1758,6 @@ menu "Graphics"
 	source "package/libglfw/Config.in"
 	source "package/libglu/Config.in"
 	source "package/libgta/Config.in"
-	source "package/libgtk2/Config.in"
 	source "package/libgtk3/Config.in"
 	source "package/libgtk4/Config.in"
 	source "package/libjxl/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/avahi/avahi.mk b/package/avahi/avahi.mk
index 1992669a92..1efc05c025 100644
--- a/package/avahi/avahi.mk
+++ b/package/avahi/avahi.mk
@@ -27,12 +27,10 @@ AVAHI_CONF_ENV = \
 # explicitly disable support for them, in order to avoid the following
 # circular dependencies:
 #
-#  avahi -> libglade -> libgtk2 -> cups -> avahi
 #  avahi -> libgtk3 -> cups -> avahi
 #
-# Since Gtk2 and Gtk3 in Avahi are only used for some example/demo
-# programs, we decided to disable their support to solve the circular
-# dependency.
+# Since Gtk3 in Avahi is only used for some example/demo programs,
+# we decided to disable their support to solve the circular dependency.
 AVAHI_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-qt3 \
 	--disable-qt4 \
diff --git a/package/libgtk2/0001-reduce-dependencies.patch b/package/libgtk2/0001-reduce-dependencies.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3250cae4b0..0000000000
--- a/package/libgtk2/0001-reduce-dependencies.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-Hack the configure.in file to add a "none" gdktarget which removes
-dependencies on graphic backends such as X.org or DirectFB. Gtk does
-not fully build in this mode, but it builds sufficiently to build the
-host tools that are needed to build the target Gtk.
-
-Changes:
-	Ported to 2.24.18
-
-Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
-Signed-off-by: Spenser Gilliland <spenser@gillilanding.com>
----
-Index: libgtk2-2.24.18/configure.ac
-===================================================================
---- libgtk2-2.24.18.orig/configure.ac	2013-05-13 07:02:44.000000000 -0500
-+++ libgtk2-2.24.18/configure.ac	2013-05-27 02:12:09.947030335 -0500
-@@ -258,12 +258,12 @@
-   gdktarget=x11
- fi
- 
--AC_ARG_WITH(gdktarget, [  --with-gdktarget=[[x11/win32/quartz/directfb]] select non-default GDK target],
-+AC_ARG_WITH(gdktarget, [  --with-gdktarget=[[x11/win32/quartz/directfb/none]] select non-default GDK target],
- 	gdktarget=$with_gdktarget)
- 
- AC_SUBST(gdktarget)
- case $gdktarget in
--  x11|win32|quartz|directfb) ;;
-+  x11|win32|quartz|directfb|none) ;;
-   *) AC_MSG_ERROR([Invalid target for GDK: use x11, quartz, directfb or win32.]);;
- esac
- 
-@@ -372,11 +373,15 @@
- ## annoying to construct
- PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BASE_DEPENDENCIES,
-   [glib-2.0 >= glib_required_version dnl
--   atk >= atk_required_version dnl
--   pango >= pango_required_version dnl
--   cairo >= cairo_required_version dnl
-    gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= gdk_pixbuf_required_version])
- 
-+if test "x$gdktarget" != "xnone"; then
-+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BASE_DEPENDENCIES,
-+	[atk >= atk_required_version dnl
-+	 pango >= pango_required_version dnl
-+	 cairo >= cairo_required_version])
-+fi
-+
- ## In addition to checking that cairo is present, we also need to
- ## check that the correct cairo backend is there. E.g. if the GDK
- ## target is win32 we need the cairo-win32 backend and so on.
-@@ -387,8 +392,11 @@
- if test "x$cairo_backend" = "xx11"; then
-    cairo_backend=xlib
- fi
--PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO_BACKEND,
--  [cairo-$cairo_backend >= cairo_required_version])
-+
-+if test "x$gdktarget" != "xnone"; then
-+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO_BACKEND,
-+	[cairo-$cairo_backend >= cairo_required_version])
-+fi
- 
- PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GMODULE, [gmodule-2.0])
- 
-@@ -1279,6 +1287,7 @@
-   AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_DIRECTFB, false)
- fi
- 
-+if test "x$gdktarget" != "xnone"; then
- 
- # Check for Pango flags
- 
-@@ -1324,6 +1333,8 @@
-   GDK_PACKAGES="$PANGO_PACKAGES gio-2.0 gdk-pixbuf-2.0 cairo-$cairo_backend"
- fi
- 
-+fi # gdktarget != none
-+
- GDK_DEP_LIBS="$GDK_EXTRA_LIBS `$PKG_CONFIG --libs $GDK_PACKAGES` $MATH_LIB"
- GDK_DEP_CFLAGS="`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags  gthread-2.0 $GDK_PACKAGES` $GDK_EXTRA_CFLAGS"
- #
-@@ -1341,6 +1352,7 @@
- AC_SUBST(GDK_DEP_LIBS)
- AC_SUBST(GDK_DEP_CFLAGS)
- 
-+if test "x$gdktarget" != "xnone"; then
- 
- ########################################
- # Check for Accessibility Toolkit flags
-@@ -1372,6 +1384,10 @@
- fi
- 
- GTK_PACKAGES="atk cairo gdk-pixbuf-2.0 gio-2.0"
-+else # gdktarget != none
-+GTK_PACKAGES="gdk-pixbuf-2.0"
-+fi # gdktarget != none
-+
- if test "x$gdktarget" = "xx11"; then
-   GTK_PACKAGES="$GTK_PACKAGES pangoft2"
- fi
-@@ -1533,6 +1549,8 @@
- gtk_save_cppflags="$CPPFLAGS"
- CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $GTK_DEP_CFLAGS $GDK_DEP_CFLAGS"
- 
-+if test "x$gdktarget" != "xnone"; then
-+
- AC_CHECK_HEADER(cairo-pdf.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR([
- *** Can't find cairo-pdf.h. You must build Cairo with the pdf
- *** backend enabled.]))
-@@ -1547,6 +1565,8 @@
- *** svg backend enabled.]))
- fi   
- 
-+fi # gdktarget != none
-+
- CPPFLAGS="$gtk_save_cppflags"
-      
- 			  	
diff --git a/package/libgtk2/Config.in b/package/libgtk2/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index f8821ba246..0000000000
--- a/package/libgtk2/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2
-	bool "libgtk2"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # glib2
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # glib2
-	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # pango
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # pango -> harfbuzz
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # pango -> harfbuzz
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_AT_SPI2_CORE
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO_PNG
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO_ZLIB
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PANGO
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GDK_PIXBUF
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_FONTCONFIG
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBX11
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXEXT
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXRENDER
-	help
-	  The GTK+ version 2 graphical user interface library
-
-	  http://www.gtk.org/
-
-if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2_DEMO
-	bool "Install libgtk2 demo program"
-	help
-	  The GTK+ source base contains a gtk-demo program. This
-	  option allows to install this program to the target.
-
-endif
-
-comment "libgtk2 needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++, gcc >= 4.9"
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/libgtk2/libgtk2.hash b/package/libgtk2/libgtk2.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b9a46b697..0000000000
--- a/package/libgtk2/libgtk2.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# From https://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/2.24/gtk+-2.24.33.sha256sum
-sha256  ac2ac757f5942d318a311a54b0c80b5ef295f299c2a73c632f6bfb1ff49cc6da  gtk+-2.24.33.tar.xz
-
-# Hash for license file:
-sha256  d245807f90032872d1438d741ed21e2490e1175dc8aa3afa5ddb6c8e529b58e5  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libgtk2/libgtk2.mk b/package/libgtk2/libgtk2.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 608c263e4d..0000000000
--- a/package/libgtk2/libgtk2.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# libgtk2
-#
-################################################################################
-
-LIBGTK2_VERSION_MAJOR = 2.24
-LIBGTK2_VERSION = $(LIBGTK2_VERSION_MAJOR).33
-LIBGTK2_SOURCE = gtk+-$(LIBGTK2_VERSION).tar.xz
-LIBGTK2_SITE = https://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/$(LIBGTK2_VERSION_MAJOR)
-LIBGTK2_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-LIBGTK2_LICENSE = LGPL-2.0+
-LIBGTK2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-LIBGTK2_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnome
-LIBGTK2_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = gtk
-# For 0001-reduce-dependencies.patch
-LIBGTK2_AUTORECONF = YES
-
-LIBGTK2_CONF_ENV = \
-	ac_cv_path_GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache \
-	ac_cv_path_GDK_PIXBUF_CSOURCE=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/gdk-pixbuf-csource \
-	DB2HTML=false
-
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS = --disable-glibtest --enable-explicit-deps=no
-
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-libgtk2 libglib2 cairo pango at-spi2-core \
-	gdk-pixbuf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
-
-LIBGTK2_MAKE_OPTS = LIBS=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
-
-# Xorg dependencies
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--with-x \
-	--x-includes=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/X11 \
-	--x-libraries=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib \
-	--with-gdktarget=x11
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += \
-	fontconfig xlib_libX11 xlib_libXext xlib_libXrender
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION),y)
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS += --enable-introspection
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += gobject-introspection
-else
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS += --disable-introspection
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXINERAMA),y)
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS += --enable-xinerama
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += xlib_libXinerama
-else
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS += --disable-xinerama
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXI),y)
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS += --with-xinput=yes
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += xlib_libXi
-else
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS += --with-xinput=no
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXRANDR),y)
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += xlib_libXrandr
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXCURSOR),y)
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += xlib_libXcursor
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXFIXES),y)
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += xlib_libXfixes
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXCOMPOSITE),y)
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += xlib_libXcomposite
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXDAMAGE),y)
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += xlib_libXdamage
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG),y)
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += libpng
-else
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS += --without-libpng
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG),y)
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += jpeg
-else
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS += --without-libjpeg
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TIFF),y)
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += tiff
-else
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS += --without-libtiff
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CUPS),y)
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS += CUPS_CONFIG="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/cups-config"
-LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES += cups
-else
-LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS += --disable-cups
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2_DEMO),)
-define LIBGTK2_POST_INSTALL_TWEAKS
-	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/gtk-2.0/demo $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/gtk-demo
-endef
-
-LIBGTK2_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += LIBGTK2_POST_INSTALL_TWEAKS
-endif
-
-# We do not build a full version of libgtk2 for the host, because that
-# requires compiling Cairo, Pango, ATK and X.org for the
-# host. Therefore, we patch it to remove dependencies, and we hack the
-# build to only build gdk-pixbuf-from-source and
-# gtk-update-icon-cache, which are the host tools needed to build Gtk
-# for the target.
-
-HOST_LIBGTK2_DEPENDENCIES = host-libglib2 host-libpng host-gdk-pixbuf
-HOST_LIBGTK2_CONF_OPTS = \
-	--disable-static \
-	--disable-glibtest \
-	--without-libtiff \
-	--without-libjpeg \
-	--with-gdktarget=none \
-	--disable-cups
-
-define HOST_LIBGTK2_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) make -C $(@D)/gtk gtk-update-icon-cache
-endef
-
-define HOST_LIBGTK2_INSTALL_CMDS
-	cp $(@D)/gtk/gtk-update-icon-cache $(HOST_DIR)/bin
-endef
-
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
-$(eval $(host-autotools-package))