diff --git a/srcpkgs/phonon-backend-gstreamer/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/phonon-backend-gstreamer/INSTALL.msg
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-phonon-backend-gstreamer is no longer provided by Void Linux, and will be fully removed from the repos on 2019-07-10
diff --git a/srcpkgs/phonon-backend-gstreamer/template b/srcpkgs/phonon-backend-gstreamer/template
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-# Template file for 'phonon-backend-gstreamer'
-pkgname=phonon-backend-gstreamer
-version=4.9.0
-revision=2
-archs=noarch
-build_style=meta
-short_desc="Phonon GStreamer backend (removed package)"
-license="BSD-2-Clause"
-homepage="http://phonon.kde.org/"