diff --git a/net/Makefile b/net/Makefile
index d3a804a7441..2830f7bfdca 100644
--- a/net/Makefile
+++ b/net/Makefile
@@ -778,7 +778,6 @@
      SUBDIR += transmission
      SUBDIR += transmission-remote-gtk
      SUBDIR += tremc
-     SUBDIR += trickle
      SUBDIR += trippy
      SUBDIR += trurl
      SUBDIR += ttg
diff --git a/net/trickle/Makefile b/net/trickle/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 253b04429b6..00000000000
--- a/net/trickle/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-COMMENT=	lightweight userspace bandwidth shaper
-DISTNAME=	trickle-1.07
-REVISION=	1
-
-CATEGORIES=	net
-
-HOMEPAGE=	http://monkey.org/~marius/trickle/
-SITES=		${HOMEPAGE}
-
-# BSD
-PERMIT_PACKAGE=	Yes
-
-WANTLIB=		c event
-
-CONFIGURE_STYLE=autoconf
-AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.59
-
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/trickle/distinfo b/net/trickle/distinfo
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a4c06008ab..00000000000
--- a/net/trickle/distinfo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-SHA256 (trickle-1.07.tar.gz) = nTZQfgt6/fuHUzJE99ddqhwX8naJgmdPTJrdWubAOGg=
-SIZE (trickle-1.07.tar.gz) = 308863
diff --git a/net/trickle/patches/patch-Makefile_in b/net/trickle/patches/patch-Makefile_in
deleted file mode 100644
index 64d44281cba..00000000000
--- a/net/trickle/patches/patch-Makefile_in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
--nostdlib:	 undefined symbol '__guard_local'
-remove getopt.c: fix with clang
-
-Index: Makefile.in
---- Makefile.in.orig
-+++ Makefile.in
-@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ man_MANS = trickle.1 trickled.8 trickled.conf.5
- bin_PROGRAMS = trickle trickled tricklectl
- 
- trickle_DEPENDENCIES = @ERRO@ @LIBOBJS@
--trickle_SOURCES = trickle.c util.c getopt.c
-+trickle_SOURCES = trickle.c util.c
- trickle_LDADD = @ERRO@ @LIBOBJS@
- 
--trickled_SOURCES = trickled.c atomicio.c print.c bwstat.c client.c conf.c                    util.c cleanup.c getopt.c xdr.c
-+trickled_SOURCES = trickled.c atomicio.c print.c bwstat.c client.c conf.c                    util.c cleanup.c xdr.c
- 
- trickled_LDADD = @EVENTLIB@ @LIBOBJS@
- 
-@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ DEFS = @DEFS@ -I. -I$(srcdir) -I.
- CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
- LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
- LIBS = @LIBS@
--trickle_OBJECTS =  trickle.$(OBJEXT) util.$(OBJEXT) getopt.$(OBJEXT)
-+trickle_OBJECTS =  trickle.$(OBJEXT) util.$(OBJEXT)
- trickle_LDFLAGS = 
- trickled_OBJECTS =  trickled.$(OBJEXT) atomicio.$(OBJEXT) \
- print.$(OBJEXT) bwstat.$(OBJEXT) client.$(OBJEXT) conf.$(OBJEXT) \
--util.$(OBJEXT) cleanup.$(OBJEXT) getopt.$(OBJEXT) xdr.$(OBJEXT)
-+util.$(OBJEXT) cleanup.$(OBJEXT) xdr.$(OBJEXT)
- trickled_DEPENDENCIES =  @LIBOBJS@
- trickled_LDFLAGS = 
- tricklectl_OBJECTS =  tricklectl.$(OBJEXT) trickledu.$(OBJEXT) \
-@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean
- trickle-overload.so: $(TRICKLEOVERLOADFILES)
- 	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o libtmp$@.la                \
- 		-rpath $(libdir)/trickle $(TRICKLEOVERLOADFILES) $(LIBS)     \
--		$(LDFLAGS) -module -avoid-version -nostdlib @LIBDL@
-+		$(LDFLAGS) -module -avoid-version @LIBDL@
- 	@rm -f libtmp$@.la tmp$@.so* $@
- 	@cp .libs/libtmp$@.so $@
- 	@rm -f .libs/libtmp$@.*
diff --git a/net/trickle/patches/patch-configure_in b/net/trickle/patches/patch-configure_in
deleted file mode 100644
index 73a05db5b8b..00000000000
--- a/net/trickle/patches/patch-configure_in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Deprecated and dangerous autoconf idiom that checks for a type that
-isn't used anywhere in the source and breaks the inclusion of
-<netinet/in.h>.
-
---- configure.in.orig	Fri Feb  3 17:10:04 2017
-+++ configure.in	Fri Feb  3 17:15:48 2017
-@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ AC_CHECK_TYPE(u_int64_t, unsigned long long)
- AC_CHECK_TYPE(u_int32_t, unsigned int)
- AC_CHECK_TYPE(u_int16_t, unsigned short)
- AC_CHECK_TYPE(u_int8_t, unsigned char)
--AC_CHECK_TYPE(in_addr_t, unsigned long)
- 
- dnl Checks for library functions.
- AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
diff --git a/net/trickle/pkg/DESCR b/net/trickle/pkg/DESCR
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bb0fd77a13..00000000000
--- a/net/trickle/pkg/DESCR
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-trickle is a portable lightweight userspace bandwidth shaper.  It can
-run in collaborative mode (together with trickled) or in stand alone
-mode.  trickle works by taking advantage of the unix loader preloading.
-Essentially it provides, to the application, a new version of the
-functionality that is required to send and receive data through sockets.
-It then limits traffic based on delaying the sending and receiving of
-data over a socket.  trickle runs entirely in userspace and does not
-require root privileges.
diff --git a/net/trickle/pkg/PLIST b/net/trickle/pkg/PLIST
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c9ab49954f..00000000000
--- a/net/trickle/pkg/PLIST
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-@bin bin/trickle
-@bin bin/tricklectl
-@bin bin/trickled
-lib/trickle/
-lib/trickle/trickle-overload.so
-@man man/man1/trickle.1
-@man man/man5/trickled.conf.5
-@man man/man8/trickled.8
-@extra ${SYSCONFDIR}/trickled.conf
-@rcscript ${RCDIR}/trickled
diff --git a/net/trickle/pkg/trickled.rc b/net/trickle/pkg/trickled.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 148c0ab893d..00000000000
--- a/net/trickle/pkg/trickled.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/ksh
-
-daemon="${TRUEPREFIX}/bin/trickled"
-
-. /etc/rc.d/rc.subr
-
-rc_reload=NO
-
-rc_cmd $1