diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 184d88ba..95be94fa 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ its source directory, type *make install*, you can specify the `PREFIX` and
 `DESTDIR` if needed.
 
 [TIP]
-.Homebrew (macOS)
+.Homebrew (macOS) or Linuxbrew
 ====
 ---------------------------------
 brew install kakoune
diff --git a/contrib/kakoune.rb b/contrib/kakoune.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e13f36fe..00000000
--- a/contrib/kakoune.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-class Kakoune < Formula
-  homepage "https://github.com/mawww/kakoune"
-  head "https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git"
-
-  depends_on "docbook-xsl" => :build
-  depends_on "ncurses" => [:build, :recommended]
-  depends_on "asciidoc" => :build
-
-  unless OS.mac?
-    depends_on "libxslt" => :build
-    depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
-  end
-
-  def install
-    ENV["XML_CATALOG_FILES"] = "#{etc}/xml/catalog"
-
-    cd "src" do
-      system "make", "install", "PREFIX=#{prefix}", "debug=no"
-    end
-  end
-end