diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/native_ccache.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/native_ccache.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 966804ce8..000000000
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/native_ccache.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package=native_ccache
-$(package)_version=3.3.4
-$(package)_download_path=https://samba.org/ftp/ccache
-$(package)_file_name=ccache-$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
-$(package)_sha256_hash=fa9d7f38367431bc86b19ad107d709ca7ecf1574fdacca01698bdf0a47cd8567
-
-define $(package)_set_vars
-$(package)_config_opts=
-endef
-
-define $(package)_config_cmds
-  $($(package)_autoconf)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
-endef
-
-define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
-  rm -rf lib include
-endef
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 6bc5a6fa1..9888175ae 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 packages:=boost openssl zeromq expat unbound
 
-# ccache is useless in gitian builds
-ifneq ($(GITIAN),1)
-native_packages := native_ccache
-endif
-
 hardware_packages := hidapi protobuf libusb
 hardware_native_packages := native_protobuf