diff --git a/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi b/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi
index 1cd40958d..fc419a30e 100644
--- a/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi
+++ b/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 ./bin/umount				minix-sys
 ./bin/updateboot			minix-sys
 ./bin/update_bootcfg			minix-sys
-./bin/wait				minix-sys
+./bin/wait				minix-sys	obsolete
 ./boot					minix-sys
 ./boot/minix				minix-sys
 ./boot/minix/.temp			minix-sys
@@ -2537,7 +2537,7 @@
 ./usr/man/man1/view.1			minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man1/vis.1			minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man1/vol.1			minix-sys
-./usr/man/man1/wait.1			minix-sys
+./usr/man/man1/wait.1			minix-sys	obsolete
 ./usr/man/man1/wall.1			minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man1/wc.1			minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man1/what.1			minix-sys
diff --git a/minix/commands/Makefile b/minix/commands/Makefile
index 147055135..39d567b25 100644
--- a/minix/commands/Makefile
+++ b/minix/commands/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ SUBDIR=	add_route arp ash at backup btrace \
 	atnormalize dosread fdisk loadfont \
 	autopart part partition playwave  \
 	recwave repartition screendump \
-	command expr test \
-       	wait
+	command expr test
 
 .include <bsd.subdir.mk>
diff --git a/minix/commands/shared/README b/minix/commands/shared/README
index e0e9a2c3c..f35922b49 100644
--- a/minix/commands/shared/README
+++ b/minix/commands/shared/README
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ At this moment it is installed as the following commands:
 /bin/echo
 /bin/expr
 /bin/test
-/bin/wait
 
 If one of the following is replaced by the NetBSD equivalent, please
 update the list, and remove this completly when it is not anymore
diff --git a/minix/commands/wait/Makefile b/minix/commands/wait/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 41fc7d1d7..000000000
--- a/minix/commands/wait/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-SCRIPTS= wait.sh
-BINDIR=	/bin
-MAN=
-
-.include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/minix/commands/wait/wait.sh b/minix/commands/wait/wait.sh
deleted file mode 120000
index f9350d4b6..000000000
--- a/minix/commands/wait/wait.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../shared/builtin.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/minix/man/man1/Makefile b/minix/man/man1/Makefile
index eda034c28..2a99e3f3f 100644
--- a/minix/man/man1/Makefile
+++ b/minix/man/man1/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ MLINKS += ash.1 setvar.1
 MLINKS += ash.1 shift.1
 MLINKS += ash.1 trap.1
 MLINKS += ash.1 unset.1
-MLINKS += ash.1 wait.1
 MLINKS += compress.1 uncompress.1
 MLINKS += svc.1 ci.1
 MLINKS += svc.1 co.1