--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -616,7 +616,6 @@
 src/vfs/extfs/helpers/patchfs
 src/vfs/extfs/helpers/rpms+
 src/vfs/extfs/helpers/s3+
-src/vfs/extfs/helpers/uace
 src/vfs/extfs/helpers/ualz
 src/vfs/extfs/helpers/uar
 src/vfs/extfs/helpers/uarc
@@ -626,7 +625,6 @@
 src/vfs/extfs/helpers/ulha
 src/vfs/extfs/helpers/ulib
 src/vfs/extfs/helpers/unar
-src/vfs/extfs/helpers/urar
 src/vfs/extfs/helpers/uwim
 src/vfs/extfs/helpers/uzip
 src/vfs/extfs/helpers/uzoo
--- a/misc/ext.d/archive.sh
+++ b/misc/ext.d/archive.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
         ;;
     arj)
         arj l "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" 2>/dev/null || \
-            unarj l "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" 2>/dev/null || \
             7za l "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" 2>/dev/null
         ;;
     cab)
@@ -95,10 +94,6 @@
     ha)
         ha lf "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}"
         ;;
-    rar)
-        rar v -c- "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" 2>/dev/null || \
-            unrar v -c- "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}"
-        ;;
     alz)
         unalz -l "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}"
         ;;
@@ -130,9 +125,6 @@
             7z l "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}"
 
         ;;
-    ace)
-        unace l "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}"
-        ;;
     arc)
         arc l "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}"
         ;;
--- a/misc/filehighlight.ini
+++ b/misc/filehighlight.ini
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     regexp=(^#.*|.*~$)
 
 [archive]
-    extensions=7z;Z;ace;apk;arc;arj;ark;bz2;cab;cpio;deb;gz;lha;lz;lz4;lzh;lzma;rar;rpm;tar;tbz;tbz2;tgz;tlz;txz;tzst;vsix;xz;zip;zoo;zst
+    extensions=7z;Z;apk;arc;arj;ark;bz2;cab;cpio;deb;gz;lha;lz;lz4;lzh;lzma;rpm;tar;tbz;tbz2;tgz;tlz;txz;tzst;vsix;xz;zip;zoo;zst
 
 [doc]
     extensions=chm;css;ctl;diz;doc;docm;docx;dtd;fodg;fodp;fods;fodt;htm;html;letter;lsm;mail;man;me;msg;nroff;odg;odp;ods;odt;pdf;po;ppt;pptm;pptx;ps;rtf;sgml;shtml;tex;text;txt;xls;xlsm;xlsx;xml;xsd;xslt
--- a/misc/mc.ext.ini.in
+++ b/misc/mc.ext.ini.in
@@ -286,12 +286,6 @@
 Open=%cd %p/uha://
 View=%view{ascii} @EXTHELPERSDIR@/archive.sh view ha
 
-[rar]
-Regex=\.r(ar|[0-9][0-9])$
-RegexIgnoreCase=true
-Open=%cd %p/urar://
-View=%view{ascii} @EXTHELPERSDIR@/archive.sh view rar
-
 # ALZip
 [alz]
 Shell=.alz
@@ -844,12 +838,6 @@
 
 ### Plain compressed files ###
 
-[ace]
-Shell=.ace
-ShellIgnoreCase=true
-Open=%cd %p/uace://
-View=%view{ascii} @EXTHELPERSDIR@/archive.sh view ace
-
 [arc]
 Shell=.arc
 ShellIgnoreCase=true
--- a/misc/syntax/php.syntax
+++ b/misc/syntax/php.syntax
@@ -2178,22 +2178,6 @@
 # Radius constants
     keyword whole RADIUS\_\[0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_\] white
 
-# Rar Functions
-    keyword whole rar_close yellow
-    keyword whole rar_entry_get yellow
-    keyword whole rar_list yellow
-    keyword whole rar_open yellow
-
-# Rar Functions Rar methods
-    keyword whole Rar yellow
-
-# Rar Functions constants
-    keyword whole RAR_HOST_BEOS white
-    keyword whole RAR_HOST_MSDOS white
-    keyword whole RAR_HOST_OS2 white
-    keyword whole RAR_HOST_UNIX white
-    keyword whole RAR_HOST_WIN32 white
-
 # GNU Readline
     keyword whole readline\[0123456789_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\] yellow
 
--- a/misc/syntax/sh.syntax
+++ b/misc/syntax/sh.syntax
@@ -613,7 +613,6 @@
     keyword whole pwunconv cyan
     keyword whole ramsize cyan
     keyword whole ranlib cyan
-    keyword whole rar cyan
     keyword whole rarp cyan
     keyword whole raw cyan
     keyword whole rbash cyan
@@ -785,7 +784,6 @@
     keyword whole ul cyan
     keyword whole umount cyan
     keyword whole uname cyan
-    keyword whole unarj cyan
     keyword whole uncompress cyan
     keyword whole unexpand cyan
     keyword whole unicode_start cyan
@@ -1717,7 +1715,6 @@
     keyword whole pwunconv cyan
     keyword whole ramsize cyan
     keyword whole ranlib cyan
-    keyword whole rar cyan
     keyword whole rarp cyan
     keyword whole raw cyan
     keyword whole rbash cyan
@@ -1889,7 +1886,6 @@
     keyword whole ul cyan
     keyword whole umount cyan
     keyword whole uname cyan
-    keyword whole unarj cyan
     keyword whole uncompress cyan
     keyword whole unexpand cyan
     keyword whole unicode_start cyan
--- a/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/Makefile.am
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 	patchfs.in		\
 	rpms+.in		\
 	s3+.in			\
-	uace.in			\
 	ualz.in			\
 	uar.in			\
 	uarc.in			\
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@
 	ulha.in			\
 	ulib.in			\
 	unar.in			\
-	urar.in			\
 	uwim.in			\
 	uzip.in			\
 	uzoo.in
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@
 	patchfs			\
 	rpms+			\
 	s3+			\
-	uace			\
 	ualz			\
 	uar			\
 	uarc			\
@@ -63,7 +60,6 @@
 	ulha			\
 	ulib			\
 	unar			\
-	urar			\
 	uwim			\
 	uzip			\
 	uzoo