MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for vim-latex-support [2]: Orphaned legacy package, last updated in 2015. This vim script has been discontinued in 2016. Arch [community] carries a current and working alternative: vim-latexsuite Therefore it's safe to delete this abandoned package. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/vim-latex-support/