diff --git a/dev-python/pyqt-builder/Manifest b/dev-python/pyqt-builder/Manifest
index ba48afa1a16b4..0b37cc577780a 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyqt-builder/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pyqt-builder/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST pyqt_builder-1.17.2.tar.gz 3671828 BLAKE2B f8f822275f90929542e2800ff6802658b5a27402eda76de96d0546a8abee65ce803ce48eb93d001d6298f95c10393e066673057746e97de7244b4c6d17678f10 SHA512 54f99a50ba8534c84df563c80375165baaeb2dc1255297298a5a5360176d267d858b105b7fb06a8b029f1697919c3dad977aa1916c9ab41b9ace272db5db5295
 DIST pyqt_builder-1.18.0.tar.gz 3671854 BLAKE2B 37d7ab667368ce962c1ec3fa34c1e25838abdb5a50bd574d0a96cb8c94a272f3d78e4dbaf5113205451f0c9ba746080fca7debfb55ee6bed756b6d3cb8338dbf SHA512 a7b0717b0ff2b8f8cebec1ec6e4c63597153d7fdfd2e3cb2036c07e17b5eca28657010babd3d331874f9f5c1d130a0d75ff6a1255465bb381bc4d007a0316ef8
 DIST pyqt_builder-1.18.1.tar.gz 3671990 BLAKE2B bb0fc3fb7a35bbd7374c57085378c0e50150164f1f9128bc808c5ea6f4ba72987003e3e91864a851969aa892c145b284962b36cf975c71a20e6294a4f3a6645b SHA512 9af2a977854b6a1f6cf7c3c31b18c4104e8cb46cf9066700a62151ed5dfe7d82645065b747dc68a3588e855a96c40102e0e47a972ab752f751825e6fd4c91332
diff --git a/dev-python/pyqt-builder/pyqt-builder-1.17.2.ebuild b/dev-python/pyqt-builder/pyqt-builder-1.17.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 316a400b3f9f3..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/pyqt-builder/pyqt-builder-1.17.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYPI_PN=PyQt-builder
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="The PEP 517 compliant PyQt build system"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Python-PyQt/PyQt-builder/"
-
-LICENSE="BSD-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~loong ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	dev-python/packaging[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/sip-6.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-
-	# skip installing DLLs
-	rm -r pyqtbuild/bundle/dlls || die
-}