diff --git a/dev-python/pyrate-limiter/Manifest b/dev-python/pyrate-limiter/Manifest
index 671cea67420c3..9f4f8487c7531 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyrate-limiter/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pyrate-limiter/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST pyrate_limiter-3.9.0.tar.gz 289308 BLAKE2B 46046dd69ea7d74cdd29e6194fc43154d58119a950fbf9e81b71809e92099caff446268acc99ee1d9bf9b8457ffccc26f042259de452df2e8fac5c67098678ef SHA512 a9910349aade28b9adf6cace538931e838f367330d8717838f3eed48f56a52baf9eafa955094f8cd858c2cdab740dfcd1c2fd0e3ab98c6b56a9b0233a1e4470e
 DIST pyrate_limiter-4.0.2.tar.gz 301304 BLAKE2B 5a5d983513ec9e94098cec7f065d550b233a5b7f5296680a1af5b07f83f45a11b07d695451cfb8b636f20918c221d3d5a777e006be3640a6245c0de93a69c5be SHA512 c99a7a36c771376ee9ba9f02427452ef2d53ec53682fd494d21e35beb2b7f91e91f99dc384548bced8752ecede40041ebd1a678c28700c4aa3b12ddf9c75e538
 DIST pyrate_limiter-4.0.2.tar.gz.provenance 9565 BLAKE2B a4adc53f55f5a5be12df5b621195738b9f48a182829aedc32bcca466bc0a8b7747bba6ccf39dd8c4a244cec061db2f8d7433812b978d93f1f04fb0357278da97 SHA512 6b18c26dec90f4540f6f233e59b316a85fec0b3989d3f899cc7472cc1682b95987c468e001516dbdcd9c82552c8697ba5d88855f74a8c3b5e370c7fac4345392
diff --git a/dev-python/pyrate-limiter/pyrate-limiter-3.9.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pyrate-limiter/pyrate-limiter-3.9.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 1712d84d9022b..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/pyrate-limiter/pyrate-limiter-3.9.0.ebuild
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@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Python Rate-Limiter using Leaky-Bucket Algorimth Family"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/vutran1710/PyrateLimiter/
-	https://pypi.org/project/pyrate-limiter/
-"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	dev-python/filelock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/redis[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-db/redis
-		dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-	# Optional dependency redis-py-cluster not packaged
-	"tests/test_02.py::test_redis_cluster"
-)
-EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-{asyncio,rerunfailures} )
-EPYTEST_RERUNS=5
-: "${EPYTEST_TIMEOUT:=60}"
-EPYTEST_XDIST=1
-
-distutils_enable_sphinx docs \
-	dev-python/sphinx-autodoc-typehints \
-	dev-python/sphinx-copybutton \
-	dev-python/furo \
-	dev-python/myst-parser \
-	dev-python/sphinxcontrib-apidoc
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-src_test() {
-	local redis_pid="${T}"/redis.pid
-	local redis_port=6379
-
-	# Spawn Redis itself for testing purposes
-	einfo "Spawning Redis"
-	einfo "NOTE: Port ${redis_port} must be free"
-	"${EPREFIX}"/usr/sbin/redis-server - <<- EOF || die "Unable to start redis server"
-		daemonize yes
-		pidfile ${redis_pid}
-		port ${redis_port}
-		bind 127.0.0.1 ::1
-		${extra_conf}
-	EOF
-
-	# Run the tests
-	distutils-r1_src_test
-
-	# Clean up afterwards
-	kill "$(<"${redis_pid}")" || die
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	# postgres tests require psycopg-pool
-	epytest -k "not postgres"
-}