diff --git a/dev-python/backoff/Manifest b/dev-python/backoff/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ce60acc86ead..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/backoff/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST backoff-2.2.1.gh.tar.gz 20194 BLAKE2B a137ad67574b20535d5c29fad5781d0f7baaeeead23a5c8ccc3f1c48a952bf4436e75753e329861fb20bdc6fbe2b5e6d75b30d0fdca9908edfa540a593b3b353 SHA512 ed98c50d544d4ac3214b03005e5d183b0aeefd568c89769b59115ecc67ba7f7ea29a58e6ebf8488026a95ff2a1155e798782b04bebc9315c6a3682540bb38dff
diff --git a/dev-python/backoff/backoff-2.2.1.ebuild b/dev-python/backoff/backoff-2.2.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b441539b99d6..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/backoff/backoff-2.2.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Function decoration for backoff and retry"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/litl/backoff/
-	https://pypi.org/project/backoff/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/litl/backoff/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~x86"
-
-DOCS=( README.rst )
-
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-python/pytest-asyncio[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/responses[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/dev-python/backoff/metadata.xml b/dev-python/backoff/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 13e265646db28..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/backoff/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Python</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<stabilize-allarches/>
-	<upstream>
-		<remote-id type="github">litl/backoff</remote-id>
-		<remote-id type="pypi">backoff</remote-id>
-	</upstream>
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index f6d315cd1f1d2..18b2a023c6add 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -151,12 +151,6 @@ net-im/skypeforlinux
 sec-policy/selinux-skype
 x11-plugins/pidgin-skypeweb
 
-# Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (2025-06-21)
-# No commits for two years.  Broken with Python 3.14
-# and with >=dev-python/pytest-asyncio-1.0.0.  No reverse dependencies.
-# Removal on 2025-07-21.  Bug #958592.
-dev-python/backoff
-
 # Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> (2025-06-12)
 # Breaks several applications (bug #957943)
 >=dev-python/pygobject-3.52
diff --git a/profiles/updates/3Q-2021 b/profiles/updates/3Q-2021
index b77aad7be61e9..ce7d08ccc9a8b 100644
--- a/profiles/updates/3Q-2021
+++ b/profiles/updates/3Q-2021
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ move media-sound/zam-plugins media-plugins/zam-plugins
 slotmove =dev-ruby/elasticsearch-transport-6.8.3 6 6.8.3
 move dev-python/cfn-python-lint dev-python/cfn-lint
 move dev-python/dbusmock dev-python/python-dbusmock
-move dev-python/python-backoff dev-python/backoff
 move dev-python/python-musicbrainz-ngs dev-python/musicbrainzngs
 move dev-python/python-podman dev-python/podman
 move dev-python/u-msgpack dev-python/u-msgpack-python