diff --git a/dev-python/websocket-client/Manifest b/dev-python/websocket-client/Manifest
index 1ab5419c26e8a..c19839bdb28b3 100644
--- a/dev-python/websocket-client/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/websocket-client/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST websocket_client-1.8.0.tar.gz 54648 BLAKE2B 8fb21148f7d5dfc9e16704560dbcd64c96f4d28ed8382dc0b3427c3b472bb2e1b386d9026ce4c1b91b50d8e7828f8d4ca34e1537797b20f63150d86337db97c6 SHA512 d41dbd4695adcad14142db048b291eed9367153101853e3e17ee8448aa4be9d20bd91b62707291e2b093ce969d51aeef16ceae7330734b5a1556023d773c5a85
 DIST websocket_client-1.9.0.tar.gz 70576 BLAKE2B 29f16feb16496fec19c0d0bc1af25ff4675c162763c6d933d1a12b6a8222c6fbf587871a2da3adccfcac212d3fddcafe9d23777600c10c2b88ba661cf248b04f SHA512 63385845aaaf792167d681c4b3089b09ea4dedbf931fa1f4ebc55648b6d864c2a479ac61f758d6a7967ce84e59e197613c976069f64381599c274f89c3edd0b4
diff --git a/dev-python/websocket-client/websocket-client-1.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/websocket-client/websocket-client-1.8.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index e4a3689c71609..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/websocket-client/websocket-client-1.8.0.ebuild
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@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..14} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="WebSocket client for python with hybi13 support"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/websocket-client/websocket-client/
-	https://pypi.org/project/websocket-client/
-"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86"
-IUSE="examples test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-python/python-socks[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-distutils_enable_tests unittest
-
-python_install_all() {
-	if use examples; then
-		docompress -x "/usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples"
-		dodoc -r examples
-	fi
-	distutils-r1_python_install_all
-}