diff --git a/dev-python/narwhals/Manifest b/dev-python/narwhals/Manifest
index 7a5eb842c7c57..ca7463983309f 100644
--- a/dev-python/narwhals/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/narwhals/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST narwhals-1.42.1.tar.gz 492865 BLAKE2B ed0d0defe48bad75e711ab49914fe2802d56fc625535971bf7aeaab97612b19e79e517ae86a0211a111235653d35729a92d3d13ac0b70f24c7756944bb509104 SHA512 3c81713c78bf8e656e2dfad20433298dc96cbd7e157678c6f076653d9f35035db95506229e2d2ea9f43867a926ab5fa65f6217348049a9b5f382b9363ea647cb
 DIST narwhals-1.43.0.tar.gz 496455 BLAKE2B c9c22ce77f202711eebfb2628a2828bc0498bad786b7080955860b3e08f2ee344368ab13a32d0c517ce0a826e36ac2b2a2749feedc815f694f241253ea0ae80b SHA512 3a1f85261f11b37b7da16c56fa3ad0edca05ef944a832c540fee8ebc52c2f1bef90525a9bc398cde255f6b4f9f4e6ff63eee09ca9d42b82453192a845b0711c9
diff --git a/dev-python/narwhals/narwhals-1.42.1.ebuild b/dev-python/narwhals/narwhals-1.42.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 91c2c317d73d3..0000000000000
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@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Extremely lightweight compatibility layer between dataframe libraries"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/narwhals-dev/narwhals/
-	https://pypi.org/project/narwhals/
-"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-python/hypothesis[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/pandas[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/pyarrow[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/pytest-env[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-EPYTEST_XDIST=1
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_test() {
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
-	# make hypothesis more forgiving
-	local -x CI=1
-	epytest --runslow --constructors="pandas,pandas[nullable],pandas[pyarrow],pyarrow"
-}