diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index 329d75e8b180b..be25e30181b75 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -729,11 +729,6 @@ dev-db/mysql-super-smack
 # Removal on 2023-01-20.  Bug #737842.
 dev-php/phptal
 
-# Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (2022-12-20)
-# Pending version bump since 2015.  No new upstream releases since.
-# Removal on 2023-01-19.  Bug #887489.
-sys-cluster/ganglia
-
 # Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@gentoo.org> (2022-12-19)
 # This version currently is not compatible with kernel build (yet)
 ~dev-util/bindgen-0.63.0
diff --git a/sys-cluster/ganglia/Manifest b/sys-cluster/ganglia/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index d0764b1e59770..0000000000000
--- a/sys-cluster/ganglia/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST ganglia-3.7.1.tar.gz 1311019 BLAKE2B c70ee163d27af747a0961e6e8115f23512c64e28270f4224121e834c5bb66af27536821d4f9a8d6cc9a8e290d9cd3fcdb01fed7d054ce55d12cb80dd41d9f63d SHA512 1c3519cec0015cc967536a8c72cedd1b1bc268e0e238538756b1f46fd741b56ebaacc6f518c57eb111c30fd2e56372cba4593e4487c9ed68472aa59d24ce66a8
diff --git a/sys-cluster/ganglia/files/gmetad.rc-2 b/sys-cluster/ganglia/files/gmetad.rc-2
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b1306beec9af..0000000000000
--- a/sys-cluster/ganglia/files/gmetad.rc-2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-
-PIDFILE=/var/run/gmetad.pid
-
-depend() {
-	need net
-	after ntp-client ntpd
-}
-
-start() {
-	ebegin "Starting GANGLIA gmetad: "
-	start-stop-daemon \
-		--start --quiet \
-		--exec /usr/sbin/gmetad \
-		--pidfile ${PIDFILE} \
-		-- \
-		--pid-file=${PIDFILE}
-	eend $? "Failed to start gmetad"
-}
-
-stop() {
-	ebegin "Shutting down GANGLIA gmetad: "
-	start-stop-daemon \
-		--stop --quiet \
-		--pidfile ${PIDFILE} \
-		--exec /usr/sbin/gmetad
-	eend $? "Failed to stop gmetad"
-}
diff --git a/sys-cluster/ganglia/files/gmond.rc-2 b/sys-cluster/ganglia/files/gmond.rc-2
deleted file mode 100644
index fb07e19073c0b..0000000000000
--- a/sys-cluster/ganglia/files/gmond.rc-2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-
-PIDFILE=/var/run/gmond.pid
-
-depend() {
-	need net
-	after ntp-client ntpd
-}
-
-start() {
-	ebegin "Starting GANGLIA gmond: "
-	start-stop-daemon \
-		--start --quiet \
-		--exec /usr/sbin/gmond \
-		--pidfile ${PIDFILE} \
-		-- \
-		--pid-file=${PIDFILE}
-	eend $? "Failed to start gmond"
-}
-
-stop() {
-	ebegin "Shutting down GANGLIA gmond: "
-	start-stop-daemon \
-		--stop --quiet \
-		--pidfile ${PIDFILE} \
-		--exec /usr/sbin/gmond
-	eend $? "Failed to stop gmond"
-}
diff --git a/sys-cluster/ganglia/ganglia-3.7.1-r3.ebuild b/sys-cluster/ganglia/ganglia-3.7.1-r3.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index bb07730b6ddb1..0000000000000
--- a/sys-cluster/ganglia/ganglia-3.7.1-r3.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-inherit flag-o-matic systemd toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="A scalable distributed monitoring system for clusters and grids"
-HOMEPAGE="http://ganglia.sourceforge.net/"
-SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/ganglia/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc x86"
-IUSE="minimal pcre examples"
-
-DEPEND="dev-libs/confuse:=
-	dev-libs/expat
-	>=dev-libs/apr-1.0:=
-	net-libs/libnsl:0=
-	net-libs/libtirpc:0=
-	virtual/libcrypt:=
-	!dev-db/firebird
-	pcre? ( dev-libs/libpcre )"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-	!minimal? ( net-analyzer/rrdtool )"
-
-BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
-
-src_configure() {
-	append-flags $("$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" --cflags libtirpc)
-	append-libs $("$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" --libs libtirpc)
-
-	econf \
-		--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(systemd_get_systemunitdir) \
-		--enable-gexec \
-		--sysconfdir="${EPREFIX}"/etc/${PN} \
-		--enable-static=no \
-		--disable-python \
-		$(use_with pcre libpcre) \
-		$(use_with !minimal gmetad)
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	local exdir=/usr/share/doc/${P}
-
-	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
-
-	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/gmond.rc-2 gmond
-	doman {mans/*.1,gmond/*.5}
-	dodoc AUTHORS INSTALL NEWS README
-
-	dodir /etc/ganglia/conf.d
-	gmond/gmond -t > "${ED}"/etc/ganglia/gmond.conf
-
-	if use examples; then
-		insinto ${exdir}/cmod-examples
-		doins gmond/modules/example/*.c
-	fi
-
-	if ! use minimal; then
-		insinto /etc/ganglia
-		doins gmetad/gmetad.conf
-		doman mans/gmetad.1
-
-		newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/gmetad.rc-2 gmetad
-		keepdir /var/lib/ganglia/rrds
-		fowners nobody:nobody /var/lib/ganglia/rrds
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	elog "A default configuration file for gmond has been generated"
-	elog "for you as a template by running:"
-	elog "    /usr/sbin/gmond -t > /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf"
-
-	elog "The web frontend for Ganglia has been split off.  Emerge"
-	elog "sys-cluster/ganglia-web if you need it."
-}
diff --git a/sys-cluster/ganglia/metadata.xml b/sys-cluster/ganglia/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 23aece3dd3835..0000000000000
--- a/sys-cluster/ganglia/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>cluster@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Gentoo Cluster Project</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<upstream>
-		<remote-id type="sourceforge">ganglia</remote-id>
-		<remote-id type="github">ganglia/monitor-core</remote-id>
-	</upstream>
-</pkgmetadata>