diff --git a/net-dns/pdns-recursor/Manifest b/net-dns/pdns-recursor/Manifest
index 4fc4161a99017..4e8f6463ebbb0 100644
--- a/net-dns/pdns-recursor/Manifest
+++ b/net-dns/pdns-recursor/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST pdns-recursor-4.8.4.tar.bz2 1528092 BLAKE2B d4cacbb6451ee4b835684855e6e6bcbb0eb6425840bce980ee5b2049a4eed3fe5c6be3d62133234adc3944f85d548ce9ee50885d65b2104c0eda91b4e46ca024 SHA512 1cfdf94bc10d01ebfae00780304f0d46b3388d824158195e1db2b04a08143cc8f36c4861a05ac8cbc05948349aafe1c9e822a27b15b470ef89a81e8bd584a5f2
 DIST pdns-recursor-4.9.0.tar.bz2 1551436 BLAKE2B 6e0dbaa6c666599b1d4246c544d8933d9b476b55f946c8a9d67c5983e3f2745947e3a225bd198d11566dd97a45e47022bba56f53a1a1b9b70b71b80656118f04 SHA512 c9694fe7c852441d55c9e89e7d212e7d5a3a4e81742adc5240f673f9bc91205a36a6071e5992baec078806e8ae73f390dfc0b5ed795365a35040284372f8e6ad
 DIST pdns-recursor-4.9.1.tar.bz2 1566613 BLAKE2B c5c8cc577739411b0106bf2ca26e4bca708b70c9294ac5f57086d64290a3d106dd001d06e42365efb4d448f130ce50406e5fd47a83f79c8f18236c4dbf0eff4f SHA512 f342699fad0cee9dadc6d59edb5770d1f81bac5a4cb3cf7fef0e1f15ae65ff504e95f0e9de91c36cdef40f6ab2c6a27aebdb377e1f043c4f03b82da7cbd9051b
diff --git a/net-dns/pdns-recursor/pdns-recursor-4.8.4.ebuild b/net-dns/pdns-recursor/pdns-recursor-4.8.4.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 402e2ea18aa73..0000000000000
--- a/net-dns/pdns-recursor/pdns-recursor-4.8.4.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI="8"
-
-LUA_COMPAT=( lua5-{1..4} luajit )
-
-inherit flag-o-matic lua-single
-
-DESCRIPTION="The PowerDNS Recursor"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.powerdns.com/"
-SRC_URI="https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/${P/_/-}.tar.bz2"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm x86"
-IUSE="debug dnstap snmp sodium systemd test valgrind"
-REQUIRED_USE="${LUA_REQUIRED_USE}"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-DEPEND="${LUA_DEPS}
-	dnstap? ( dev-libs/fstrm )
-	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd:0= )
-	snmp? ( net-analyzer/net-snmp )
-	sodium? ( dev-libs/libsodium:= )
-	elibc_glibc? (
-		arm? ( >=sys-libs/glibc-2.34 )
-		x86? ( >=sys-libs/glibc-2.34 )
-	)
-	dev-libs/openssl:=
-	dev-libs/boost:=[context]"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	!<net-dns/pdns-2.9.20-r1
-	acct-user/pdns
-	acct-group/pdns"
-DEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	valgrind? ( dev-util/valgrind )"
-BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
-
-S="${WORKDIR}"/${P/_/-}
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	lua-single_pkg_setup
-	filter-flags -ftree-vectorize
-	append-lfs-flags
-	append-cppflags -D_TIME_BITS=64
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	econf \
-		--sysconfdir=/etc/powerdns \
-		--with-nod-cache-dir=/var/lib/powerdns \
-		--with-service-user=pdns \
-		--with-service-group=pdns \
-		--with-lua="${ELUA}" \
-		$(use_enable debug verbose-logging) \
-		$(use_enable systemd) \
-		$(use_enable dnstap dnstap) \
-		$(use_enable test unit-tests) \
-		$(use_enable valgrind) \
-		$(use_with sodium libsodium) \
-		$(use_with snmp net-snmp)
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	default
-
-	mv "${D}"/etc/powerdns/recursor.conf{-dist,}
-
-	# set defaults: setuid=nobody, setgid=nobody
-	sed -i \
-		-e 's/^# set\([ug]\)id=$/set\1id=pdns/' \
-		-e 's/^# quiet=$/quiet=on/' \
-		-e 's/^# chroot=$/chroot=\/var\/lib\/powerdns/' \
-		"${D}"/etc/powerdns/recursor.conf
-
-	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/pdns-recursor-r2 pdns-recursor
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	local old
-
-	for old in ${REPLACING_VERSIONS}; do
-		ver_test ${old} -lt 4.0.0-r1 || continue
-
-		ewarn "Starting with 4.0.0-r1 the init script has been renamed from precursor"
-		ewarn "to pdns-recursor, please update your runlevels accordingly."
-
-		break
-	done
-}