diff --git a/dev-python/lz4/Manifest b/dev-python/lz4/Manifest
index f1495a706af66..6aaeef81e06eb 100644
--- a/dev-python/lz4/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/lz4/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST lz4-4.4.4.tar.gz 171884 BLAKE2B a5a1a183b831de32c6197007a278351ed2ff7003c77d686432887436ca8920345995f1a1c2f64144d71ad929fe0cea13939c568030b8622a6b55bc53f0cad41b SHA512 eb49fa28d8745c8d232e82565338e1021da8bc27b4f9c01277e51fbd01a30943f420ee7a983e4683ccb81e72039a12b05b56836fa06c10039ba7267df72d0fcb
 DIST lz4-4.4.5.tar.gz 172886 BLAKE2B 27c6ec1c66ac77609e64eff6656e484900b17724b0df914e4b36215edeeb7bc6296425d7749ac25659a6a9bf10e83cce1d31af701e6464c7361f624b7d253d83 SHA512 29a3a244987295b39465191bd1c95d935a63ad3f94a6a0a9c88c5ff2063c04f28a201b9d8a4591cb36b35101e3b956dd445ed638de1d3ba2b307655c28f2353f
diff --git a/dev-python/lz4/files/lz4-4.4.4-fix-py3.14.patch b/dev-python/lz4/files/lz4-4.4.4-fix-py3.14.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9de81cd18e18c..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/lz4/files/lz4-4.4.4-fix-py3.14.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-https://github.com/python-lz4/python-lz4/pull/303
-From: Karolina Surma <ksurma@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 12:06:30 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Correct the import of _compression for Python 3.14
-
-This is backwards compatible with all supported versions of Python.
---- a/lz4/frame/__init__.py
-+++ b/lz4/frame/__init__.py
-@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
- __doc__ = _doc
-
- try:
--    import _compression   # Python 3.6 and later
-+    import compression._common._streams as _compression  # Python 3.14
- except ImportError:
--    from . import _compression
-+    import _compression   # Python 3.6 - 3.13
-
-
- BLOCKSIZE_DEFAULT = _BLOCKSIZE_DEFAULT
diff --git a/dev-python/lz4/lz4-4.4.4.ebuild b/dev-python/lz4/lz4-4.4.4.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fc1ab6b21dc5..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/lz4/lz4-4.4.4.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_EXT=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="LZ4 Bindings for Python"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/python-lz4/python-lz4/
-	https://pypi.org/project/lz4/
-"
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~loong ~riscv ~sparc x86"
-
-DEPEND="
-	app-arch/lz4:=
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/pkgconfig[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	test? (
-		dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-py3.14.patch # merged upstream
-)
-
-# note: test suite fails with xdist
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_test() {
-	local EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
-		# lz4.stream is not officially supported and not installed by default
-		# (we do not support installing it at the moment)
-		tests/stream
-	)
-
-	rm -rf lz4 || die
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
-	epytest
-}