diff --git a/dev-lang/ruby/Manifest b/dev-lang/ruby/Manifest
index 4f02cd756e3ab..0a31bbbc0fe19 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ruby/Manifest
+++ b/dev-lang/ruby/Manifest
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
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-DIST ruby-patches-2.3.7.tar.bz2 3030 BLAKE2B 7c1e80ff0569a03672f53820c665933056b46bcf791c9132cb9f358f72df693749f02da65ca7469c3dd0f652d7dc7bfaa03dccd4eb900562361876023fb65b42 SHA512 54cc3f2bfd1967b8558736e5a5240b886a56b22defca5813f45b1f4dca9af169b4d59d60b327ec8411e824970ac6da1cec53cfc31833403742e9d6941e5a78f1
 DIST ruby-patches-2.3.8-r1.tar.bz2 3030 BLAKE2B 7c1e80ff0569a03672f53820c665933056b46bcf791c9132cb9f358f72df693749f02da65ca7469c3dd0f652d7dc7bfaa03dccd4eb900562361876023fb65b42 SHA512 54cc3f2bfd1967b8558736e5a5240b886a56b22defca5813f45b1f4dca9af169b4d59d60b327ec8411e824970ac6da1cec53cfc31833403742e9d6941e5a78f1
 DIST ruby-patches-2.3.8.tar.bz2 3030 BLAKE2B 7c1e80ff0569a03672f53820c665933056b46bcf791c9132cb9f358f72df693749f02da65ca7469c3dd0f652d7dc7bfaa03dccd4eb900562361876023fb65b42 SHA512 54cc3f2bfd1967b8558736e5a5240b886a56b22defca5813f45b1f4dca9af169b4d59d60b327ec8411e824970ac6da1cec53cfc31833403742e9d6941e5a78f1
diff --git a/dev-lang/ruby/ruby-2.3.7.ebuild b/dev-lang/ruby/ruby-2.3.7.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index a65f51e5afc9e..0000000000000
--- a/dev-lang/ruby/ruby-2.3.7.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,242 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=5
-
-#PATCHSET=1
-
-inherit autotools eutils flag-o-matic multilib versionator
-
-MY_P="${PN}-$(get_version_component_range 1-3)"
-S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
-
-SLOT=$(get_version_component_range 1-2)
-MY_SUFFIX=$(delete_version_separator 1 ${SLOT})
-RUBYVERSION=2.3.0
-
-if [[ -n ${PATCHSET} ]]; then
-	if [[ ${PVR} == ${PV} ]]; then
-		PATCHSET="${PV}-r0.${PATCHSET}"
-	else
-		PATCHSET="${PVR}.${PATCHSET}"
-	fi
-else
-	PATCHSET="${PVR}"
-fi
-
-DESCRIPTION="An object-oriented scripting language"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.ruby-lang.org/"
-SRC_URI="mirror://ruby/${SLOT}/${MY_P}.tar.xz
-		 https://dev.gentoo.org/~flameeyes/ruby-team/${PN}-patches-${PATCHSET}.tar.bz2"
-
-LICENSE="|| ( Ruby-BSD BSD-2 )"
-KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm ~arm64 hppa ia64 ~mips ppc ppc64 s390 ~sh sparc x86 ~amd64-fbsd ~x86-fbsd"
-IUSE="berkdb debug doc examples gdbm ipv6 jemalloc libressl +rdoc rubytests socks5 ssl tk xemacs ncurses +readline"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	berkdb? ( sys-libs/db:= )
-	gdbm? ( sys-libs/gdbm:= )
-	jemalloc? ( dev-libs/jemalloc )
-	ssl? (
-		!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
-		libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl )
-	)
-	socks5? ( >=net-proxy/dante-1.1.13 )
-	tk? (
-		dev-lang/tcl:0=[threads]
-		dev-lang/tk:0=[threads]
-	)
-	ncurses? ( sys-libs/ncurses:0= )
-	readline?  ( sys-libs/readline:0= )
-	dev-libs/libyaml
-	virtual/libffi:=
-	sys-libs/zlib
-	>=app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20151229
-	!<dev-ruby/rdoc-3.9.4
-	!<dev-ruby/rubygems-1.8.10-r1"
-
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-BUNDLED_GEMS="
-	>=dev-ruby/did_you_mean-1.0.0:1[ruby_targets_ruby23]
-	>=dev-ruby/minitest-5.8.3[ruby_targets_ruby23]
-	>=dev-ruby/net-telnet-0.1.1[ruby_targets_ruby23]
-	>=dev-ruby/power_assert-0.2.6[ruby_targets_ruby23]
-	>=dev-ruby/rake-10.4.2[ruby_targets_ruby23]
-	>=dev-ruby/test-unit-3.1.5[ruby_targets_ruby23]
-"
-
-PDEPEND="
-	${BUNDLED_GEMS}
-	virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby23]
-	>=dev-ruby/json-1.8.3[ruby_targets_ruby23]
-	rdoc? ( >=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.2.1[ruby_targets_ruby23] )
-	xemacs? ( app-xemacs/ruby-modes )"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	EPATCH_FORCE="yes" EPATCH_SUFFIX="patch" \
-		epatch "${WORKDIR}/patches"
-
-	einfo "Unbundling gems..."
-	cd "$S"
-	# Remove bundled gems that we will install via PDEPEND, bug
-	# 539700. Use explicit version numbers to ensure rm fails when they
-	# change so we can update dependencies accordingly.
-	rm -f gems/{did_you_mean-1.0.0,minitest-5.8.3,net-telnet-0.1.1,power_assert-0.2.6,rake-10.4.2,test-unit-3.1.5}.gem || die
-
-	# Fix a hardcoded lib path in configure script
-	sed -i -e "s:\(RUBY_LIB_PREFIX=\"\${prefix}/\)lib:\1$(get_libdir):" \
-		configure.in || die "sed failed"
-
-	eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local modules= myconf=
-
-	# -fomit-frame-pointer makes ruby segfault, see bug #150413.
-	filter-flags -fomit-frame-pointer
-	# In many places aliasing rules are broken; play it safe
-	# as it's risky with newer compilers to leave it as it is.
-	append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
-	# SuperH needs this
-	use sh && append-flags -mieee
-
-	# Socks support via dante
-	if use socks5 ; then
-		# Socks support can't be disabled as long as SOCKS_SERVER is
-		# set and socks library is present, so need to unset
-		# SOCKS_SERVER in that case.
-		unset SOCKS_SERVER
-	fi
-
-	# Increase GC_MALLOC_LIMIT if set (default is 8000000)
-	if [ -n "${RUBY_GC_MALLOC_LIMIT}" ] ; then
-		append-flags "-DGC_MALLOC_LIMIT=${RUBY_GC_MALLOC_LIMIT}"
-	fi
-
-	# ipv6 hack, bug 168939. Needs --enable-ipv6.
-	use ipv6 || myconf="${myconf} --with-lookup-order-hack=INET"
-
-	# Determine which modules *not* to build depending in the USE flags.
-	if ! use readline ; then
-		modules="${modules},readline"
-	fi
-	if ! use berkdb ; then
-		modules="${modules},dbm"
-	fi
-	if ! use gdbm ; then
-		modules="${modules},gdbm"
-	fi
-	if ! use ssl ; then
-		modules="${modules},openssl"
-	fi
-	if ! use ncurses ; then
-		modules="${modules},curses"
-	fi
-	if ! use tk ; then
-		modules="${modules},tk"
-	fi
-
-	# Provide an empty LIBPATHENV because we disable rpath but we do not
-	# need LD_LIBRARY_PATH by default since that breaks USE=multitarget
-	# #564272
-	INSTALL="${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/install -c" LIBPATHENV="" econf \
-		--program-suffix=${MY_SUFFIX} \
-		--with-soname=ruby${MY_SUFFIX} \
-		--docdir=${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${P} \
-		--enable-shared \
-		--enable-pthread \
-		--disable-rpath \
-		--with-out-ext="${modules}" \
-		$(use_with jemalloc jemalloc) \
-		$(use_enable socks5 socks) \
-		$(use_enable doc install-doc) \
-		--enable-ipv6 \
-		$(use_enable debug) \
-		${myconf} \
-		--enable-option-checking=no \
-		|| die "econf failed"
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	emake V=1 EXTLDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" || die "emake failed"
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	emake -j1 V=1 test || die "make test failed"
-
-	elog "Ruby's make test has been run. Ruby also ships with a make check"
-	elog "that cannot be run until after ruby has been installed."
-	elog
-	if use rubytests; then
-		elog "You have enabled rubytests, so they will be installed to"
-		elog "/usr/share/${PN}-${SLOT}/test. To run them you must be a user other"
-		elog "than root, and you must place them into a writeable directory."
-		elog "Then call: "
-		elog
-		elog "ruby${MY_SUFFIX} -C /location/of/tests runner.rb"
-	else
-		elog "Enable the rubytests USE flag to install the make check tests"
-	fi
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	# Remove the remaining bundled gems. We do this late in the process
-	# since they are used during the build to e.g. create the
-	# documentation.
-	rm -rf ext/json || die
-
-	# Ruby is involved in the install process, we don't want interference here.
-	unset RUBYOPT
-
-	local MINIRUBY=$(echo -e 'include Makefile\ngetminiruby:\n\t@echo $(MINIRUBY)'|make -f - getminiruby)
-
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${S}:${D}/usr/$(get_libdir)${LD_LIBRARY_PATH+:}${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
-	RUBYLIB="${S}:${D}/usr/$(get_libdir)/ruby/${RUBYVERSION}"
-	for d in $(find "${S}/ext" -type d) ; do
-		RUBYLIB="${RUBYLIB}:$d"
-	done
-	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH RUBYLIB
-
-	emake V=1 DESTDIR="${D}" install || die "make install failed"
-
-	# Remove installed rubygems and rdoc copy
-	rm -rf "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/ruby/${RUBYVERSION}/rubygems" || die "rm rubygems failed"
-	rm -rf "${ED}/usr/bin/"gem"${MY_SUFFIX}" || die "rm rdoc bins failed"
-	rm -rf "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/ruby/${RUBYVERSION}"/rdoc* || die "rm rdoc failed"
-	rm -rf "${ED}/usr/bin/"{ri,rdoc}"${MY_SUFFIX}" || die "rm rdoc bins failed"
-
-	if use doc; then
-		make DESTDIR="${D}" install-doc || die "make install-doc failed"
-	fi
-
-	if use examples; then
-		insinto /usr/share/doc/${PF}
-		doins -r sample
-	fi
-
-	dodoc ChangeLog NEWS doc/NEWS* README* || die
-
-	if use rubytests; then
-		pushd test
-		insinto /usr/share/${PN}-${SLOT}/test
-		doins -r .
-		popd
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	if [[ ! -n $(readlink "${ROOT}"usr/bin/ruby) ]] ; then
-		eselect ruby set ruby${MY_SUFFIX}
-	fi
-
-	elog
-	elog "To switch between available Ruby profiles, execute as root:"
-	elog "\teselect ruby set ruby(22|23|...)"
-	elog
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	eselect ruby cleanup
-}