diff --git a/dev-python/virtualenv/Manifest b/dev-python/virtualenv/Manifest
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@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST virtualenv-20.34.0.tar.gz 6003808 BLAKE2B ea13d8952b67c1b9fc1547d726b014d8d971fc83341fbd471c0697adf3d616e12b1d9f1eda9aee18b9abee15bedbfb1e6abddfb25c6bf0bb8ff8a036647b626b SHA512 0dbea6cc8ea4f2bd5fae5560e87d6fae1bc1230c4f04992749c6a274f1740b1bf262767329b667670d642501ef3c3ac1eecff5ce4c95a1d943db110bea0079b2
+DIST virtualenv-20.35.0.tar.gz 6005345 BLAKE2B 4bc6d0a7a05b60213f7cf934515ca7798398e5f09aebcd8093ac66ab600c82bb4ac7ab771146a0593c1c5b9eb83f1eeea1b299e13e96b63ecd1d6ca6ea8fdd00 SHA512 dc64f305a660f503d7e81195d0c6571a1e5f5fc586912d2c35a2d206859400bd763061f745851e753dfe905c60a1f6d5408f7c8ec0e9a3140554e941a7a0331a
diff --git a/dev-python/virtualenv/virtualenv-20.35.0.ebuild b/dev-python/virtualenv/virtualenv-20.35.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_TESTED=( python3_{11..14} pypy3_11 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( "${PYTHON_TESTED[@]}" python3_{13,14}t )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Virtual Python Environment builder"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/
+	https://pypi.org/project/virtualenv/
+	https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/distlib-0.3.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/filelock-3.12.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/platformdirs-3.9.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+
+	dev-python/ensurepip-pip
+	dev-python/ensurepip-setuptools
+	dev-python/ensurepip-wheel
+"
+# coverage is used somehow magically in virtualenv, maybe it actually
+# tests something useful
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/hatch-vcs[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		${RDEPEND}
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/coverage[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			>=dev-python/pip-22.2.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			>=dev-python/pytest-mock-3.6.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			dev-python/pytest-timeout[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			dev-python/pytest-xdist[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			>=dev-python/setuptools-67.8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			dev-python/wheel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			>=dev-python/packaging-20.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' "${PYTHON_TESTED[@]}")
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/time-machine[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' python3_{11..14})
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			>=dev-python/pytest-freezer-0.4.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' 'pypy3*')
+	)
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	local PATCHES=(
+		# use wheels from ensurepip bundle
+		"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-20.31.1-ensurepip.patch"
+	)
+
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+
+	# workaround test failures due to warnings from setuptools-scm, sigh
+	echo '[tool.setuptools_scm]' >> pyproject.toml || die
+
+	# remove useless pins
+	sed -i -e 's:,<[0-9.]*::' pyproject.toml || die
+
+	# remove bundled wheels
+	rm src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/*.whl || die
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	if ! has "${EPYTHON}" "${PYTHON_TESTED[@]/_/.}"; then
+		einfo "Skipping testing on ${EPYTHON}"
+		return
+	fi
+
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		tests/unit/seed/embed/test_bootstrap_link_via_app_data.py::test_seed_link_via_app_data
+		# tests for old wheels with py3.7 support
+		tests/unit/seed/embed/test_pip_invoke.py::test_base_bootstrap_via_pip_invoke
+		tests/unit/seed/wheels/test_wheels_util.py::test_wheel_not_support
+		# broken by different wheel versions in ensurepip
+		tests/unit/seed/wheels/test_acquire_find_wheel.py::test_find_latest_string
+		tests/unit/seed/wheels/test_acquire_find_wheel.py::test_find_exact
+		tests/unit/seed/wheels/test_acquire_find_wheel.py::test_find_latest_none
+		tests/unit/seed/wheels/test_acquire.py::test_download_wheel_bad_output
+		# hangs on a busy system, sigh
+		tests/unit/test_util.py::test_reentrant_file_lock_is_thread_safe
+		# TODO
+		tests/unit/create/via_global_ref/test_build_c_ext.py::test_can_build_c_extensions
+		# random resource leaks or xdist
+		tests/unit/test_file_limit.py::test_too_many_open_files
+	)
+	case ${EPYTHON} in
+		pypy3.11)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# these don't like the executable called pypy3.11?
+				tests/unit/activation/test_bash.py::test_bash
+				tests/unit/activation/test_fish.py::test_fish
+				tests/unit/discovery/py_info/test_py_info.py::test_fallback_existent_system_executable
+			)
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	local -x TZ=UTC
+	local EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-{mock,rerunfailures} )
+	if [[ ${EPYTHON} == pypy3* ]]; then
+		EPYTEST_PLUGINS+=( pytest-freezer )
+	else
+		EPYTEST_PLUGINS+=( time-machine )
+	fi
+	local EPYTEST_TIMEOUT=180
+	local EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+	epytest -o addopts=
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	distutils-r1_src_install
+
+	# remove bundled wheels, we're using ensurepip bundle instead
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.whl' -delete || die
+}