diff --git a/dev-python/protobuf/protobuf-5.29.4-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/protobuf/protobuf-5.29.4-r2.ebuild
similarity index 88%
rename from dev-python/protobuf/protobuf-5.29.4-r1.ebuild
rename to dev-python/protobuf/protobuf-5.29.4-r2.ebuild
index 590c6fa1c2666..c7bb73fae0922 100644
--- a/dev-python/protobuf/protobuf-5.29.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/protobuf/protobuf-5.29.4-r2.ebuild
@@ -27,10 +27,3 @@ SRC_URI="
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 1-3)"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~x64-macos"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-
-	# strip old-style namespace
-	rm google/__init__.py || die
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/protobuf/protobuf-5.29.5.ebuild b/dev-python/protobuf/protobuf-5.29.5-r1.ebuild
similarity index 88%
rename from dev-python/protobuf/protobuf-5.29.5.ebuild
rename to dev-python/protobuf/protobuf-5.29.5-r1.ebuild
index 116324351ddfc..80ade606cf1f8 100644
--- a/dev-python/protobuf/protobuf-5.29.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/protobuf/protobuf-5.29.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -27,10 +27,3 @@ SRC_URI="
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 1-3)"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~x64-macos"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-
-	# strip old-style namespace
-	rm google/__init__.py || die
-}