diff --git a/dev-python/python-daemon/Manifest b/dev-python/python-daemon/Manifest
index ee2c30ce17d6..211642cb9e02 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-daemon/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/python-daemon/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-DIST python_daemon-3.1.0.tar.gz 61947 BLAKE2B d6f24cb72a033401a2eb1149c359ec49e044b0d549ae8ccb337dc60525f3ad80efd8646a50a51e6ba0768a5e8e77a3a5bd5b1a5aea3b54c5546769a5599d49ad SHA512 d7641baba841af8724dd37b66db605d07a62c947f01ff6328c44aca56deaa5a0891b8fe3bbbf5840e16c7080402776676892f105aac900944a8d2921a12edba4
-DIST python_daemon-3.1.1.tar.gz 71104 BLAKE2B 56ab3f178233f4fffe64413d34046297f1a136b9e6843e5f90a05e2634bb6cad49dec39ec66d85bf3edd003127ee57a0ed772b192d073e8d7a935956b0992cc2 SHA512 faf074e8ef07b5cda32cbdd66f613d2830569d6a0316b8048e0173b65c45b5472a42a90edacecb811c4cd7daf1d239f898f8a939c4dfb807ef88455f2dc27a9b
 DIST python_daemon-3.1.2.tar.gz 71576 BLAKE2B 605b84271935e5c8bf54aee64f4a4a4dfec06e87acb7d2edd2c7676c67f0b1b933bceec29ab91debad8745e501744cf507f745e1aa0b159f7b600257ed68815c SHA512 3901b9f14f11b8765eb31874fdb9410cbda1425ce70d2702827fe4745b5b8fb93f23e9f71faa6b0ca001745aeea03c186c4e29d973cb12a5912340dae6aa2ee0
diff --git a/dev-python/python-daemon/python-daemon-3.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/python-daemon/python-daemon-3.1.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index addd4821792e..000000000000
--- a/dev-python/python-daemon/python-daemon-3.1.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} pypy3 )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Library to implement a well-behaved Unix daemon process"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://pagure.io/python-daemon/
-	https://pypi.org/project/python-daemon/
-"
-
-# build system and tests use GPL-3.0+ but none of these files are installed
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm ~hppa ~mips ~ppc ppc64 ~sparc x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/lockfile-0.10[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/docutils[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	test? (
-		dev-python/testtools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/testscenarios[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-distutils_enable_tests unittest
-
-src_prepare() {
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-
-	# overengineered logic with NIH deps
-	rm setup.py || die
-	cat > setup.cfg <<-EOF || die
-		[metadata]
-		version = ${PV}
-		description = ${DESCRIPTION}
-		maintainer =
-		long_description =
-	EOF
-
-	# tests for their overengineered setup
-	rm test/test_{setup,util_metadata}.py || die
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/python-daemon/python-daemon-3.1.1.ebuild b/dev-python/python-daemon/python-daemon-3.1.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 4352b0c42459..000000000000
--- a/dev-python/python-daemon/python-daemon-3.1.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} pypy3 )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Library to implement a well-behaved Unix daemon process"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://pagure.io/python-daemon/
-	https://pypi.org/project/python-daemon/
-"
-
-# build system and tests use GPL-3.0+ but none of these files are installed
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/lockfile-0.10[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/docutils[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	test? (
-		dev-python/testtools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/testscenarios[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-distutils_enable_tests unittest
-
-src_prepare() {
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-
-	# overengineered logic with NIH deps
-	rm setup.py || die
-	cat > setup.cfg <<-EOF || die
-		[metadata]
-		version = ${PV}
-		description = ${DESCRIPTION}
-		maintainer =
-		long_description =
-		exclude = doc
-	EOF
-
-	# tests for their overengineered setup
-	rm test/test_{setup,util_metadata}.py || die
-	# setuptools insists on installing it, sigh
-	rm -r doc || die
-}