diff --git a/dev-build/steve/Manifest b/dev-build/steve/Manifest
index aac7753c79e69..c94022d332bf2 100644
--- a/dev-build/steve/Manifest
+++ b/dev-build/steve/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST steve-1.3.1.tar.xz 21416 BLAKE2B 30dc52eb35eb05a33bc9dc0430897447627878743f98d67481e7c77af6db160bdef58fae9f8d29abe16ed043e2badb2f74fe4e6e39140d441510cc37cf74641c SHA512 224549ae9ae5d9e3f0529bf6a361ae9339a4553bc5c40641dd16c28a6efec3b889dd1bd1399e8330461d9d2b9a9c496929d718d2f34fb9abc7a95ccdabbee037
 DIST steve-1.4.0.tar.xz 22440 BLAKE2B 8de37ce2ced9e7b669fa4d304bf81718e304eac82376b9afc3dd5e8eec266debde25d715df45a31f0f34d5905b272f0591c90b45cec063f3370d0b09177a252c SHA512 bacf8e5f8085c827412874d147ad7d2de13f69c6efb123f98bea0240635e9df076a70a6083f112222ed728880e12b83871f04a40178063835b3d9d8040dc48d5
diff --git a/dev-build/steve/steve-1.3.1.ebuild b/dev-build/steve/steve-1.3.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 6977ca9512f7e..0000000000000
--- a/dev-build/steve/steve-1.3.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-
-inherit linux-info meson python-any-r1 systemd udev
-
-DESCRIPTION="A load-balancing jobserver for Gentoo"
-HOMEPAGE="https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/steve.git/"
-SRC_URI="https://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/dist/${P}.tar.xz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 x86"
-IUSE="debug test"
-RESTRICT="test"
-PROPERTIES="test? ( test_privileged )"
-
-DEPEND="
-	dev-libs/libevent:=
-	sys-fs/fuse:3=
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-	acct-group/jobserver
-	acct-user/steve
-	>=sys-fs/fuse-common-3.10.4-r2
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	test? (
-		$(python_gen_any_dep '
-			dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-			dev-python/pytest-timeout[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		')
-	)
-"
-
-python_check_deps() {
-	python_has_version "dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" &&
-		python_has_version "dev-python/pytest-timeout[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-}
-
-pkg_pretend() {
-	local CONFIG_CHECK="~CUSE"
-	check_extra_config
-}
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	use test && python-any-r1_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local emesonargs=(
-		$(meson_use !debug b_ndebug)
-		$(meson_use test)
-	)
-
-	meson_src_configure
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	addwrite /dev/cuse
-	addwrite /dev/steve.test
-	if [[ ! -w /dev/cuse ]]; then
-		die "Testing steve requires /dev/cuse"
-	fi
-
-	local -x STEVE=${BUILD_DIR}/steve
-	local EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-timeout )
-	epytest
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	meson_src_install
-
-	# TODO: move these to meson
-	systemd_dounit data/steve.service
-	newconfd data/steve.confd steve
-	newinitd data/steve.initd steve
-	insinto /etc/sandbox.d
-	newins data/sandbox.conf 90steve
-	udev_newrules data/steve.udev 90-steve.rules
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	udev_reload
-
-	if ! grep -q -s -R -- '--jobserver-auth=fifo:/dev/steve' "${EROOT}"/etc/portage/make.conf
-	then
-		elog "In order to use the system-wide steve instance, enable the service:"
-		elog
-		elog "  systemctl enable --now steve"
-		elog
-		elog "Then add to your make.conf:"
-		elog
-		elog '  MAKEFLAGS="--jobserver-auth=fifo:/dev/steve"'
-		elog '  NINJAOPTS=""'
-		elog
-		elog "You can use -l in NINJAOPTS but *do not* use -j, as it disables"
-		elog "jobserver support."
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	udev_reload
-}