diff --git a/dev-python/qiskit-aer/Manifest b/dev-python/qiskit-aer/Manifest
index af92f9da195b4..5e50d80517677 100644
--- a/dev-python/qiskit-aer/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/qiskit-aer/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-DIST qiskit-aer-0.16.1.gh.tar.gz 7137732 BLAKE2B 0f522bae3e2d324171bdf0a3bb8f1c99c8c1b9beac4932146dddb51616ad6b47236ffe15d533cdee64dfbd9b48ca5f24f26774e4487d2b3238f02939908b5891 SHA512 31c57ab09fecb5452205d7c8fb550384bf6e24aaa4a9665d37a7833f6353861407136f0c36fe85c8d26c386bb37b16e3298daa2c81c2aec384c69de0d3a87ee6
-DIST qiskit-aer-0.16.2.gh.tar.gz 7137908 BLAKE2B 5fe314b0dfb36a387e21f85113744b499a38ed8b52c218d8e9d47303325c541616c1cffd3a0514688809ee2949664d45b762f57bde3277abe247e02564370b1b SHA512 2a218b7da34d29b2d8628a7e819b7073bff99c396ecafa5946cc881ef73787744ee2704b33889da77eb8a92acf0ad7e96f81bbf43fc6bd71416a602049d959aa
-DIST qiskit-aer-0.16.4.gh.tar.gz 7136787 BLAKE2B b074dc088a5b26c894a5fa4ff227c9e726bd9f22265b4d1138ba944e7da5355a4715ce0ba3a5faee1752b94a74d79646277009e9f52fab882840c241f26799cc SHA512 f331cd44a59ae91aeca7af7248b1112b8a6031d8bd26f14b53d303ca94c2a9465ebfe815c59ca06ec036d8e6231b4fffdf27d5e7838dd425c0d7d84a5c5ac5d6
 DIST qiskit-aer-0.17.gh.tar.gz 7138967 BLAKE2B 7654630890f41a92a731321ab5bd3b3aad05267a558fa769c19511435ca4ed28df46c84522b3bd436efea3b7bc0f3eb703fd46bf2b1db447b37706f38b72be04 SHA512 30387dbbce74f8a60a804c1706a7fa652a49e75805e65f845fdad04cc9db15689af935402c45cc6d25360a8ce94fa56956f55671637e0fc53fc9337d9c98760a
diff --git a/dev-python/qiskit-aer/qiskit-aer-0.16.1.ebuild b/dev-python/qiskit-aer/qiskit-aer-0.16.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index cc789dc13a1ae..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/qiskit-aer/qiskit-aer-0.16.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_EXT=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="High performance simulator for quantum circuits that includes noise models"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/
-	https://pypi.org/project/qiskit-aer/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-
-# The reference implementation of BLAS/CBLAS is not compatible with qiskit-aer right now,
-# because importing library causes an error.
-# /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/qiskit/providers/aer/backends/controller_wrappers.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: undefined symbol: slamch_
-# Using sci-libs/openblas instead here,
-# with the option to switch between reference/openblas implementation runtime (eselect-ldso).
-#
-# <nlohmann_json-3.10.3 for https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/issues/1742
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/numpy-1.16.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	<dev-cpp/nlohmann_json-3.10.3
-	>=dev-cpp/nlohmann_json-3.1.1
-	>=dev-libs/spdlog-1.9.2:=
-	>=dev-cpp/muParserX-4.0.8
-	virtual/cblas[eselect-ldso]
-	sci-libs/openblas[eselect-ldso]
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-	>=dev-python/psutil-5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/qiskit-1.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/scipy-1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-build/cmake-3.17
-	>=dev-python/scikit-build-0.11.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/pybind11-2.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	test? (
-		dev-python/ddt[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/fixtures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-EPYTEST_XDIST=1
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-check_openblas() {
-	local libdir=$(get_libdir) me="openblas"
-
-	# check blas
-	local current_blas=$(eselect blas show ${libdir} | cut -d' ' -f2)
-	if [[ ${current_blas} != "${me}" ]]; then
-		eerror "Current eselect: BLAS/CBLAS ($libdir) -> [${current_blas}]."
-		eerror "To use qiskit-aer, you have to issue (as root):"
-		eerror "\t eselect blas set ${libdir} ${me}"
-		return 1
-	fi
-	return 0
-}
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	if use test; then
-		check_openblas
-		if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-			die "Set blas implementation to openblas using 'eselect blas set openblas'!"
-		fi
-	fi
-}
-
-python_prepare_all() {
-	export DISABLE_CONAN="ON"
-	export DISABLE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL="ON"
-	export SKBUILD_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="-DTEST_JSON=1"
-
-	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-		# requires qiskit_qasm3_import
-		test/terra/backends/aer_simulator/test_save_statevector.py::TestSaveStatevector::test_save_statevector_for_qasm3_circuit_1___automatic____CPU__
-		test/terra/backends/aer_simulator/test_save_statevector.py::TestSaveStatevector::test_save_statevector_for_qasm3_circuit_2___statevector____CPU__
-		test/terra/backends/aer_simulator/test_save_statevector.py::TestSaveStatevector::test_save_statevector_for_qasm3_circuit_3___matrix_product_state____CPU__
-		test/terra/backends/aer_simulator/test_save_statevector.py::TestSaveStatevector::test_save_statevector_for_qasm3_circuit_4___extended_stabilizer____CPU__
-	)
-
-	local EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
-		# TODO: qiskit.providers.aer? wtf?
-		test/terra/expression/test_classical_expressions.py
-	)
-
-	# From tox.ini/tests.yml in CI
-	# Needed to suppress a warning in jupyter-core 5.x by eagerly migrating to
-	# a new internal interface that will be the default in jupyter-core 6.x.
-	# This variable should become redundant on release of jupyter-core 6.
-	local -x JUPYTER_PLATFORM_DIRS=1
-
-	rm -rf qiskit_aer || die
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
-	epytest -s
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	check_openblas
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/qiskit-aer/qiskit-aer-0.16.2.ebuild b/dev-python/qiskit-aer/qiskit-aer-0.16.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index cc789dc13a1ae..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/qiskit-aer/qiskit-aer-0.16.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_EXT=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="High performance simulator for quantum circuits that includes noise models"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/
-	https://pypi.org/project/qiskit-aer/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-
-# The reference implementation of BLAS/CBLAS is not compatible with qiskit-aer right now,
-# because importing library causes an error.
-# /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/qiskit/providers/aer/backends/controller_wrappers.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: undefined symbol: slamch_
-# Using sci-libs/openblas instead here,
-# with the option to switch between reference/openblas implementation runtime (eselect-ldso).
-#
-# <nlohmann_json-3.10.3 for https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/issues/1742
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/numpy-1.16.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	<dev-cpp/nlohmann_json-3.10.3
-	>=dev-cpp/nlohmann_json-3.1.1
-	>=dev-libs/spdlog-1.9.2:=
-	>=dev-cpp/muParserX-4.0.8
-	virtual/cblas[eselect-ldso]
-	sci-libs/openblas[eselect-ldso]
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-	>=dev-python/psutil-5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/qiskit-1.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/scipy-1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-build/cmake-3.17
-	>=dev-python/scikit-build-0.11.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/pybind11-2.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	test? (
-		dev-python/ddt[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/fixtures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-EPYTEST_XDIST=1
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-check_openblas() {
-	local libdir=$(get_libdir) me="openblas"
-
-	# check blas
-	local current_blas=$(eselect blas show ${libdir} | cut -d' ' -f2)
-	if [[ ${current_blas} != "${me}" ]]; then
-		eerror "Current eselect: BLAS/CBLAS ($libdir) -> [${current_blas}]."
-		eerror "To use qiskit-aer, you have to issue (as root):"
-		eerror "\t eselect blas set ${libdir} ${me}"
-		return 1
-	fi
-	return 0
-}
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	if use test; then
-		check_openblas
-		if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-			die "Set blas implementation to openblas using 'eselect blas set openblas'!"
-		fi
-	fi
-}
-
-python_prepare_all() {
-	export DISABLE_CONAN="ON"
-	export DISABLE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL="ON"
-	export SKBUILD_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="-DTEST_JSON=1"
-
-	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-		# requires qiskit_qasm3_import
-		test/terra/backends/aer_simulator/test_save_statevector.py::TestSaveStatevector::test_save_statevector_for_qasm3_circuit_1___automatic____CPU__
-		test/terra/backends/aer_simulator/test_save_statevector.py::TestSaveStatevector::test_save_statevector_for_qasm3_circuit_2___statevector____CPU__
-		test/terra/backends/aer_simulator/test_save_statevector.py::TestSaveStatevector::test_save_statevector_for_qasm3_circuit_3___matrix_product_state____CPU__
-		test/terra/backends/aer_simulator/test_save_statevector.py::TestSaveStatevector::test_save_statevector_for_qasm3_circuit_4___extended_stabilizer____CPU__
-	)
-
-	local EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
-		# TODO: qiskit.providers.aer? wtf?
-		test/terra/expression/test_classical_expressions.py
-	)
-
-	# From tox.ini/tests.yml in CI
-	# Needed to suppress a warning in jupyter-core 5.x by eagerly migrating to
-	# a new internal interface that will be the default in jupyter-core 6.x.
-	# This variable should become redundant on release of jupyter-core 6.
-	local -x JUPYTER_PLATFORM_DIRS=1
-
-	rm -rf qiskit_aer || die
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
-	epytest -s
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	check_openblas
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/qiskit-aer/qiskit-aer-0.16.4.ebuild b/dev-python/qiskit-aer/qiskit-aer-0.16.4.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index cc789dc13a1ae..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/qiskit-aer/qiskit-aer-0.16.4.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_EXT=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="High performance simulator for quantum circuits that includes noise models"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/
-	https://pypi.org/project/qiskit-aer/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-
-# The reference implementation of BLAS/CBLAS is not compatible with qiskit-aer right now,
-# because importing library causes an error.
-# /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/qiskit/providers/aer/backends/controller_wrappers.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: undefined symbol: slamch_
-# Using sci-libs/openblas instead here,
-# with the option to switch between reference/openblas implementation runtime (eselect-ldso).
-#
-# <nlohmann_json-3.10.3 for https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/issues/1742
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/numpy-1.16.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	<dev-cpp/nlohmann_json-3.10.3
-	>=dev-cpp/nlohmann_json-3.1.1
-	>=dev-libs/spdlog-1.9.2:=
-	>=dev-cpp/muParserX-4.0.8
-	virtual/cblas[eselect-ldso]
-	sci-libs/openblas[eselect-ldso]
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-	>=dev-python/psutil-5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/qiskit-1.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/scipy-1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-build/cmake-3.17
-	>=dev-python/scikit-build-0.11.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/pybind11-2.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	test? (
-		dev-python/ddt[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/fixtures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-EPYTEST_XDIST=1
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-check_openblas() {
-	local libdir=$(get_libdir) me="openblas"
-
-	# check blas
-	local current_blas=$(eselect blas show ${libdir} | cut -d' ' -f2)
-	if [[ ${current_blas} != "${me}" ]]; then
-		eerror "Current eselect: BLAS/CBLAS ($libdir) -> [${current_blas}]."
-		eerror "To use qiskit-aer, you have to issue (as root):"
-		eerror "\t eselect blas set ${libdir} ${me}"
-		return 1
-	fi
-	return 0
-}
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	if use test; then
-		check_openblas
-		if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-			die "Set blas implementation to openblas using 'eselect blas set openblas'!"
-		fi
-	fi
-}
-
-python_prepare_all() {
-	export DISABLE_CONAN="ON"
-	export DISABLE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL="ON"
-	export SKBUILD_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="-DTEST_JSON=1"
-
-	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-		# requires qiskit_qasm3_import
-		test/terra/backends/aer_simulator/test_save_statevector.py::TestSaveStatevector::test_save_statevector_for_qasm3_circuit_1___automatic____CPU__
-		test/terra/backends/aer_simulator/test_save_statevector.py::TestSaveStatevector::test_save_statevector_for_qasm3_circuit_2___statevector____CPU__
-		test/terra/backends/aer_simulator/test_save_statevector.py::TestSaveStatevector::test_save_statevector_for_qasm3_circuit_3___matrix_product_state____CPU__
-		test/terra/backends/aer_simulator/test_save_statevector.py::TestSaveStatevector::test_save_statevector_for_qasm3_circuit_4___extended_stabilizer____CPU__
-	)
-
-	local EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
-		# TODO: qiskit.providers.aer? wtf?
-		test/terra/expression/test_classical_expressions.py
-	)
-
-	# From tox.ini/tests.yml in CI
-	# Needed to suppress a warning in jupyter-core 5.x by eagerly migrating to
-	# a new internal interface that will be the default in jupyter-core 6.x.
-	# This variable should become redundant on release of jupyter-core 6.
-	local -x JUPYTER_PLATFORM_DIRS=1
-
-	rm -rf qiskit_aer || die
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
-	epytest -s
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	check_openblas
-}