diff --git a/media-gfx/jpegoptim/Manifest b/media-gfx/jpegoptim/Manifest
index 223cfa71743b5..a07c25f9072bd 100644
--- a/media-gfx/jpegoptim/Manifest
+++ b/media-gfx/jpegoptim/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST jpegoptim-1.5.5.tar.gz 124361 BLAKE2B eb4cd150435c07df5116fbed653b378512ada96f4ebae65f08a4ccd9418ba71bcd6e369abb5713427c1ea8983432d4f94763252b580e657960154327f9f14d8f SHA512 81009e7079713aaa65fb8ef6d92b59eb6db16a460e8394cb3ce883228157f51ec0df0798d1a62d2e16c64678fd2a51a7156a9aa20b93e51343e3187657aefb4f
 DIST jpegoptim-1.5.6.tar.gz 457883 BLAKE2B 7e332641c70140b90d7da2506091d5973d7b95a649d560e5c4acf2c1b57ecdcf6e532e02553357433a97d0d61ff1b27e49ac37000125a4db28b433d4161cf51f SHA512 9501bdcdd3f56c97b649b7b8987fea3a3bd33d09368730f265a4833c0839b538fa658ad85dcf64a6ea13f8a2c919486f448e38a46fec7122b7bcf01d027c8b3a
diff --git a/media-gfx/jpegoptim/files/jpegoptim-1.5.3-system-libjpeg-libm.patch b/media-gfx/jpegoptim/files/jpegoptim-1.5.3-system-libjpeg-libm.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 47e4cc1e539bd..0000000000000
--- a/media-gfx/jpegoptim/files/jpegoptim-1.5.3-system-libjpeg-libm.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-libm is used with mozjpeg and built libjpeg, but not if using system's,
-yet jpegoptim.c uses floor() either way.
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -356,3 +356,3 @@
-         target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIRS})
--        target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} JPEG::JPEG)
-+        target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} JPEG::JPEG m)
-     endif()
diff --git a/media-gfx/jpegoptim/jpegoptim-1.5.5.ebuild b/media-gfx/jpegoptim/jpegoptim-1.5.5.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 76927fefe6ac3..0000000000000
--- a/media-gfx/jpegoptim/jpegoptim-1.5.5.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit cmake flag-o-matic
-
-DESCRIPTION="Utility to optimize JPEG files"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.kokkonen.net/tjko/projects.html"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/tjko/jpegoptim/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-# TODO: switch back to this if tarballs become available in a timely fashion
-#SRC_URI="https://www.kokkonen.net/tjko/src/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-3+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~ppc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos"
-
-RDEPEND="media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:="
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.5.3-system-libjpeg-libm.patch
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	use elibc_musl && append-cppflags -D__GNU_LIBRARY__ #944902
-
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DUSE_MOZJPEG=no
-	)
-
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	# lacks an install target with cmake
-	dobin "${BUILD_DIR}"/${PN}
-	doman ${PN}.1
-	einstalldocs
-}