diff --git a/sci-libs/armadillo/Manifest b/sci-libs/armadillo/Manifest
index b6c6ccb2f0c2..0bc7f4b70254 100644
--- a/sci-libs/armadillo/Manifest
+++ b/sci-libs/armadillo/Manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 DIST armadillo-12.4.0.tar.xz 6803968 BLAKE2B ca45b2284b5a31c745b2ad924235af24f855039cc81c3300c83e5e932ee4cda233731b53623303c1c739feae9b007f8f6309c09debe79923e3876e8145015152 SHA512 a9f8cd19384eed787787b9e189901a1800e6e1dd06917f4f13e8a215c83f317de3e5b0ae8625783f88d9a7b0ab25f5c7784ccf0493c08a9ee3ea7fdfbbe36195
 DIST armadillo-12.8.2.tar.xz 6996368 BLAKE2B 63876486dcd72359b243a2ae217de751a9033c7f3e6c8599ba195b52fb493dbc4b6ec7f804916d40cef0c726d3ad42752a5cfb6fd3919935cbdf20e59488e474 SHA512 33bfe6f1fae2ef18ec3286742264dedd67730e47b5187568cb2fbe951286a5a8534a4b577894cc44415887241a46afb25b3fcf2b249ef15f9b71045e98fd0132
-DIST armadillo-14.2.3.tar.xz 7191700 BLAKE2B 5e5ba6d65cdc6638de78d7e1f7e5415e1ec345c37e193ff0d999c9c529a514e80b0edace15aad3f3a4467e006127245691c70709726852fc6f495614cc113d21 SHA512 2de9404eae45aa8c919f999202b70dd47b605431cce32da0647f444fbc8ee9f4e3714753d142afc31dfb5dbb27b774dc349390803eb344b9d910eb11ecc8956d
 DIST armadillo-14.6.1.tar.xz 7159088 BLAKE2B 538d709bb67cf0e5b76b48b230496dfe67065c429c7656af14e73821669e5688d66e0626045a8671b4225e2c733035aaf3ea58b39a9e447e3ba4df3a78db0c98 SHA512 d78b8a04ff7688bcc0d23ae32107186a68464fe5c66b79142cd84bf088f2cfaac38b0f0119acc02ab472ed1463f1e63241408c787dee0403929d0adf6cfdcb45
 DIST armadillo-15.0.3.tar.xz 7175076 BLAKE2B ba0bfcc0ef909f6cd407cd21b884a83115a1b53d7c8914b815b01054849c56c7f98fa30a75bf1d94be24876c2ef121191d519481845b0db1cd83a0833f7a8cfc SHA512 52416b08690592c5b591f06b3d481d70e9d12529fd83bd7d0643435d5f66744be464c23e6e908f65148ede617be77c113fd7c0779fb802916fce6ce177de27db
diff --git a/sci-libs/armadillo/armadillo-14.2.3.ebuild b/sci-libs/armadillo/armadillo-14.2.3.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 086611447076..000000000000
--- a/sci-libs/armadillo/armadillo-14.2.3.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit cmake toolchain-funcs multilib
-
-DESCRIPTION="Streamlined C++ linear algebra library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://arma.sourceforge.net"
-SRC_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/arma/${P}.tar.xz"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0/14"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="arpack blas doc examples lapack mkl superlu test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-REQUIRED_USE="test? ( arpack lapack superlu )"
-
-#	atlas? ( sci-libs/atlas[lapack] )
-RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/boost
-	arpack? ( sci-libs/arpack )
-	blas? ( virtual/blas )
-	lapack? ( virtual/lapack )
-	mkl? ( sci-libs/mkl )
-	superlu? ( >=sci-libs/superlu-5.2 )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	arpack? ( virtual/pkgconfig )
-	blas? ( virtual/pkgconfig )
-	lapack? ( virtual/pkgconfig )
-"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	# avoid the automagic cmake macros...
-	sed -i -e 's/^ *include(ARMA_Find/# No automagic include(ARMA_Find/g' CMakeLists.txt || die
-
-	# ... except for mkl, since without a license it's hard to figure out what to do there
-	if use mkl; then
-		sed -i -e 's/^# No automagic include(ARMA_FindMKL)/include(ARMA_FindMKL)/g' CMakeLists.txt || die
-	fi
-
-	cmake_src_prepare
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DINSTALL_LIB_DIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
-	)
-	if use arpack; then
-		mycmakeargs+=(
-			-DARPACK_FOUND=ON
-			-DARPACK_LIBRARY="$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --libs arpack)"
-		)
-	else
-		mycmakeargs+=(
-			-DARPACK_FOUND=OFF
-		)
-	fi
-#	if use atlas; then
-#		local c=atlas-cblas l=atlas-clapack
-#		$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --exists ${c}-threads && c+=-threads
-#		$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --exists ${l}-threads && l+=-threads
-#		mycmakeargs+=(
-#			-DCBLAS_FOUND=ON
-#			-DCBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR="$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --cflags-only-I ${c} | sed 's/-I//')"
-#			-DCBLAS_LIBRARIES="$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --libs ${c})"
-#			-DCLAPACK_FOUND=ON
-#			-DCLAPACK_INCLUDE_DIR="$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --cflags-only-I ${l} | sed 's/-I//')"
-#			-DCLAPACK_LIBRARIES="$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --libs ${l})"
-#		)
-#	fi
-	if use blas; then
-		mycmakeargs+=(
-			-DBLAS_FOUND=ON
-			-DBLAS_LIBRARIES="$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --libs blas)"
-		)
-	else
-		mycmakeargs+=(
-			-DBLAS_FOUND=OFF
-		)
-	fi
-	if use lapack; then
-		mycmakeargs+=(
-			-DLAPACK_FOUND=ON
-			-DLAPACK_LIBRARIES="$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --libs lapack)"
-		)
-	else
-		mycmakeargs+=(
-			-DLAPACK_FOUND=OFF
-		)
-	fi
-	if use superlu; then
-		mycmakeargs+=(
-			-DSuperLU_FOUND=ON
-			-DSuperLU_LIBRARY="$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --libs superlu)"
-			-DSuperLU_INCLUDE_DIR="$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --cflags-only-I superlu | awk '{print $1}' | sed 's/-I//')"
-		)
-	else
-		mycmakeargs+=(
-			-DSuperLU_FOUND=OFF
-		)
-	fi
-
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	cmake_src_test || die
-
-	pushd tests2 > /dev/null
-	emake \
-		CXX="$(tc-getCXX)" \
-		CXX_FLAGS="-I../include ${CXXFLAGS} -DARMA_USE_BLAS -DARMA_USE_LAPACK" \
-		LIB_FLAGS="-L.. -larmadillo $($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --libs blas lapack)"
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="..:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" ./main || die
-	emake clean
-	popd > /dev/null
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	cmake_src_install
-
-	dodoc README.md
-	use doc && dodoc *pdf *html
-
-	if use examples; then
-		docinto examples
-		dodoc -r examples/*
-		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
-	fi
-}