diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index fc38af1642af2..3a7584642fee7 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -184,11 +184,6 @@ dev-java/castor
 # Mask until it is decided how to address xorg-server file collisions #564358
 =x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.0
 
-# Patrice Clement <monsieurp@gentoo.org> (29 Oct 2015)
-# No release since 2007. Has dependencies on old ebuilds.
-# Removal in 30 days. See #564370
-dev-db/octopus
-
 # Ian Delaney <idella4@gentoo.org> (27 Oct 2015)
 # fails to build dev-lisp/sbcl-1.2.16 #563812
 # mgorny: dev-lisp/uiop as version-bound revdep