diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-8.0_p1.ebuild b/sys-libs/readline/readline-8.0_p1.ebuild
index 7e6b19160ad44..cb270f8f0e266 100644
--- a/sys-libs/readline/readline-8.0_p1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/readline/readline-8.0_p1.ebuild
@@ -164,12 +164,3 @@ multilib_src_install_all() {
 	docinto ps
 	dodoc doc/*.ps
 }
-pkg_preinst() {
-	# bug #29865
-	# Reappeared in #595324 with paludis so keeping this for now...
-	preserve_old_lib /$(get_libdir)/lib{history,readline}.so.{4,5,6,7}
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	preserve_old_lib_notify /$(get_libdir)/lib{history,readline}.so.{4,5,6,7}
-}