diff --git a/sci-libs/ssm/Manifest b/sci-libs/ssm/Manifest
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--- a/sci-libs/ssm/Manifest
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST ssm-1.4.tar.gz 424785 BLAKE2B 3f28bc70aa431b4288467a0c1cc09868a4e19d28e396540799990ef8cdfec0054db2d5304f741a311052fe62738ac49e9e7ef5db6d98b66f7774fb8068906f99 SHA512 93b55c544eaf651544bb664b65701c081aa6e77707aaf680c1489b129f89598d9a9c348d2fae86cd6e7b3e97bfd26c3abe16220633da4b570c983dbceec8b15a
diff --git a/sci-libs/ssm/metadata.xml b/sci-libs/ssm/metadata.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>sci@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Gentoo Science Project</name>
-  </maintainer>
-  <use>
-    <flag name="ccp4">Link superpose with libccp4</flag>
-  </use>
-  <upstream>
-    <remote-id type="launchpad">ssm</remote-id>
-  </upstream>
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/sci-libs/ssm/ssm-1.4.ebuild b/sci-libs/ssm/ssm-1.4.ebuild
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-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=5
-
-inherit autotools-utils
-
-DESCRIPTION="A macromolecular coordinate superposition library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://launchpad.net/ssm"
-SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.ccp4.ac.uk/opensource/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-3 LGPL-2.1"
-SLOT="0/2"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="+ccp4 static-libs"
-
-DEPEND="
-	sci-libs/mmdb:2
-	ccp4? ( sci-libs/libccp4 )"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local myeconfargs=( $(use_enable ccp4) )
-	autotools-utils_src_configure
-}