diff --git a/dev-python/pyqt5-sip/Manifest b/dev-python/pyqt5-sip/Manifest
index b1f0484ca481f..18f41dfd93f61 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyqt5-sip/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pyqt5-sip/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST pyqt5_sip-12.17.2.tar.gz 104246 BLAKE2B fe335db7498a1d3a790294bb572930667f1b4981f97da8725b6d35ed4bd2e88ec5607f9607d0b2ef979f66de9b10837dbcf45662f0c9558f20e6876321fae97a SHA512 dde2841e3c1ca705ea0de80111928b5433b4ac081f0b4db2a698ed4e09766377c7e135d06ba9d50e70ad78dbf53758f68f21273d44c0efcfdaf4169d3909c9d3
 DIST pyqt5_sip-12.18.0.tar.gz 104143 BLAKE2B 9f0dec725a98b56a44a4e831702d041446e89145c73bad0ae5a4279a27b0d133ec60867656eff5c562efb25119e89474f1fdcf897ea3e4259071a216211212f2 SHA512 f5a3f07c8e72c8e10a924bb30cec27be840589773e3a8a0cf7f457ff7b38bd0c99e94088787c8e60c9fa0f0fa3be1527aa52162428bc32d0ce86ce6014092696
diff --git a/dev-python/pyqt5-sip/pyqt5-sip-12.17.2.ebuild b/dev-python/pyqt5-sip/pyqt5-sip-12.17.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index a36534ce371e2..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/pyqt5-sip/pyqt5-sip-12.17.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_EXT=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-# keep compat in sync with pyqt5 or else it confuses some revdeps
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="sip extension module for PyQt5"
-HOMEPAGE="https://pypi.org/project/PyQt5-sip/"
-
-LICENSE="BSD-2"
-SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 1)"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~loong ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86"