diff --git a/dev-python/oct2py/Manifest b/dev-python/oct2py/Manifest
index dcc50d4a41fd9..7b8f14126655e 100644
--- a/dev-python/oct2py/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/oct2py/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST oct2py-5.8.0.tar.gz 442805 BLAKE2B adff195db13288fae467f1c24834dbedd369170184626ac90fd6d64960a63dd11efe4d0bf77ecbe5fad08d11c8280c0b92e5aec3868b750f44f4d3fa8f9c0b3f SHA512 4e69d0df3a8664f0601d31fbfbb6ef65ac16066668c32ca7506023e02a7416bb81da8f18a9e49f2cdd8a0d46b1c55b9c96d9c71f5482c63c8409465188174daa
 DIST oct2py-6.0.1.tar.gz 73861 BLAKE2B b8b4c28875f56c4b88f292ea98d78b71769544e036c3ae5b84b925a597cf732c6187853247dd9e3715a220fc3c15b9ab4c38a19f2f844196aa4eb3d78d598d08 SHA512 853d397eb76ba047ebd3be8fbb77e8a28851a14d413539ca24cc0049f73215a7d037805e21cbf0f46a104c78fbdc98f8925919a9690c12fa1019096cff49acea
diff --git a/dev-python/oct2py/oct2py-5.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/oct2py/oct2py-5.8.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index be61d201abb5c..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/oct2py/oct2py-5.8.0.ebuild
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@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Python to GNU Octave bridge"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/blink1073/oct2py
-	https://blink1073.github.io/oct2py/
-"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="examples"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/numpy-1.12[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/octave-kernel-0.34.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/scipy-0.17[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-python/ipython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/nbconvert[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/pandas[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-	# No graphics toolkit available: 743589
-	"oct2py/ipython/tests/test_octavemagic.py::OctaveMagicTest::test_octave_plot"
-)
-
-distutils_enable_sphinx docs/source \
-	dev-python/numpydoc \
-	dev-python/pydata-sphinx-theme \
-	dev-python/myst-parser \
-	dev-python/sphinxcontrib-spelling
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_install_all() {
-	distutils-r1_python_install_all
-
-	if use examples; then
-		docinto examples
-		dodoc -r example/.
-		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
-	fi
-}