diff --git a/app-arch/tarlz/Manifest b/app-arch/tarlz/Manifest
index 90774a8e8f90e..aa649e4d104e1 100644
--- a/app-arch/tarlz/Manifest
+++ b/app-arch/tarlz/Manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-DIST tarlz-0.27.1.tar.lz 117083 BLAKE2B 6e494002caee22ea6dc6f6474ca4852e2cc64c30a9edf4be8b9e45d5a6c90efec5ad4f1d2554ae120e01ea9b0b73a2aa04d7fbfa298c0d4d07d95e55083bd83d SHA512 827813c6f184bcae137db79da51434263bcb3d15f88f5eb7bc34e70b6bf7ae8ce76e11a34b3925dd0bd870543e92245428f154ffddf87c6090c351a2734e7adb
-DIST tarlz-0.28.1.tar.lz 121441 BLAKE2B 1bd67997023d0de2df5125142132f59fdff26bc5a6a4ce1b231f2112af894718818ad98be5ac8100695f5a880626221437710e63d1e0a34285e57c203574a83d SHA512 344ca4629b3868f525d08c67af1a0e394151b9263473a39fbc380ed4baef15a2feb6e8661ef88bf16e59623fbe70eadb1e36e7cd522ceee9956016c4edc5f30a
-DIST tarlz-0.28.tar.lz 121294 BLAKE2B d37222452e4ca4be98f98dd6bcf3c2681d21e2298f8a59e4a90ba94a88d6ef6a0f3f942cf7496540792d11e167716ed7e9192f3907c5eed82e4ef3ca40280328 SHA512 8aa1e7e656103cc7421975e8e02bafc5dde5f5d8c23952b7ce916535fda39bd33bb543f6f991b9367a05f091c921be882f01c75b42f018537ff9bce95a2e4b88
 DIST tarlz-0.29.tar.lz 123249 BLAKE2B 1defb7eb9cd12f627f0634c9a4824f9196b5270f7f5c056a675746bab3475e9a131b5dc99fd064ca474e5b798cc5bb3d3a235829f97e4cc56c4d1ed7845ebc76 SHA512 18e575abc2cc02201a0da3ea404ca4db62a3d8a3109e1de3e4ece43dfb9f08b8b7b0dc1083d1effac1b64408d6b93498cc75d04f14cf721d3eb16864af7f2504
 DIST tarlz-0.29.tar.lz.sig 72 BLAKE2B a6387a2108ded6b7568af93ee134a9f3d3e156746fe287007c63065a82756ccf1482d39ab46daba065af49558fee35f15e26748ef228722e7f45a4fbbe991ae5 SHA512 1b8fa7e061029a08b6260fb754e402a2e2e9bd5f814ee1bb70ab482342cec8497ddf4f526fd2234e9043b8c62d309993f55df3a93a5e7449d0aba638c4aa113d
diff --git a/app-arch/tarlz/tarlz-0.27.1.ebuild b/app-arch/tarlz/tarlz-0.27.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index ee15cae3573ad..0000000000000
--- a/app-arch/tarlz/tarlz-0.27.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit toolchain-funcs unpacker
-
-DESCRIPTION="A parallel archiver combining tar and lzip"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/tarlz.html"
-SRC_URI="https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/${PN}/${P}.tar.lz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=app-arch/lzlib-1.12
-"
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	$(unpacker_src_uri_depends)
-"
-
-src_configure() {
-	econf \
-		CXX="$(tc-getCXX)" \
-		CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" \
-		CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}" \
-		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
-}
diff --git a/app-arch/tarlz/tarlz-0.28.1.ebuild b/app-arch/tarlz/tarlz-0.28.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index c703e0724cde6..0000000000000
--- a/app-arch/tarlz/tarlz-0.28.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit toolchain-funcs unpacker
-
-DESCRIPTION="A parallel archiver combining tar and lzip"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/tarlz.html"
-SRC_URI="https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/${PN}/${P}.tar.lz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64"
-
-IUSE="test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=app-arch/lzlib-1.12
-"
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-	test? ( app-alternatives/lzip )
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	$(unpacker_src_uri_depends)
-"
-
-src_configure() {
-	econf \
-		CXX="$(tc-getCXX)" \
-		CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" \
-		CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}" \
-		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
-}
diff --git a/app-arch/tarlz/tarlz-0.28.ebuild b/app-arch/tarlz/tarlz-0.28.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index ee15cae3573ad..0000000000000
--- a/app-arch/tarlz/tarlz-0.28.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit toolchain-funcs unpacker
-
-DESCRIPTION="A parallel archiver combining tar and lzip"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/tarlz.html"
-SRC_URI="https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/${PN}/${P}.tar.lz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=app-arch/lzlib-1.12
-"
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	$(unpacker_src_uri_depends)
-"
-
-src_configure() {
-	econf \
-		CXX="$(tc-getCXX)" \
-		CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" \
-		CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}" \
-		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
-}