diff --git a/app-backup/cachedir/Manifest b/app-backup/cachedir/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 3129cb786fb77..0000000000000
--- a/app-backup/cachedir/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST cachedir-1.4.tar.gz 16254 BLAKE2B f70fe693d614ab90c4b235c2979e9323eb41976ea8a97c4d3107af26f411553a86e0409b354483a6e3c9af956597c9a4114dc28829cc2ed55abe7c7dd3bb8a99 SHA512 dabeb36a4b99febafbfcc3bff4de625491eee6649cac6c03ef782415cfdd519d36911bed8ae6e7bb94b0afe6279b17fd99fcb87f0c2d2e37032a76fa516dd6c7
diff --git a/app-backup/cachedir/cachedir-1.4.ebuild b/app-backup/cachedir/cachedir-1.4.ebuild
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index 25a6664e3cc72..0000000000000
--- a/app-backup/cachedir/cachedir-1.4.ebuild
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@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=6
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Tag/untag cache directories"
-HOMEPAGE="https://liw.fi/cachedir/"
-SRC_URI="http://git.liw.fi/${PN}/snapshot/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-3+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
-IUSE="test"
-
-# test deps not supporting python 3
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-RDEPEND="dev-python/cliapp[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
- dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-# test? (
-# dev-util/cmdtest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-# )
-# "
-
-python_prepare_all() {
- 2to3 -w setup.py || die
- distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
-}
-
-src_compile() {
- addwrite /proc/self/comm
- distutils-r1_src_compile
-}
-
-src_test() {
- addwrite /proc/self/comm
- distutils-r1_src_test
-}
-
-python_test() {
- esetup.py check
-}
diff --git a/app-backup/cachedir/metadata.xml b/app-backup/cachedir/metadata.xml
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index 7a38bb9009641..0000000000000
--- a/app-backup/cachedir/metadata.xml
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index 49b01bc87f943..07082e238e5b2 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -678,11 +678,6 @@ app-mobilephone/obexftp
# Removal in 30 days. Bug #722334,#713686
app-misc/evemu
-# Aaron Bauman (2020-08-02)
-# Needs bump. Py3 tests fail. Last release 2yrs.
-# Removal in 30 days. Bug #718196
-app-backup/cachedir
-
# Mikle Kolyada (2020-08-02)
# consolekit is abandoned upstream.
# People are encouraged to switch to any logind