diff --git a/dev-lang/go/Manifest b/dev-lang/go/Manifest
index 53ffb334ccfad..30acb6fee22eb 100644
--- a/dev-lang/go/Manifest
+++ b/dev-lang/go/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-DIST go1.17.1.src.tar.gz 22181735 BLAKE2B 77ce952e14c101776935c625aa39596a6b8923ca5ac264c72ed08a578f08fbbbc1825315a5dd84f9fa1412aaa7400b31e73117d5919aeb527c084173d8e11504 SHA512 23d4e003651204c5bcc5cf41437134e07a3fe3c188eb129f2d6366a7445a7919d6a7319c57483e91b3415fd28aa55df8d58eec398434f20ce6accd587925a14b
 DIST go1.17.2.src.tar.gz 22182111 BLAKE2B 83b665af212f3e20dc9c9f4bd80ac0e1e4acb8ba6653835f6a8b990a5d6074a25ba78b783f7a4f9402b3f1916a65ddba4ad9780e4eae871719cff13f7bb9c980 SHA512 167220293e02d6994b5cdee5909cbdbe66f692619baeb6ff9ee0d56660eb39cfd9eac2ac510f113d5222dadd5858fd6276bd961365ca42b42c07af5d24d48107
-DIST go1.17.src.tar.gz 22178549 BLAKE2B 86cb84ff782eaee3fc0411b1f31cd985f3fdcda7b2709f3a94cba0fbe827ac13632d0476e1f67deaf06d2352c2ea3ac9217db7d170702dffff6a64beabdb0814 SHA512 bb94d69555faa103bc092ce85b73168954a553a5c72e4b38c39bd99a3eb4db679f352685e66507b0945ed12676eb2a0c51674e456f68a9a5b98c3ec6a948d35b
diff --git a/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.1.ebuild b/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b20d98f17e7c..0000000000000
--- a/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,197 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-export CBUILD=${CBUILD:-${CHOST}}
-export CTARGET=${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}
-
-MY_PV=${PV/_/}
-
-inherit toolchain-funcs
-
-case ${PV}  in
-*9999*)
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/golang/go.git"
-	inherit git-r3
-	;;
-*)
-	SRC_URI="https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${MY_PV}.src.tar.gz "
-	S="${WORKDIR}"/go
-	case ${PV} in
-	*_beta*|*_rc*) ;;
-	*)
-		KEYWORDS="-* amd64 arm arm64 ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
-		;;
-	esac
-esac
-
-DESCRIPTION="A concurrent garbage collected and typesafe programming language"
-HOMEPAGE="https://golang.org"
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0/${PV}"
-IUSE="cpu_flags_x86_sse2"
-
-BDEPEND="|| (
-		dev-lang/go
-		dev-lang/go-bootstrap )"
-RDEPEND="!<dev-go/go-tools-0_pre20150902"
-
-# the *.syso files have writable/executable stacks
-QA_EXECSTACK='*.syso'
-
-# Do not complain about CFLAGS, etc, since Go doesn't use them.
-QA_FLAGS_IGNORED='.*'
-
-# The tools in /usr/lib/go should not cause the multilib-strict check to fail.
-QA_MULTILIB_PATHS="usr/lib/go/pkg/tool/.*/.*"
-
-# This package triggers "unrecognized elf file(s)" notices on riscv.
-# https://bugs.gentoo.org/794046
-QA_PREBUILT='.*'
-
-# Do not strip this package. Stripping is unsupported upstream and may
-# fail.
-RESTRICT+=" strip"
-
-DOCS=(
-AUTHORS
-CONTRIBUTING.md
-CONTRIBUTORS
-PATENTS
-README.md
-)
-
-go_arch() {
-	# By chance most portage arch names match Go
-	local portage_arch=$(tc-arch $@)
-	case "${portage_arch}" in
-		x86)	echo 386;;
-		x64-*)	echo amd64;;
-		ppc64) [[ $(tc-endian $@) = big ]] && echo ppc64 || echo ppc64le ;;
-		riscv) echo riscv64 ;;
-		s390) echo s390x ;;
-		*)		echo "${portage_arch}";;
-	esac
-}
-
-go_arm() {
-	case "${1:-${CHOST}}" in
-		armv5*)	echo 5;;
-		armv6*)	echo 6;;
-		armv7*)	echo 7;;
-		*)
-			die "unknown GOARM for ${1:-${CHOST}}"
-			;;
-	esac
-}
-
-go_os() {
-	case "${1:-${CHOST}}" in
-		*-linux*)	echo linux;;
-		*-darwin*)	echo darwin;;
-		*-freebsd*)	echo freebsd;;
-		*-netbsd*)	echo netbsd;;
-		*-openbsd*)	echo openbsd;;
-		*-solaris*)	echo solaris;;
-		*-cygwin*|*-interix*|*-winnt*)
-			echo windows
-			;;
-		*)
-			die "unknown GOOS for ${1:-${CHOST}}"
-			;;
-	esac
-}
-
-go_tuple() {
-	echo "$(go_os $@)_$(go_arch $@)"
-}
-
-go_cross_compile() {
-	[[ $(go_tuple ${CBUILD}) != $(go_tuple) ]]
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	if has_version -b dev-lang/go; then
-		export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP="${BROOT}/usr/lib/go"
-	elif has_version -b dev-lang/go-bootstrap; then
-		export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP="${BROOT}/usr/lib/go-bootstrap"
-	else
-		eerror "Go cannot be built without go or go-bootstrap installed"
-		die "Should not be here, please report a bug"
-	fi
-
-	export GOROOT_FINAL="${EPREFIX}"/usr/lib/go
-	export GOROOT="${PWD}"
-	export GOBIN="${GOROOT}/bin"
-
-	# Go's build script does not use BUILD/HOST/TARGET consistently. :(
-	export GOHOSTARCH=$(go_arch ${CBUILD})
-	export GOHOSTOS=$(go_os ${CBUILD})
-	export CC=$(tc-getBUILD_CC)
-
-	export GOARCH=$(go_arch)
-	export GOOS=$(go_os)
-	export CC_FOR_TARGET=$(tc-getCC)
-	export CXX_FOR_TARGET=$(tc-getCXX)
-	use arm && export GOARM=$(go_arm)
-	use x86 && export GO386=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_sse2 '' 'softfloat')
-
-	cd src
-	bash -x ./make.bash || die "build failed"
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	go_cross_compile && return 0
-
-	cd src
-	PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}" \
-	./run.bash -no-rebuild || die "tests failed"
-	cd ..
-	rm -fr pkg/*_race || die
-	rm -fr pkg/obj/go-build || die
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	# There is a known issue which requires the source tree to be installed [1].
-	# Once this is fixed, we can consider using the doc use flag to control
-	# installing the doc and src directories.
-	# The use of cp is deliberate in order to retain permissions
-	# [1] https://golang.org/issue/2775
-	dodir /usr/lib/go
-	cp -R api bin doc lib pkg misc src test "${ED}"/usr/lib/go
-	einstalldocs
-
-	# testdata directories are not needed on the installed system
-	rm -fr $(find "${ED}"/usr/lib/go -iname testdata -type d -print)
-
-	local bin_path
-	if go_cross_compile; then
-		bin_path="bin/$(go_tuple)"
-	else
-		bin_path=bin
-	fi
-	local f x
-	for x in ${bin_path}/*; do
-		f=${x##*/}
-		dosym ../lib/go/${bin_path}/${f} /usr/bin/${f}
-	done
-
-	# install the @golang-rebuild set for Portage
-	insinto /usr/share/portage/config/sets
-	newins "${FILESDIR}"/go-sets.conf go.conf
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	[[ -z ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]] && return
-	elog "After ${CATEGORY}/${PN} is updated it is recommended to rebuild"
-	elog "all packages compiled with previous versions of ${CATEGORY}/${PN}"
-	elog "due to the static linking nature of go."
-	elog "If this is not done, the packages compiled with the older"
-	elog "version of the compiler will not be updated until they are"
-	elog "updated individually, which could mean they will have"
-	elog "vulnerabilities."
-	elog "Run 'emerge @golang-rebuild' to rebuild all 'go' packages"
-	elog "See https://bugs.gentoo.org/752153 for more info"
-}
diff --git a/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.ebuild b/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index bfde2d27f4dc4..0000000000000
--- a/dev-lang/go/go-1.17.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,197 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-export CBUILD=${CBUILD:-${CHOST}}
-export CTARGET=${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}
-
-MY_PV=${PV/_/}
-
-inherit toolchain-funcs
-
-case ${PV}  in
-*9999*)
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/golang/go.git"
-	inherit git-r3
-	;;
-*)
-	SRC_URI="https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${MY_PV}.src.tar.gz "
-	S="${WORKDIR}"/go
-	case ${PV} in
-	*_beta*|*_rc*) ;;
-	*)
-		KEYWORDS="-* amd64 arm arm64 ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
-		;;
-	esac
-esac
-
-DESCRIPTION="A concurrent garbage collected and typesafe programming language"
-HOMEPAGE="https://golang.org"
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0/${PV}"
-IUSE="cpu_flags_x86_sse2"
-
-BDEPEND="|| (
-		dev-lang/go
-		dev-lang/go-bootstrap )"
-RDEPEND="!<dev-go/go-tools-0_pre20150902"
-
-# the *.syso files have writable/executable stacks
-QA_EXECSTACK='*.syso'
-
-# Do not complain about CFLAGS, etc, since Go doesn't use them.
-QA_FLAGS_IGNORED='.*'
-
-# The tools in /usr/lib/go should not cause the multilib-strict check to fail.
-QA_MULTILIB_PATHS="usr/lib/go/pkg/tool/.*/.*"
-
-# This package triggers "unrecognized elf file(s)" notices on riscv.
-# https://bugs.gentoo.org/794046
-QA_PREBUILT='.*'
-
-# Do not strip this package. Stripping is unsupported upstream and may
-# fail.
-RESTRICT+=" strip"
-
-DOCS=(
-AUTHORS
-CONTRIBUTING.md
-CONTRIBUTORS
-PATENTS
-README.md
-)
-
-go_arch() {
-	# By chance most portage arch names match Go
-	local portage_arch=$(tc-arch $@)
-	case "${portage_arch}" in
-		x86)	echo 386;;
-		x64-*)	echo amd64;;
-		ppc64) [[ $(tc-endian $@) = big ]] && echo ppc64 || echo ppc64le ;;
-		riscv) echo riscv64 ;;
-		s390) echo s390x ;;
-		*)		echo "${portage_arch}";;
-	esac
-}
-
-go_arm() {
-	case "${1:-${CHOST}}" in
-		armv5*)	echo 5;;
-		armv6*)	echo 6;;
-		armv7*)	echo 7;;
-		*)
-			die "unknown GOARM for ${1:-${CHOST}}"
-			;;
-	esac
-}
-
-go_os() {
-	case "${1:-${CHOST}}" in
-		*-linux*)	echo linux;;
-		*-darwin*)	echo darwin;;
-		*-freebsd*)	echo freebsd;;
-		*-netbsd*)	echo netbsd;;
-		*-openbsd*)	echo openbsd;;
-		*-solaris*)	echo solaris;;
-		*-cygwin*|*-interix*|*-winnt*)
-			echo windows
-			;;
-		*)
-			die "unknown GOOS for ${1:-${CHOST}}"
-			;;
-	esac
-}
-
-go_tuple() {
-	echo "$(go_os $@)_$(go_arch $@)"
-}
-
-go_cross_compile() {
-	[[ $(go_tuple ${CBUILD}) != $(go_tuple) ]]
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	if has_version -b dev-lang/go; then
-		export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP="${BROOT}/usr/lib/go"
-	elif has_version -b dev-lang/go-bootstrap; then
-		export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP="${BROOT}/usr/lib/go-bootstrap"
-	else
-		eerror "Go cannot be built without go or go-bootstrap installed"
-		die "Should not be here, please report a bug"
-	fi
-
-	export GOROOT_FINAL="${EPREFIX}"/usr/lib/go
-	export GOROOT="${PWD}"
-	export GOBIN="${GOROOT}/bin"
-
-	# Go's build script does not use BUILD/HOST/TARGET consistently. :(
-	export GOHOSTARCH=$(go_arch ${CBUILD})
-	export GOHOSTOS=$(go_os ${CBUILD})
-	export CC=$(tc-getBUILD_CC)
-
-	export GOARCH=$(go_arch)
-	export GOOS=$(go_os)
-	export CC_FOR_TARGET=$(tc-getCC)
-	export CXX_FOR_TARGET=$(tc-getCXX)
-	use arm && export GOARM=$(go_arm)
-	use x86 && export GO386=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_sse2 '' 'softfloat')
-
-	cd src
-	bash -x ./make.bash || die "build failed"
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	go_cross_compile && return 0
-
-	cd src
-	PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}" \
-	./run.bash -no-rebuild || die "tests failed"
-	cd ..
-	rm -fr pkg/*_race || die
-	rm -fr pkg/obj/go-build || die
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	# There is a known issue which requires the source tree to be installed [1].
-	# Once this is fixed, we can consider using the doc use flag to control
-	# installing the doc and src directories.
-	# The use of cp is deliberate in order to retain permissions
-	# [1] https://golang.org/issue/2775
-	dodir /usr/lib/go
-	cp -R api bin doc lib pkg misc src test "${ED}"/usr/lib/go
-	einstalldocs
-
-	# testdata directories are not needed on the installed system
-	rm -fr $(find "${ED}"/usr/lib/go -iname testdata -type d -print)
-
-	local bin_path
-	if go_cross_compile; then
-		bin_path="bin/$(go_tuple)"
-	else
-		bin_path=bin
-	fi
-	local f x
-	for x in ${bin_path}/*; do
-		f=${x##*/}
-		dosym ../lib/go/${bin_path}/${f} /usr/bin/${f}
-	done
-
-	# install the @golang-rebuild set for Portage
-	insinto /usr/share/portage/config/sets
-	newins "${FILESDIR}"/go-sets.conf go.conf
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	[[ -z ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]] && return
-	einfo "After ${CATEGORY}/${PN} is updated it is recommended to rebuild"
-	einfo "all packages compiled with previous versions of ${CATEGORY}/${PN}"
-	einfo "due to the static linking nature of go."
-	einfo "If this is not done, the packages compiled with the older"
-	einfo "version of the compiler will not be updated until they are"
-	einfo "updated individually, which could mean they will have"
-	einfo "vulnerabilities."
-	einfo "Run 'emerge @golang-rebuild' to rebuild all 'go' packages"
-	einfo "See https://bugs.gentoo.org/752153 for more info"
-}