diff --git a/dev-java/commons-codec/Manifest b/dev-java/commons-codec/Manifest
index 503a32e447f85..e0bb2fc6f1dff 100644
--- a/dev-java/commons-codec/Manifest
+++ b/dev-java/commons-codec/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-DIST commons-codec-1.19.0-src.tar.gz 465560 BLAKE2B 3164070fbdcf9763a17cdb31f27e414570ac0b495029d36e042c07ff8e687967932ad630b076bbd0f7eed85e8f7b8fb0b7ce55434ae6ea2e855fd378289cd701 SHA512 65532419ea55f6d829ea46ff04806ab539a4e904950af9b780632c41011186ef1f38ebc739e3db115b2dd79266574316aa8c8e6e83c688accc8b1e8f4c2a3e83
-DIST commons-codec-1.19.0-src.tar.gz.asc 488 BLAKE2B 84b1c4f562378dbf078d383ed69087b475a034123219fe820dc243d6a22936d3436730460dec8cf5d63b921dfad674e197ecab09ce9880ade6ce072105d77676 SHA512 1d020a534c00676eddd620ae18357b3ae081eed20450053865a6bc9f46de613b28a2a834b6264d1e4253cdcd7ef3772c44740a278da7727eb65e6f35e3c7fee4
 DIST commons-codec-1.21.0-src.tar.gz 572343 BLAKE2B 21a5f04a93e2d31ffbd171994ac18df814f39a0150e3a117247b7c33df204531b25c400d75f5614550a97c9cee446ce7ae5ccf20b90958b93e8f02f94279f530 SHA512 62521f0e0a35729d37cf8e297ea3ff14badfcd002497b57a2ce39ec11aa3f729a6f3357b8233a9162c2ff4e612072c6a0216549a74dd7d27ded4b844541f3e8e
 DIST commons-codec-1.21.0-src.tar.gz.asc 228 BLAKE2B 90715e610eec6c8b144c7ead7788dc173a3c9ef85cfe26f71dae62fb77924475758798265dcbad12a0e777e4069493b0f1fd59510e690377f38814f8068376aa SHA512 d73b9a9d0da9b416b9b36519965dc69dd459478737f46d9709e13c886f20d79dd5d6424cfe380437f47f2cc79f676610c83dc8264d62104bf3840eca21afa0ea
diff --git a/dev-java/commons-codec/commons-codec-1.19.0.ebuild b/dev-java/commons-codec/commons-codec-1.19.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f6f92b508b14..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/commons-codec/commons-codec-1.19.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc source test"
-MAVEN_ID="commons-codec:commons-codec:${PV}"
-JAVA_TESTING_FRAMEWORKS="junit-jupiter"
-
-inherit java-pkg-2 java-pkg-simple junit5 verify-sig
-
-DESCRIPTION="Implementations of common encoders and decoders in Java"
-HOMEPAGE="https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/"
-SRC_URI="mirror://apache/commons/codec/source/${P}-src.tar.gz
-	verify-sig? ( https://downloads.apache.org/commons/codec/source/${P}-src.tar.gz.asc )"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${P}-src"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ppc64"
-
-BDEPEND="verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-ggregory )"
-
-# [-vintage] because, if junit:5 compiled with 'USE=vintage':
-# Error: Module junit not found, required by org.junit.vintage.engine
-DEPEND="
-	>=virtual/jdk-11:*
-	test? (
-		>=dev-java/commons-io-2.20.0:0
-		>=dev-java/commons-lang-3.18.0:0
-		dev-java/hamcrest:0
-		dev-java/junit:5[-vintage]
-		dev-java/opentest4j:0
-	)
-"
-
-RDEPEND=">=virtual/jre-1.8:*"
-
-JAVA_INTERMEDIATE_JAR_NAME="org.apache.${PN/-/.}"
-JAVA_MODULE_INFO_OUT="src/main"
-JAVA_RESOURCE_DIRS="src/main/resources"
-JAVA_SRC_DIR="src/main/java"
-JAVA_TEST_GENTOO_CLASSPATH="commons-io commons-lang hamcrest junit-5 opentest4j"
-JAVA_TEST_RESOURCE_DIRS="src/test/resources"
-JAVA_TEST_SRC_DIR="src/test/java"
-VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH="/usr/share/openpgp-keys/ggregory.asc"