diff --git a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/Manifest b/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/Manifest
index 780c88a5b4656..cabd37fe11a0d 100644
--- a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 DIST ruamel.yaml.clib-0.2.12.tar.gz 225315 BLAKE2B fdba5da04b387f5d983f3e31ff192d96d20d0c8f97622406bdde8515c59fe35995b031affe86c6eca59f1367548fa8aa87c4f19c378b2cddf5706a870b956509 SHA512 36715cfaa663f9948034d7eb64f1b9e9cf69971e27e5ac1f2cd54234c8889c91416fe95aa3f5cce44eb00c9c383f458457c3f5ba9e3afa3e5637c118ec2e5113
-DIST ruamel.yaml.clib-0.2.8.tar.xz 163768 BLAKE2B 38f41c45a4e043b01a80d725baeba5fd6e74fa56e86ad0c1e7e0b811f85fd92f98f3ac096419757bae2273537e7c31356d0d222896e631a39ddc36684ebf29e0 SHA512 3877bc6fcefab91f5d2bd013275f63bba6dd2f5ce1b29b74aef73d01638e184ff1f16ab1fbf9ccbf30d148a33f19dc2535ca8b5d8aecca8c48f1d3eef188e151
-DIST ruamel.yaml.clib-0.2.9.tar.xz 166220 BLAKE2B c65868c0c3e70f2e520252a85c7a973837f7b59aaf12e3a886dac0261d19e901ec508ede5cdfc573d17bec3b4ce6ad25abac2a3dc5ec84976a717bf750c550f8 SHA512 a7f1b54a661811632151abdb67804abf294c058bc487626472bc2b2b467c3fa7e3a9c3cbe45f87569f8f7ac67474e5f9e6b3031fbfb70d41b054d1c1ca59cb89
diff --git a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/files/ruamel-yaml-clib-0.2.7_cython_pointer_types.patch b/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/files/ruamel-yaml-clib-0.2.7_cython_pointer_types.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 855571f05bb0d..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/files/ruamel-yaml-clib-0.2.7_cython_pointer_types.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
---- a/_ruamel_yaml.pxd
-+++ b/_ruamel_yaml.pxd
-@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
- cdef extern from "_ruamel_yaml.h":
- 
-     void malloc(int l)
--    void memcpy(char *d, char *s, int l)
-+    void memcpy(unsigned char *d, char *s, int l)
-     int strlen(char *s)
-     int PyString_CheckExact(object o)
-     int PyUnicode_CheckExact(object o)
-     char *PyString_AS_STRING(object o)
-     int PyString_GET_SIZE(object o)
--    object PyString_FromStringAndSize(char *v, int l)
-+    object PyString_FromStringAndSize(unsigned char *v, size_t l)
-     object PyUnicode_FromString(char *u)
--    object PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(char *u, int s, char *e)
-+    object PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(unsigned char *u, size_t s, char *e)
-     object PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(object o)
-     int PY_MAJOR_VERSION
- 
-@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@
-         YAML_MAPPING_START_EVENT
-         YAML_MAPPING_END_EVENT
- 
--    ctypedef int yaml_read_handler_t(void *data, char *buffer,
--            int size, int *size_read) except 0
-+    ctypedef int yaml_read_handler_t(void *data, unsigned char *buffer,
-+            size_t size, size_t *size_read) except 0
- 
--    ctypedef int yaml_write_handler_t(void *data, char *buffer,
--            int size) except 0
-+    ctypedef int yaml_write_handler_t(void *data, unsigned char *buffer,
-+            size_t size) except 0
- 
-     ctypedef struct yaml_mark_t:
-         int index
-@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
-         char *handle
-         char *suffix
-     ctypedef struct _yaml_token_scalar_data_t:
--        char *value
-+        unsigned char *value
-         int length
-         yaml_scalar_style_t style
-     ctypedef struct _yaml_token_version_directive_data_t:
-@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
-     ctypedef struct _yaml_event_scalar_data_t:
-         char *anchor
-         char *tag
--        char *value
-+        unsigned char *value
-         int length
-         int plain_implicit
-         int quoted_implicit
---- a/_ruamel_yaml.pyx
-+++ b/_ruamel_yaml.pyx
-@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@
-                 raise error
-         return 1
- 
--cdef int input_handler(void *data, char *buffer, int size, int *read) except 0:
-+cdef int input_handler(void *data, unsigned char *buffer, size_t size, size_t *read) except 0:
-     cdef CParser parser
-     parser = <CParser>data
-     if parser.stream_cache is None:
-@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@
-             self.ascend_resolver()
-         return 1
- 
--cdef int output_handler(void *data, char *buffer, int size) except 0:
-+cdef int output_handler(void *data, unsigned char *buffer, size_t size) except 0:
-     cdef CEmitter emitter
-     emitter = <CEmitter>data
-     if emitter.dump_unicode == 0:
diff --git a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/ruamel-yaml-clib-0.2.8.ebuild b/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/ruamel-yaml-clib-0.2.8.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e3b8814b50dd..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/ruamel-yaml-clib-0.2.8.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_EXT=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{10..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-MY_PN="${PN//-/.}"
-MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
-
-DESCRIPTION="C-based reader/scanner and emitter for dev-python/ruamel-yaml"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://pypi.org/project/ruamel.yaml.clib/
-	https://sourceforge.net/projects/ruamel-yaml-clib/
-"
-# sdist lacks .pyx files for cythonizing
-SRC_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/ruamel-dl-tagged-releases/${MY_P}.tar.xz"
-# workaround https://bugs.gentoo.org/898716
-S=${WORKDIR}/ruamel_yaml_clib
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.2.7_cython_pointer_types.patch
-)
-
-src_unpack() {
-	default
-	mv "${MY_P}" ruamel_yaml_clib || die
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	cython -f -3 _ruamel_yaml.pyx || die
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/ruamel-yaml-clib-0.2.9.ebuild b/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/ruamel-yaml-clib-0.2.9.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 211198d73cec6..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib/ruamel-yaml-clib-0.2.9.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_EXT=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{10..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-MY_PN="${PN//-/.}"
-MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
-
-DESCRIPTION="C-based reader/scanner and emitter for dev-python/ruamel-yaml"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://pypi.org/project/ruamel.yaml.clib/
-	https://sourceforge.net/projects/ruamel-yaml-clib/
-"
-# sdist lacks .pyx files for cythonizing
-SRC_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/ruamel-dl-tagged-releases/${MY_P}.tar.xz"
-# workaround https://bugs.gentoo.org/898716
-S=${WORKDIR}/ruamel_yaml_clib
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-src_unpack() {
-	default
-	mv "${MY_P}" ruamel_yaml_clib || die
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	cython -f -3 _ruamel_yaml.pyx || die
-}