diff --git a/gui-wm/sway/Manifest b/gui-wm/sway/Manifest
index f5d92da103a80..34599a14510e3 100644
--- a/gui-wm/sway/Manifest
+++ b/gui-wm/sway/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST sway-1.7.tar.gz 5559075 BLAKE2B 702b9a209d603c88743f2e89d0787431b7a30e8b7554c9596edb9735af862d23c585158737a0943a470637138cbc5275bee37bd2d820a7489cdd0747d98e6e22 SHA512 028cf5d504d5914bfb78d44156d6a290de660c5ed0638f4e2c56e5be76db9b0baeda035e1fa1ae23559016bd7e4312f7ff70c2fb4904df25358577c1a3d21243
 DIST sway-1.8.1.tar.gz 5577483 BLAKE2B 0e21c3a113b6bbb4a535ef77e347304ead98a424b65c176299f3d86fd52c35abf88d4e88fff0a8ecdb48494e8275110c79ea35fafd2902653db03fd938ee0323 SHA512 1f9909cb0402a99926d0ff1cefb98c40930e61678067413b6f195b036e6018a4f85bb3a6649d8bb743c93f0476b103791617a94d7c8c11a2c021f40131b65563
 DIST sway-1.8.tar.gz 5577138 BLAKE2B cf93db2d7722be5a14f3557087c8298cbbbaa7268ffb8540c5473581200323b6ba24c9a669e2b7fb31afe3cbe49314eef9f224c438ad3c4cd93ef939285be365 SHA512 9f4f24ecc16c2ffe0e2b17fa5f0da871493073fc96f2daf20323459b3adfb29bae3c369833d713ae254b5ac036d9b6625f76595ca31c3d216626095d1ef29615
diff --git a/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7-r1.ebuild b/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ad45789f21ac..0000000000000
--- a/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-inherit meson
-
-DESCRIPTION="i3-compatible Wayland window manager"
-HOMEPAGE="https://swaywm.org"
-
-if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
-	inherit git-r3
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/swaywm/${PN}.git"
-else
-	MY_PV=${PV/_rc/-rc}
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/swaywm/${PN}/archive/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-	S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="grimshot +man +swaybar +swaybg +swayidle +swaylock +swaymsg +swaynag tray wallpapers X"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/json-c-0.13:0=
-	>=dev-libs/libinput-1.6.0:0=
-	sys-auth/seatd:=
-	dev-libs/libpcre
-	>=dev-libs/wayland-1.20.0
-	x11-libs/cairo
-	x11-libs/libxkbcommon
-	x11-libs/pango
-	x11-libs/pixman
-	media-libs/mesa[gles2,libglvnd(+)]
-	swaybar? ( x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2 )
-	swaybg? ( gui-apps/swaybg )
-	swayidle? ( gui-apps/swayidle )
-	swaylock? ( gui-apps/swaylock )
-	tray? ( || (
-		sys-apps/systemd
-		sys-auth/elogind
-		sys-libs/basu
-	) )
-	wallpapers? ( x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2[jpeg] )
-	X? ( x11-libs/libxcb:0= )
-"
-if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
-	DEPEND+="~gui-libs/wlroots-9999:=[X=]"
-else
-	DEPEND+="
-		>=gui-libs/wlroots-0.15:=[X=]
-		<gui-libs/wlroots-0.16:=[X=]
-	"
-fi
-RDEPEND="
-	x11-misc/xkeyboard-config
-	grimshot? (
-		app-misc/jq
-		gui-apps/grim
-		gui-apps/slurp
-		gui-apps/wl-clipboard
-		x11-libs/libnotify
-	)
-	${DEPEND}
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.24
-	>=dev-util/meson-0.60.0
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-"
-if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
-	BDEPEND+="man? ( ~app-text/scdoc-9999 )"
-else
-	BDEPEND+="man? ( >=app-text/scdoc-1.9.3 )"
-fi
-REQUIRED_USE="grimshot? ( swaymsg )"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local emesonargs=(
-		$(meson_feature man man-pages)
-		$(meson_feature tray)
-		$(meson_feature X xwayland)
-		$(meson_feature swaybar gdk-pixbuf)
-		$(meson_use swaynag)
-		$(meson_use swaybar)
-		$(meson_use wallpapers default-wallpaper)
-		-Dfish-completions=true
-		-Dzsh-completions=true
-		-Dbash-completions=true
-	)
-
-	meson_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	meson_src_install
-
-	if use grimshot; then
-		doman contrib/grimshot.1
-		dobin contrib/grimshot
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7-r2.ebuild b/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7-r2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index c0c995944c3c1..0000000000000
--- a/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7-r2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit meson optfeature
-
-DESCRIPTION="i3-compatible Wayland window manager"
-HOMEPAGE="https://swaywm.org"
-
-if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
-	inherit git-r3
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/swaywm/${PN}.git"
-else
-	MY_PV=${PV/_rc/-rc}
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/swaywm/${PN}/archive/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-	S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="grimshot +man +swaybar +swaynag tray wallpapers X"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/json-c-0.13:0=
-	>=dev-libs/libinput-1.6.0:0=
-	sys-auth/seatd:=
-	dev-libs/libpcre
-	>=dev-libs/wayland-1.20.0
-	x11-libs/cairo
-	x11-libs/libxkbcommon
-	x11-libs/pango
-	x11-libs/pixman
-	media-libs/mesa[gles2,libglvnd(+)]
-	swaybar? ( x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2 )
-	tray? ( || (
-		sys-apps/systemd
-		sys-auth/elogind
-		sys-libs/basu
-	) )
-	wallpapers? ( gui-apps/swaybg[gdk-pixbuf(+)] )
-	X? ( x11-libs/libxcb:0= )
-"
-if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
-	DEPEND+="~gui-libs/wlroots-9999:=[X?]"
-else
-	DEPEND+="
-		>=gui-libs/wlroots-0.15:=[X?]
-		<gui-libs/wlroots-0.16:=[X?]
-	"
-fi
-RDEPEND="
-	x11-misc/xkeyboard-config
-	grimshot? (
-		app-misc/jq
-		gui-apps/grim
-		gui-apps/slurp
-		gui-apps/wl-clipboard
-		x11-libs/libnotify
-	)
-	${DEPEND}
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.24
-	>=dev-util/meson-0.60.0
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-"
-if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
-	BDEPEND+="man? ( ~app-text/scdoc-9999 )"
-else
-	BDEPEND+="man? ( >=app-text/scdoc-1.9.3 )"
-fi
-REQUIRED_USE="tray? ( swaybar )"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local emesonargs=(
-		$(meson_feature man man-pages)
-		$(meson_feature tray)
-		$(meson_feature X xwayland)
-		$(meson_feature swaybar gdk-pixbuf)
-		$(meson_use swaynag)
-		$(meson_use swaybar)
-		$(meson_use wallpapers default-wallpaper)
-		-Dfish-completions=true
-		-Dzsh-completions=true
-		-Dbash-completions=true
-	)
-
-	meson_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	meson_src_install
-
-	if use grimshot; then
-		doman contrib/grimshot.1
-		dobin contrib/grimshot
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	optfeature_header "There are several packages that may be useful with sway:"
-	optfeature "wallpaper utility" gui-apps/swaybg
-	optfeature "idle management utility" gui-apps/swayidle
-	optfeature "simple screen locker" gui-apps/swaylock
-	optfeature "lightweight notification daemon" gui-apps/mako
-	echo
-	einfo "For a list of additional addons and tools usable with sway please"
-	einfo "visit the offical wiki at:"
-	einfo "https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Useful-add-ons-for-sway"
-	einfo "Please note that some of them might not (yet) available on gentoo"
-}
diff --git a/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7.ebuild b/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index a31c2e1c7bd8e..0000000000000
--- a/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-inherit meson
-
-DESCRIPTION="i3-compatible Wayland window manager"
-HOMEPAGE="https://swaywm.org"
-
-if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
-	inherit git-r3
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/swaywm/${PN}.git"
-else
-	MY_PV=${PV/_rc/-rc}
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/swaywm/${PN}/archive/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv x86"
-	S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="+man +swaybar +swaybg +swayidle +swaylock +swaymsg +swaynag tray wallpapers X"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/json-c-0.13:0=
-	>=dev-libs/libinput-1.6.0:0=
-	sys-auth/seatd:=
-	dev-libs/libpcre
-	>=dev-libs/wayland-1.20.0
-	x11-libs/cairo
-	x11-libs/libxkbcommon
-	x11-libs/pango
-	x11-libs/pixman
-	media-libs/mesa[gles2,libglvnd(+)]
-	swaybar? ( x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2 )
-	swaybg? ( gui-apps/swaybg )
-	swayidle? ( gui-apps/swayidle )
-	swaylock? ( gui-apps/swaylock )
-	tray? ( || (
-		sys-apps/systemd
-		sys-auth/elogind
-		sys-libs/basu
-	) )
-	wallpapers? ( x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2[jpeg] )
-	X? ( x11-libs/libxcb:0= )
-"
-if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
-	DEPEND+="~gui-libs/wlroots-9999:=[X=]"
-else
-	DEPEND+="
-		>=gui-libs/wlroots-0.15:=[X=]
-		<gui-libs/wlroots-0.16:=[X=]
-	"
-fi
-RDEPEND="
-	x11-misc/xkeyboard-config
-	${DEPEND}
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.24
-	>=dev-util/meson-0.60.0
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-"
-if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
-	BDEPEND+="man? ( ~app-text/scdoc-9999 )"
-else
-	BDEPEND+="man? ( >=app-text/scdoc-1.9.3 )"
-fi
-
-src_configure() {
-	local emesonargs=(
-		$(meson_feature man man-pages)
-		$(meson_feature tray)
-		$(meson_feature X xwayland)
-		$(meson_feature swaybar gdk-pixbuf)
-		$(meson_use swaynag)
-		$(meson_use swaybar)
-		$(meson_use wallpapers default-wallpaper)
-		-Dfish-completions=true
-		-Dzsh-completions=true
-		-Dbash-completions=true
-	)
-
-	meson_src_configure
-}