diff --git a/dev-python/zstandard/Manifest b/dev-python/zstandard/Manifest
index 31bd6ef05216f..98df9a19e08f3 100644
--- a/dev-python/zstandard/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/zstandard/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-DIST python-zstandard-0.23.0.gh.tar.gz 732448 BLAKE2B 920b53dc4a221059411062229ddf0ff51c478c2212e5599dec21298fef8e30b7a160c2f7d958ef95251ce5fb1357eaf4a8c3e4eca37304ef7a43176f723f3394 SHA512 06d799f8c5e89e5cc2f5b8ff100aeb3c3ff938757ce39852affb075487f65406d7d3f6d611b1864ec025fff86a51bf15b80c8af6260beda050b4fef5b7edd206
-DIST python-zstandard-0.24.0.gh.tar.gz 751192 BLAKE2B 6bf54d96b3cbc06ff052fc3b1d373b745ac325dd61ee958c2dfa890533f0b164b23f5e9df0580525dab4c56920d48724a2614c05d8f06b1607fe31752063ea57 SHA512 9a06db18a3ac5d8583b5c28a27f93c9cb3310308a5cdf71df4324c442b1a2960d8df5ae47d38d765e6bb33e8f6d73ffad26f3c27d9649802a292f74d7933f00d
 DIST python-zstandard-0.25.0.gh.tar.gz 795455 BLAKE2B 6f5410b66b90cd737530259328d4abd04129a249f9b508db2e5ccd2cb028b22f13f0659b16604afe0f9c5026b282a0c5eb4a1faaa6df4946f9b99319d06ef825 SHA512 1ca492bcb39c22ec9eb1877799172de4a04033df364f4271b658243c0a9816ac584df0df85ebe967a2e2b98a10db90b66e7b050ecb8bfa9f9c7ad50f2f87921a
diff --git a/dev-python/zstandard/zstandard-0.23.0-r3.ebuild b/dev-python/zstandard/zstandard-0.23.0-r3.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 5299091326bc1..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/zstandard/zstandard-0.23.0-r3.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_EXT=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..14} pypy3 pypy3_11 )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-MY_P=python-zstandard-${PV}
-DESCRIPTION="Zstandard Bindings for Python"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/indygreg/python-zstandard/
-	https://pypi.org/project/zstandard/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/indygreg/python-zstandard/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=app-arch/zstd-1.5.7:=
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
-		>=dev-python/cffi-1.14.0-r2:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	' 'python*')
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-python/hypothesis[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-src_prepare() {
-	local PATCHES=(
-		# https://github.com/indygreg/python-zstandard/pull/255
-		"${FILESDIR}/${P}-zstd-1.5.7.patch"
-		# https://github.com/indygreg/python-zstandard/pull/262
-		"${FILESDIR}/${P}-py314.patch"
-	)
-
-	# the C backend is repeatedly broken, so force CFFI instead
-	sed -e '/PYTHON_ZSTANDARD_IMPORT_POLICY/s:default:cffi:' \
-		-i zstandard/__init__.py || die
-	# unbundle zstd
-	rm zstd/* || die
-	> zstd/zstd.c || die
-	# it does random preprocessing on that, so we can't use #include
-	local f
-	for f in zdict.h zstd.h; do
-		cp "${ESYSROOT}/usr/include/${f}" "zstd/${f}" || die
-	done
-	sed -i -e '/include_dirs/a    libraries=["zstd"],' make_cffi.py || die
-
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-
-	DISTUTILS_ARGS=(
-		--no-c-backend
-	)
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-		# unreliable, fails on x86
-		tests/test_data_structures.py::TestCompressionParameters::test_estimated_compression_context_size
-		# check for bundled zstd version, fails on other system zstd
-		tests/test_module_attributes.py::TestModuleAttributes::test_version
-	)
-
-	rm -rf zstandard || die
-	epytest
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/zstandard/zstandard-0.24.0.ebuild b/dev-python/zstandard/zstandard-0.24.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 147c8af189769..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/zstandard/zstandard-0.24.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_EXT=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} pypy3_11 )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-MY_P=python-zstandard-${PV}
-DESCRIPTION="Zstandard Bindings for Python"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/indygreg/python-zstandard/
-	https://pypi.org/project/zstandard/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/indygreg/python-zstandard/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=app-arch/zstd-1.5.7:=
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
-		>=dev-python/cffi-1.14.0-r2:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	' 'python*')
-"
-
-EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( hypothesis )
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-src_prepare() {
-	# the C backend is repeatedly broken, so force CFFI instead
-	sed -e '/PYTHON_ZSTANDARD_IMPORT_POLICY/s:default:cffi:' \
-		-i zstandard/__init__.py || die
-	# unbundle zstd
-	rm zstd/* || die
-	> zstd/zstd.c || die
-	# it does random preprocessing on that, so we can't use #include
-	local f
-	for f in zdict.h zstd.h zstd_errors.h; do
-		cp "${ESYSROOT}/usr/include/${f}" "zstd/${f}" || die
-	done
-	sed -i -e '/include_dirs/a    libraries=["zstd"],' make_cffi.py || die
-
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-
-	DISTUTILS_ARGS=(
-		--no-c-backend
-	)
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-		# unreliable, fails on x86
-		tests/test_data_structures.py::TestCompressionParameters::test_estimated_compression_context_size
-		# check for bundled zstd version, fails on other system zstd
-		tests/test_module_attributes.py::TestModuleAttributes::test_version
-	)
-
-	rm -rf zstandard || die
-	epytest
-}