diff --git a/dev-python/braintree/Manifest b/dev-python/braintree/Manifest
index 53274f35ffa30..80767dd64ce42 100644
--- a/dev-python/braintree/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/braintree/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST braintree_python-4.44.0.gh.tar.gz 273269 BLAKE2B afddc608f6ee2cb4decd86ec44492031945a4d3880344dd5ed0a7b9d7d7ede6a38a4d6c5975ce3ea78e13c31768c718ec52423f0e148ee168f2b0c6394b0e75c SHA512 5e93ea7c4a12bbdb1e4ac45a48f7f02f45c1b27f77d0e6e0ea798092534bbb24dc01bbf66bdb4110e718a681302053ba174204738b48a5de5a61758af1c2427f
 DIST braintree_python-4.45.0.gh.tar.gz 273684 BLAKE2B 70784ec41d9e6fe9f80cdf3d0ac1b8386c2b25350082fd3ccae91709abacde75bec6ded6cf16fb53aeb18ff68038e9ae515e42460d464a6deae5a26b23966965 SHA512 daf3e860b5a7c30cfbf2c58d959654ab3a18e40e4eef78f20fd3a40115f0bb50648412b8c153149816e985a01b9cce82c3c938a5ef6f51af15c75ef8eeb7c7c5
diff --git a/dev-python/braintree/braintree-4.44.0.ebuild b/dev-python/braintree/braintree-4.44.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index efe9471dd9c5c..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/braintree/braintree-4.44.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2020-2026 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-MY_P=braintree_python-${PV}
-DESCRIPTION="Braintree Python Library"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://developer.paypal.com/braintree/docs/reference/overview/
-	https://github.com/braintree/braintree_python/
-	https://pypi.org/project/braintree/
-"
-# no tests in sdist, as of 4.19.0
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/braintree/braintree_python/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/requests-0.11.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-DOCS=( README.md )
-
-distutils_enable_tests unittest
-
-python_test() {
-	eunittest tests/unit
-}