diff --git a/dev-python/grpcio-status/Manifest b/dev-python/grpcio-status/Manifest
index 0634b5b9fcd72..13b30927fb1c1 100644
--- a/dev-python/grpcio-status/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/grpcio-status/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST grpc-1.68.1.gh.tar.gz 17320674 BLAKE2B 46f4ae35c6a3a6ddfd47918a68a42d10e115ef81052715e8d8a73abf973063c730ddda06373278f3a4a6280dd4938e530a5e7377ab76aa653bb208583deab7f3 SHA512 cfb88a1290e2ee46fbd5f2b50b9c066ac174b1077170088c3b1a30bd37e66c6ca5254d2b951329a3991ac2b4320d12a50b1464babffbfc3bcf4eab670a449fd1
 DIST grpc-1.72.0.gh.tar.gz 14730317 BLAKE2B f4b16fcef3efa086cce043197e0d7bb6dc858074c329c3c993f33a5a65db72d8cf8106bc3d96cf72a12cf3040405e91f1d2fda2ac64b558ed00b18d6aef5821a SHA512 e56c37f6b2370426df63e700d9cf227864812911ae071f1c34626d0c336d6b6b42ca5d7cdc6d5d04744009aca6be8769fe9b0f15992f3aa2112e6166ed326f6a
diff --git a/dev-python/grpcio-status/grpcio-status-1.68.1.ebuild b/dev-python/grpcio-status/grpcio-status-1.68.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 0eada62f3c885..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/grpcio-status/grpcio-status-1.68.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2024-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-MY_P=grpc-${PV}
-DESCRIPTION="Reference package for GRPC Python status proto mapping"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://grpc.io/
-	https://github.com/grpc/grpc/
-	https://pypi.org/project/grpcio-status/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/grpc/grpc/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}/src/python/grpcio_status
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/grpcio-${PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/googleapis-common-protos-1.5.5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	<dev-python/protobuf-6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/protobuf-5.26.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-python/coverage[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_test() {
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
-
-	cd "${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}/src/python/grpcio_tests" || die
-	epytest tests{,_aio}/status
-}