diff --git a/dev-java/ini4j/Manifest b/dev-java/ini4j/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 49b2d201133e9..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/ini4j/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-DIST ini4j-0.5.1.jar 61117 BLAKE2B dedeefed13b66d21f185b786ed9cf5b045a06cf6ab8db108258597ed51e2625ec41e9c23fb032b4d77110f415a10641ad3e673f958842dfcde192bfb9d693d68 SHA512 1c4b5218d092cab9374070c8ae55c7a2483b30893f5af5cfe5d74054b2f5261fe2e1a477a650589d2fc7518b4dcce91a2308ab35bba6b3d918f5e5c19a55eb9a
-DIST ini4j-0.5.2.jar 63258 BLAKE2B 130cf84292295138f8893bcc30aed5b5dcd9eadb6d7f0b984a40388a160ce1f007b4728a13b06cb291a67436fad3bd987b28a068c22cb31e480b35378ff95263 SHA512 eab45f21a9f8f8bc8fdb8654e914ffc9e7eb829169f56a7e1b548a4237eb94e616abe84d78649037ff6254fb00e83b9167bafaf1fe5d97fbf3787838e9bf0fab
diff --git a/dev-java/ini4j/files/ini4j-0.5.1-remove.patch b/dev-java/ini4j/files/ini4j-0.5.1-remove.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 60a1195d4288c..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/ini4j/files/ini4j-0.5.1-remove.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- org/ini4j/Profile.java.orig	2015-11-03 22:49:34.854486000 +0000
-+++ org/ini4j/Profile.java	2015-11-03 22:49:53.412486000 +0000
-@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
- 
-     Section remove(Profile.Section section);
- 
--    String remove(Object sectionName, Object optionName);
-+    String removeString(Object sectionName, Object optionName);
- 
-     interface Section extends OptionMap
-     {
---- org/ini4j/BasicProfile.java.orig	2015-11-03 22:50:28.101486000 +0000
-+++ org/ini4j/BasicProfile.java	2015-11-03 22:51:09.338486000 +0000
-@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
-         return remove((Object) section.getName());
-     }
- 
--    @Override public String remove(Object sectionName, Object optionName)
-+    @Override public String removeString(Object sectionName, Object optionName)
-     {
-         Section sec = get(sectionName);
- 
diff --git a/dev-java/ini4j/files/ini4j-0.5.2-remove.patch b/dev-java/ini4j/files/ini4j-0.5.2-remove.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 444cdb3cd5c0f..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/ini4j/files/ini4j-0.5.2-remove.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- a/org/ini4j/Profile.java	2015-11-03 22:49:34.854486000 +0000
-+++ b/org/ini4j/Profile.java	2015-11-03 22:49:53.412486000 +0000
-@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
- 
-     Section remove(Profile.Section section);
- 
--    String remove(Object sectionName, Object optionName);
-+    String removeString(Object sectionName, Object optionName);
- 
-     interface Section extends OptionMap
-     {
---- a/org/ini4j/BasicProfile.java	2015-11-03 22:50:28.101486000 +0000
-+++ b/org/ini4j/BasicProfile.java	2015-11-03 22:51:09.338486000 +0000
-@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
-         return remove((Object) section.getName());
-     }
- 
--    @Override public String remove(Object sectionName, Object optionName)
-+    @Override public String removeString(Object sectionName, Object optionName)
-     {
-         Section sec = get(sectionName);
- 
diff --git a/dev-java/ini4j/ini4j-0.5.1.ebuild b/dev-java/ini4j/ini4j-0.5.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 515f27e971293..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/ini4j/ini4j-0.5.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=5
-JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc source"
-
-inherit java-pkg-2 java-pkg-simple
-
-DESCRIPTION="Simple Java API Windows style .ini file handling"
-HOMEPAGE="http://ini4j.sourceforge.net/"
-SRC_URI="http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/${PN}/${PN}/${PV}/${P}-sources.jar -> ${P}.jar"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ppc64 x86"
-IUSE=""
-
-RDEPEND=">=virtual/jre-1.6"
-DEPEND=">=virtual/jdk-1.6
-	app-arch/unzip"
-
-java_prepare() {
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/"${P}-remove.patch"
-}
diff --git a/dev-java/ini4j/ini4j-0.5.2.ebuild b/dev-java/ini4j/ini4j-0.5.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index adbc494a4746e..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/ini4j/ini4j-0.5.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=6
-
-JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc source"
-
-inherit java-pkg-2 java-pkg-simple
-
-DESCRIPTION="Simple Java API Windows style .ini file handling"
-HOMEPAGE="http://ini4j.sourceforge.net/"
-SRC_URI="http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/${PN}/${PN}/${PV}/${P}-sources.jar -> ${P}.jar"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=virtual/jre-1.6"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=virtual/jdk-1.6"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-remove.patch
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	java-pkg-2_src_prepare
-}
diff --git a/dev-java/ini4j/metadata.xml b/dev-java/ini4j/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 90b68d5280052..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/ini4j/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>monsieurp@gentoo.org</email>
-  </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>java@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Java</name>
-  </maintainer>
-  <upstream>
-    <remote-id type="sourceforge">ini4j</remote-id>
-  </upstream>
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index f2201a3db77fc..913050e6d8995 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -656,11 +656,6 @@ dev-java/ant-owanttask
 # Version 3.15 is broken with Emacs 27.2.
 =app-emacs/mic-paren-3.15-r0
 
-# Miroslav Šulc <fordfrog@gentoo.org> (2021-04-21)
-# java library, no consumers
-# see: https://bugs.gentoo.org/784812
-dev-java/ini4j
-
 # Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> (2021-04-18)
 # Pretty dead. Needs GTK+3 port. Doesn't build with glib-2.68.
 # Removal on 2021-05-19.  Bug #784266.