diff --git a/dev-python/rq/Manifest b/dev-python/rq/Manifest
index 599a773b9d1bb..8c9c2f9af5f24 100644
--- a/dev-python/rq/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/rq/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-DIST rq-2.4.1.tar.gz 664540 BLAKE2B e5e8617c165c555b150fc3e8d6eacdfb697d6490cf5d972eaf78437a92d70c80e3a8c36e399e85716f30bf0a80a87f49602abc50ad98074aa228dcfb2c99ad4a SHA512 4a4dc8810f2cfda8ec7af722358ccf18b61fdd2898177224ca1d686f1d20483518419adc88027bb671bc38e605894244189c0c0c6eabbaab0550a4ae632457da
-DIST rq-2.5.0.tar.gz 666978 BLAKE2B 951c34282caef2983e58edc6fe3f92209941baa4d32767dd8d6f068e866ba569320bf7daaaec983e7e9c74e51eea47661c1114828b1cb57114e2554d5fc8f796 SHA512 fb76fdf9f1f73b2ce2a59b049a369749695b38f58ee62c14727d2b118fe97ca471d7113bd8825d8aa8661541b4b8b9355a3421c9eed86c2477433e8a49151ad9
 DIST rq-2.6.0.tar.gz 675315 BLAKE2B 96ec326d01a1e708dbe7318efc98f1ae5396aca2af0d26836bdcb85483a6c510f9c1ce67c57f9a4211bb5c56a63c083dd0e26cf9f81ab7baa192c79cc09c7a5d SHA512 1e93c84d0fc11841e02fe6fb191c1d490ba80a12a98f8780a025e0c90bd23dda1f9cedfc47fe87f075f8051e7a5368ec5a8376bb53f8163fdec6f755885484bc
diff --git a/dev-python/rq/rq-2.4.1.ebuild b/dev-python/rq/rq-2.4.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 7981d8224b79b..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/rq/rq-2.4.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Simple, lightweight library for creating and processing background jobs"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://python-rq.org/
-	https://github.com/rq/rq/
-	https://pypi.org/project/rq/
-"
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/click-5.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/redis-4.5.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-db/redis
-		dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-src_prepare() {
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-
-	# strip pin
-	sed -i -e '/dependencies/s:,!=[0-9.]*::' pyproject.toml || die
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	local redis_pid="${T}"/redis.pid
-	local redis_port=6379
-	local redis_test_config="daemonize yes
-		pidfile ${redis_pid}
-		port ${redis_port}
-		bind 127.0.0.1
-	"
-
-	# Spawn Redis itself for testing purposes
-	# NOTE: On sam@'s machine, spawning Redis can hang in the sandbox.
-	# I'm not restricting tests yet because this doesn't happen for anyone else AFAICT.
-	einfo "Spawning Redis"
-	einfo "NOTE: Port ${redis_port} must be free"
-	/usr/sbin/redis-server - <<< "${redis_test_config}" || die
-
-	# Run the actual tests
-	distutils-r1_src_test
-
-	# Clean up afterwards
-	kill "$(<"${redis_pid}")" || die
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-		# requires <sentry-sdk-2
-		tests/test_sentry.py::TestSentry::test_failure_capture
-		# hang
-		tests/test_commands.py::TestCommands::test_shutdown_command
-		tests/test_worker_pool.py::TestWorkerPool::test_check_workers
-		tests/test_dependencies.py::TestDependencies
-		# already present in older versions
-		tests/test_spawn_worker.py::TestWorker::test_work_and_quit
-	)
-
-	epytest
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/rq/rq-2.5.0.ebuild b/dev-python/rq/rq-2.5.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ca86a25a71c8..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/rq/rq-2.5.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Simple, lightweight library for creating and processing background jobs"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://python-rq.org/
-	https://github.com/rq/rq/
-	https://pypi.org/project/rq/
-"
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm arm64 ~riscv x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/click-5.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/croniter[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/redis-4.5.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-db/redis
-		dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-src_prepare() {
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-
-	# strip pin
-	sed -i -e '/dependencies/s:,!=[0-9.]*::' pyproject.toml || die
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	local redis_pid="${T}"/redis.pid
-	local redis_port=6379
-	local redis_test_config="daemonize yes
-		pidfile ${redis_pid}
-		port ${redis_port}
-		bind 127.0.0.1
-	"
-
-	# Spawn Redis itself for testing purposes
-	# NOTE: On sam@'s machine, spawning Redis can hang in the sandbox.
-	# I'm not restricting tests yet because this doesn't happen for anyone else AFAICT.
-	einfo "Spawning Redis"
-	einfo "NOTE: Port ${redis_port} must be free"
-	/usr/sbin/redis-server - <<< "${redis_test_config}" || die
-
-	# Run the actual tests
-	distutils-r1_src_test
-
-	# Clean up afterwards
-	kill "$(<"${redis_pid}")" || die
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-		# requires <sentry-sdk-2
-		tests/test_sentry.py::TestSentry::test_failure_capture
-		# hang
-		tests/test_commands.py::TestCommands::test_shutdown_command
-		tests/test_worker_pool.py::TestWorkerPool::test_check_workers
-		tests/test_worker_pool.py::TestWorkerPool::test_reap_workers
-		tests/test_dependencies.py::TestDependencies
-		# already present in older versions
-		tests/test_spawn_worker.py::TestWorker::test_work_and_quit
-	)
-
-	epytest
-}