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@@ -189,13 +189,6 @@ dev-java/jax-ws-api
 dev-java/jaxr
 dev-java/jsr93
 
-# Patrice Clement <monsieurp@gentoo.org> (08 Feb 2016)
-# iojs and nodejs merged and formed the new major version nodejs 4.0. iojs will
-# not be maintained after 3.3.x and all users are suggested to move to nodejs 4
-# (or newer) as quick as possible to avoid any security-related issues.
-# Masked for removal in 30 days. See bug 573870.
-net-libs/iojs
-
 # James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> (07 Feb 2016)
 # Masked until 2.0 final arrives, which hopefully won't depend on
 # commons-dbcp:0 as that requires Java 6. Note that the 2.0 in the