diff --git a/acct-user/shellinaboxd/metadata.xml b/acct-user/shellinaboxd/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 65be4a236db76..0000000000000
--- a/acct-user/shellinaboxd/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-    <maintainer type="person">
-        <email>monsieurp@gentoo.org</email>
-        <name>Patrice Clement</name>
-    </maintainer>
-    <maintainer type="project">
-        <email>shell-tools@gentoo.org</email>
-        <name>Gentoo Shell Tools Project</name>
-    </maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/acct-user/shellinaboxd/shellinaboxd-0-r1.ebuild b/acct-user/shellinaboxd/shellinaboxd-0-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 49a32a426147a..0000000000000
--- a/acct-user/shellinaboxd/shellinaboxd-0-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2019-2020 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-inherit acct-user
-
-DESCRIPTION="shellinabox user"
-ACCT_USER_ID=139
-ACCT_USER_GROUPS=( shellinaboxd )
-
-acct-user_add_deps
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index f72da4796d74b..749170afbf7b3 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ games-rpg/coe2
 # to build.  Multiple other bugs reported.
 # Removal on 2023-04-27.  Bug #902069.
 acct-group/shellinaboxd
-acct-user/shellinaboxd
 
 # Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> (2023-03-27)
 # The upstream tzinfo maintainers recommend using 2023a for now because of the