diff --git a/dev-python/xmlsec/Manifest b/dev-python/xmlsec/Manifest
index 548953fd0093b..391c1f1fe16c2 100644
--- a/dev-python/xmlsec/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/xmlsec/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST python-xmlsec-1.3.16.gh.tar.gz 80406 BLAKE2B 1be23867ae44a108dc0596698b712a4d2c8cff4206a9518cab3960368f5242981b8c4e4ba70b9183c298e5a35d2ab823d926019d7292d0a697e7bd3127f88bcc SHA512 1ed39d613c8c656b8d6898730212a3c990f1ab5b807dfdacc0a1c9db1ffaf79cbcc403e771d19faebdf170de7dc886df5582ee8589b6d0d72e3cb9ddc193012a
 DIST python-xmlsec-1.3.17.gh.tar.gz 81176 BLAKE2B 7f03b3b732751d89ef6c7765190eeb4add26d7f3332465f47e7faaae5007b0ab204c5df7d60fc6886e1cb199757b22a50b89757bf4ad6aba56fd02cce739f5fc SHA512 97404eb61442872f2ae745a5e2789d87227087b8ea47509e51b639b708bd5f4a0eeafb60dd0cecd6d63af740cff0035dd4bd66ae3d5bdd2803bad6e96226de69
diff --git a/dev-python/xmlsec/xmlsec-1.3.16.ebuild b/dev-python/xmlsec/xmlsec-1.3.16.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index f530c6df66418..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/xmlsec/xmlsec-1.3.16.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_EXT=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-MY_P=python-xmlsec-${PV}
-DESCRIPTION="Python bindings for the XML Security Library"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/xmlsec/python-xmlsec/
-	https://pypi.org/project/xmlsec/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/xmlsec/python-xmlsec/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv x86"
-
-DEPEND="
-	dev-libs/xmlsec:=[openssl]
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-	dev-python/lxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/lxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/pkgconfig[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/wheel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-	# Fragile based on black version?
-	tests/test_type_stubs.py::test_xmlsec_constants_stub
-)
-
-EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-src_configure() {
-	export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${PV}
-
-	export PYXMLSEC_OPTIMIZE_SIZE=
-	if use debug; then
-		# we don't want to use PYXMLSEC_ENABLE_DEBUG envvar,
-		# as it forces -O0
-		export CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -DPYXMLSEC_ENABLE_DEBUG=1"
-	fi
-}