diff --git a/dev-libs/libgpg-error/files/libgpg-error-1.45-gpgrt_config_libdir.patch b/dev-libs/libgpg-error/files/libgpg-error-1.45-gpgrt_config_libdir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a7db0e4d4b646..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/libgpg-error/files/libgpg-error-1.45-gpgrt_config_libdir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-Upstream:
-https://dev.gnupg.org/rE4615816f71e91f4c3bb8b0e4122dd153ec7c1927
-https://dev.gnupg.org/T6136
-
-From 4615816f71e91f4c3bb8b0e4122dd153ec7c1927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@fsij.org>
-Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 15:30:07 +0900
-Subject: [PATCH] gpgrt-config: Strip system paths for --cflags and --libs.
-
-* src/gpgrt-config.in: Strip -I and -L with system paths.
-
---
-
-This behavior is more compatible to pkg-config.
-
-GnuPG-bug-id: 6136
-Signed-off-by: NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@fsij.org>
-
-diff --git a/src/gpgrt-config.in b/src/gpgrt-config.in
-index 3aaa243..85d21b4 100644
---- a/src/gpgrt-config.in
-+++ b/src/gpgrt-config.in
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- #!@INSTALLSHELLPATH@
- #                          -*- mode: shell-script; sh-shell: "/bin/sh" -*-
--# Copyright (C) 2018, 2021 g10 Code GmbH
-+# Copyright (C) 2018, 2021, 2022 g10 Code GmbH
- #
- # This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
- # unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
-@@ -193,9 +193,14 @@ list_only_once () {
-     __arg=""
- 
-     for __arg; do
--	if not_listed_yet $__arg $__result; then
--	    __result="$__result${__result:+ }$__arg"
--	fi
-+	case "$__arg" in
-+	    -I/usr/include|-I/include) ;;
-+	    *)
-+                if not_listed_yet $__arg $__result; then
-+	            __result="$__result${__result:+ }$__arg"
-+	        fi
-+                ;;
-+	esac
-     done
- 
-     echo $__result
-@@ -210,6 +215,7 @@ list_only_once_for_libs () {
-     # the resulted list is in reverse order
-     for __arg; do
- 	case "$__arg" in
-+	    -L/usr/lib|-L/usr/lib64|-L/lib|-L/lib64) ;;
- 	    -l*)
- 		# As-is
- 		__rev_list="$__arg${__rev_list:+ }$__rev_list"
diff --git a/dev-libs/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.45-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.45-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d47ab1f8c4a2..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.45-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit autotools multilib-minimal toolchain-funcs prefix
-
-DESCRIPTION="Contains error handling functions used by GnuPG software"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libgpg-error"
-SRC_URI="mirror://gnupg/${PN}/${P}.tar.bz2"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2 LGPL-2.1"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-cygwin ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~sparc-solaris ~sparc64-solaris ~x64-solaris ~x86-solaris"
-IUSE="common-lisp nls static-libs test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-RDEPEND="nls? ( >=virtual/libintl-0-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )"
-
-MULTILIB_CHOST_TOOLS=(
-	/usr/bin/gpg-error-config
-)
-MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
-	/usr/include/gpg-error.h
-	/usr/include/gpgrt.h
-)
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.44-remove_broken_check.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.45-gpgrt_config_libdir.patch"
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	if use prefix ; then
-		# don't hardcode /usr/xpg4/bin/sh as shell on Solaris
-		sed -i -e 's/solaris\*/disabled/' configure.ac || die
-	fi
-
-	# only necessary for as long as we run eautoreconf, configure.ac
-	# uses ./autogen.sh to generate PACKAGE_VERSION, but autogen.sh is
-	# not a pure /bin/sh script, so it fails on some hosts
-	hprefixify -w 1 autogen.sh
-	eautoreconf
-}
-
-multilib_src_configure() {
-	local myeconfargs=(
-		$(multilib_is_native_abi || echo --disable-languages)
-		$(use_enable common-lisp languages)
-		$(use_enable nls)
-		# required for sys-power/suspend[crypt], bug 751568
-		$(use_enable static-libs static)
-		$(use_enable test tests)
-		--enable-threads
-		CC_FOR_BUILD="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)"
-		$("${S}/configure" --help | grep -o -- '--without-.*-prefix')
-	)
-	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
-}
-
-multilib_src_install_all() {
-	einstalldocs
-	find "${ED}" -type f -name '*.la' -delete || die
-}