diff --git a/dev-python/identify/Manifest b/dev-python/identify/Manifest
index f34658716e2f5..e8ba22c7942ce 100644
--- a/dev-python/identify/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/identify/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST identify-2.6.2.gh.tar.gz 101758 BLAKE2B a017c0915f62ca681f886b75a25df453f4e3f723ef29d7fe2865ae50e59b64506a4eaa1d7b853f27ca0a0faef68f2cfb138b080d45d2138668859423d4847bff SHA512 b822be048ff5e629ca4c7a06f6dc04f30d7b105f651bdca57e559d24ac46a33356e5f59aa110681bd184794d5dc595d932d6c9a4b709cf86c0367160d1bead66
 DIST identify-2.6.3.gh.tar.gz 101836 BLAKE2B e4a66cc0df9ce3f172bdba78322ea22ba2d89cc54a82c03388a0cd00bfe8e6645e1e42c80a94d0c407319c2719509ce12ce3e9fb2e3714ce2a46bffeec75eb9e SHA512 462b0b54643b7de91cf96ca07a38e4f8a0a424edf205d37e28eee9720cdd0f0804d9a7c8094f099656c2ae5cbb09a966b2b87732647f92ddb71ce5143def0d87
diff --git a/dev-python/identify/identify-2.6.2.ebuild b/dev-python/identify/identify-2.6.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 90e00b762c783..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/identify/identify-2.6.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="File identification library for Python"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/pre-commit/identify/
-	https://pypi.org/project/identify/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/pre-commit/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	dev-python/ukkonen[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest