diff --git a/www-apache/mod_security/Manifest b/www-apache/mod_security/Manifest
index 8d5e87be10904..6727523f0e79f 100644
--- a/www-apache/mod_security/Manifest
+++ b/www-apache/mod_security/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST modsecurity-2.9.7.tar.gz 4320766 BLAKE2B 2e0c62ae4f6fcef0b41bf1f74ab5acbae485e728f35bf621a96e622d86e2256c7e052d3a452ff49a4c4cb824243e71a706f9a5868bb3f77e37191a1dfe1b371b SHA512 a333d142f0dedf332a3cccca8267ccf9193cd4ad5a026b3cdbe0713dd1f3edde33739eae8baced2c63409cc0b220001e0a226ea032874a97c08e4065eb1fbdd5
 DIST modsecurity-v2.9.8.tar.gz 4341347 BLAKE2B 27563e06bbf86c8c84f851b20c3e281798fbcb3056abe6097493cca510b58a13f059bd510b5c7c1f75cd3347872ba2a93db2ed93d67c094637ae532860135812 SHA512 73d7965e501db0d59e25398360cb33fa34ddd6095e0dbc2df50ace7bbb5b4ad554fbc9b324cc117a82c67ad144b8477a8d55081eaee5d5a8ad692a42761fd367
diff --git a/www-apache/mod_security/mod_security-2.9.7-r1.ebuild b/www-apache/mod_security/mod_security-2.9.7-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index f69e54e5a2963..0000000000000
--- a/www-apache/mod_security/mod_security-2.9.7-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-LUA_COMPAT=( lua5-{1..3} )
-
-inherit autotools apache-module lua-single
-
-MY_PN=modsecurity
-MY_P=${MY_PN}-${PV}
-
-DESCRIPTION="Application firewall and intrusion detection for Apache"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/download/v${PV}/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
-IUSE="doc fuzzyhash geoip jit json lua mlogc pcre2"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="lua? ( ${LUA_REQUIRED_USE} )"
-
-DEPEND="dev-libs/apr:1=
-	dev-libs/apr-util:1[openssl]
-	dev-libs/expat
-	dev-libs/libxml2:=
-	dev-libs/libpcre[jit?]
-	net-misc/curl
-	sys-apps/util-linux
-	sys-libs/gdbm:=
-	virtual/libcrypt:=
-	fuzzyhash? ( app-crypt/ssdeep )
-	json? ( dev-libs/yajl )
-	lua? ( ${LUA_DEPS} )
-	mlogc? ( net-misc/curl )
-	pcre2? ( dev-libs/libpcre2:= )
-	www-servers/apache[apache2_modules_unique_id]"
-BDEPEND="doc? ( app-text/doxygen )"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	geoip? ( dev-libs/geoip )
-	mlogc? ( dev-lang/perl )"
-PDEPEND=">=www-apache/modsecurity-crs-3.3.2"
-
-S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
-
-APACHE2_MOD_FILE="apache2/.libs/${PN}2.so"
-APACHE2_MOD_CONF="79_${PN}"
-APACHE2_MOD_DEFINE="SECURITY"
-
-# Tests require symbols only defined within the Apache binary.
-RESTRICT=test
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.9.3-autoconf_lua_package_name.patch
-)
-
-need_apache2
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	_init_apache2
-	_init_apache2_late
-	use lua && lua-single_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local myconf=(
-		--disable-static
-		--enable-request-early
-		--with-apxs="${APXS}"
-		--with-pic
-		$(use_enable doc docs)
-		$(use_enable jit pcre-jit)
-		$(use_enable lua lua-cache)
-		$(use_enable mlogc)
-		$(use_with fuzzyhash ssdeep)
-		$(use_with json yajl)
-		$(use_with lua)
-		$(use_with pcre2)
-	)
-
-	econf ${myconf[@]}
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	default
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	apache-module_src_install
-
-	dodoc CHANGES README.md modsecurity.conf-recommended unicode.mapping
-
-	if use doc; then
-		dodoc -r doc/apache/html
-	fi
-
-	if use mlogc; then
-		insinto /etc/
-		newins mlogc/mlogc-default.conf mlogc.conf
-		dobin mlogc/mlogc
-		dobin mlogc/mlogc-batch-load.pl
-		newdoc mlogc/INSTALL INSTALL-mlogc
-	fi
-
-	# Use /var/lib instead of /var/cache. This stuff is "persistent,"
-	# and isn't a cached copy of something that we can recreate.
-	# Bug 605496.
-	keepdir /var/lib/modsecurity
-	fowners apache:apache /var/lib/modsecurity
-	fperms 0750 /var/lib/modsecurity
-	for dir in data tmp upload; do
-		keepdir "/var/lib/modsecurity/${dir}"
-		fowners apache:apache "/var/lib/modsecurity/${dir}"
-		fperms 0750 "/var/lib/modsecurity/${dir}"
-	done
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	elog "The base configuration file has been renamed ${APACHE2_MOD_CONF}"
-	elog "so that you can put your own configuration in (for example)"
-	elog "90_modsecurity_local.conf."
-	elog ""
-	elog "That would be the correct place for site-global security rules."
-	elog "Note: 80_modsecurity_crs.conf is used by www-apache/modsecurity-crs"
-}