diff --git a/net-analyzer/netselect/Manifest b/net-analyzer/netselect/Manifest
index b0a81164dab11..a6889b9773480 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/netselect/Manifest
+++ b/net-analyzer/netselect/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST netselect-0.4-ipv6.patch.xz 18272 BLAKE2B 6197057085e892c156a9fb3a82ac0030a2ff1b4276dde48405de2d2bcfdcef066c4f3eeff174f766af23d2807085f97e459dbffc87b2a2950a472e7964f2e3fc SHA512 422b54df5be45379fe7d6776b6e653a8e49df6fb77421527f2eb6c687597f36cccc7ab5cc5206e9823c318f6facd84fb4e8c0dbffbf9641cee593401cb73abea
 DIST netselect-0.4.tar.gz 22095 BLAKE2B 1dd83c4dcd38ab7b987ead76f4e7e727980bbad91b59c56948e13540307e685984cc11ea94292d38959c8253f1f6ec2e6e6e044302f26b09153717d6e29e96be SHA512 eee9639122b7cc89218c610794d090582aecb3df138bcef41472c8d40c0f7e998b2c4b04aace13795fda5c710ee28cc2c0784a680ad6d1aa6a14eb441a408bfa
diff --git a/net-analyzer/netselect/netselect-0.4-r2.ebuild b/net-analyzer/netselect/netselect-0.4-r3.ebuild
similarity index 85%
rename from net-analyzer/netselect/netselect-0.4-r2.ebuild
rename to net-analyzer/netselect/netselect-0.4-r3.ebuild
index fcab125a62859..3c82eb6f6fb0e 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/netselect/netselect-0.4-r2.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/netselect/netselect-0.4-r3.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -9,14 +9,12 @@ DESCRIPTION="Ultrafast implementation of ping"
 HOMEPAGE="http://apenwarr.ca/netselect/"
 SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/apenwarr/${PN}/archive/${P}.tar.gz
-	ipv6? ( https://dev.gentoo.org/~jsmolic/distfiles/${P}-ipv6.patch.xz )
 "
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${P}"
 
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86"
-IUSE="ipv6"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.4-bsd.patch
@@ -28,8 +26,6 @@ DOCS=( HISTORY README )
 FILECAPS=( -g wheel cap_net_raw usr/bin/netselect )
 
 src_prepare() {
-	use ipv6 && eapply "${WORKDIR}"/${PN}-0.4-ipv6.patch
-
 	default
 
 	# Don't warn about "root privileges required" when running as
diff --git a/net-analyzer/netselect/netselect-9999.ebuild b/net-analyzer/netselect/netselect-9999.ebuild
index 5ed3fc2fde648..c7be27b0d57e3 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/netselect/netselect-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/netselect/netselect-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ inherit fcaps git-r3 toolchain-funcs
 DESCRIPTION="Ultrafast implementation of ping"
 HOMEPAGE="http://apenwarr.ca/netselect/"
 EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/apenwarr/${PN}"
-SRC_URI="ipv6? ( https://dev.gentoo.org/~jsmolic/distfiles/${PN}-0.4-ipv6.patch.xz )"
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${P}"
 
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="ipv6"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.4-bsd.patch
@@ -24,14 +22,7 @@ DOCS=( HISTORY README )
 
 FILECAPS=( -g wheel cap_net_raw usr/bin/netselect )
 
-src_unpack() {
-	use ipv6 && unpack ${A}
-	git-r3_src_unpack
-}
-
 src_prepare() {
-	use ipv6 && eapply "${WORKDIR}"/${PN}-0.4-ipv6.patch
-
 	default
 
 	# Don't warn about "root privileges required" when running as