diff --git a/dev-python/pysdl2/Manifest b/dev-python/pysdl2/Manifest
index 0eaf27b1bb674..f406a59c1ea36 100644
--- a/dev-python/pysdl2/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pysdl2/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST PySDL2-0.9.16.tar.gz 773537 BLAKE2B 5cfe4ab3981a665fc7f7606c07a3252e58c2706e45ab41d0d6444b4d3fb1c8805b5fd67e770a8a64538d305be0013a4d599ee81f5de0c5370146edc9d4d858df SHA512 ffe7abe8e828926934677c81a42c9af794c4817144eba50c40430c150d476dea40f0b36e639b2c270cbd8e00ab5bf5b032a4c0e514255cceef8161c8d76f8cb2
 DIST pysdl2-0.9.17.tar.gz 775955 BLAKE2B 205bd6d1e6562133f77827daf77bca9f7cbb589c7454e10fba2b86526c17d7300b2e42ea83030e11703696b62c17b0d5f9c46f082535a67e16d46cc90e048d8c SHA512 ec4bf3b3d01e6c4ffa08fba032d345ec5da141a8021fa5ac98fbbde04e22911893bcd4159afb3a52e06eb178a460b451256487c9b3a3a8105448db36ba0df6b8
diff --git a/dev-python/pysdl2/pysdl2-0.9.16.ebuild b/dev-python/pysdl2/pysdl2-0.9.16.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 94ff2c96b9cd6..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/pysdl2/pysdl2-0.9.16.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYPI_NO_NORMALIZE=1
-PYPI_PN=PySDL2
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Python (ctypes) bindings for SDL2 libraries"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/py-sdl/py-sdl2/
-	https://pypi.org/project/PySDL2/
-"
-
-LICENSE="|| ( public-domain CC0-1.0 ZLIB )"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-
-# Optional deps:
-# - dev-python/numpy,
-# - dev-python/pillow,
-# - media-libs/sdl2-* (loaded dynamically via ctypes).
-#
-# If a reverse dependency needs the specific module, it should
-# explicitly depend on the optional module in question. You also
-# probably need to explicitly require some media-libs/libsdl2 flags.
-RDEPEND="media-libs/libsdl2"
-
-# Require all of SDL2 libraries and at least the most common subsystems
-# for better test coverage.
-DEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/pillow[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		media-libs/libsdl2[joystick,sound,video]
-		media-libs/sdl2-gfx
-		media-libs/sdl2-image[gif,jpeg,png,tiff,webp]
-		|| (
-			media-libs/sdl2-mixer[flac]
-			media-libs/sdl2-mixer[midi]
-			media-libs/sdl2-mixer[mod]
-			media-libs/sdl2-mixer[mp3]
-			media-libs/sdl2-mixer[opus]
-		)
-		media-libs/sdl2-ttf
-	)"
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_test() {
-	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-		# pysdl2 was misusing libsdl2's error API. Fixed upstream already
-		# but it didn't land in 0.9.16.
-		# https://bugs.gentoo.org/916120
-		# https://bugs.gentoo.org/916118
-		sdl2/test/gamecontroller_test.py
-		sdl2/test/hidapi_test.py::test_SDL_hid_enumerate
-	)
-
-	local -x SDL_VIDEODRIVER=dummy
-	local -x SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dummy
-	local -x SDL_RENDER_DRIVER=software
-
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
-	epytest -x
-}