diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
index bbb839e7fc6ca..1e3c2011d7486 100644
--- a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-DIST boto3-1.38.41.gh.tar.gz 959656 BLAKE2B cf74e27c26735b9a02be41df7e077aed5e3df61fec3cef38fbf08e6b24bb23030579a92f28a717056a86d67251ce69aae82820c4d8af0d34f4d77076ebc45f1b SHA512 dc3110929ac801348f960c419d555160e315e3724101fc3ec551cb60520703fa77a4dd69744e99b8062402b0d53941aa5a7a006bece5a064de7491fbf2050a37
 DIST boto3-1.38.46.gh.tar.gz 961156 BLAKE2B 36fe0a2d35176c3419f4a49148b77713e126371930dafa112aaba7f53ca483323500cf23d68fa27372130d07fb9aad090950959ad56c25ae7503f77e2a525905 SHA512 c15c90fad56f476014ef6ae8ff687e088114001750def69cefa25002d0d38a4fee60114943d2c5e7b70f7ecca497fbba987cc9b33bba5ff6637a5fe8aa079149
 DIST boto3-1.39.3.gh.tar.gz 967377 BLAKE2B 239fcd2d4492d3848dc473c71cf3bf8cae80b844303c32cf0e405e810b18c892bf100705c39d81c196cd83288db2500331b9d706d481ebcfee8237d245af4bb1 SHA512 89a8e3bb96255c097ffa8a8d2dad6c18835d5404d502ba41fd500aac8dfb0d1229478b6d17e82e5668d00d6df604ade5a209a6c99f3d11fc956dee4c77c2452c
 DIST boto3-1.39.4.gh.tar.gz 967954 BLAKE2B 5e63cfb5c2381605475c928c4aec6cf303b99ca13eb67377e5a283e07d0de35eb6846352976a854632e72c34477f964b32ffc8f0fc178d10d7e95df8d4a145cc SHA512 dbe389b4eb1e8ac1f425f34bb96c5baecc42acdc608bef7ddc31e1fbaa3baa6850504cb9513494a6ca782755ce9264fd0d794960eeb495678ef1cb3d2c85fe90
diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.38.41.ebuild b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.38.41.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index c9fb73a7ff364..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.38.41.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="The AWS SDK for Python"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/boto/boto3/
-	https://pypi.org/project/boto3/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/boto/boto3/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~loong ppc ppc64 ~riscv sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/botocore-${PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/jmespath-0.7.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/s3transfer-0.13.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-EPYTEST_XDIST=1
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_prepare_all() {
-	# don't lock versions to narrow ranges
-	sed -e '/botocore/ d' \
-		-e '/jmespath/ d' \
-		-e '/s3transfer/ d' \
-		-i setup.py || die
-
-	# do not rely on bundled deps in botocore (sic!)
-	find -name '*.py' -exec sed -i \
-		-e 's:from botocore[.]vendored import:import:' \
-		-e 's:from botocore[.]vendored[.]:from :' \
-		{} + || die
-
-	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
-	epytest tests/{functional,unit}
-}