diff --git a/dev-ruby/launchy/Manifest b/dev-ruby/launchy/Manifest
index f7a16f455747..c7e7612faa54 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/launchy/Manifest
+++ b/dev-ruby/launchy/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 DIST launchy-2.5.2.gem 30208 BLAKE2B 7e3c3464292026a93953995c5df7dd407b51bd36b363bb0c57fed6ebf2122390348f415273b6ce7ee2dcb89bd444a58458c0a95b84428fec02280654239223e0 SHA512 40777dabd25e6646c6673b33d9d296b66de7976fdf7454c9a7ae809a161ed992572b2232d94591731a7c8405875803172c6fafd09a5570f09e5eb119e23e7773
-DIST launchy-3.0.1.tar.gz 26613 BLAKE2B 4646fa7eef280fe439c513e1780ff80bf97eb2d084ca9a35d583568a1babbc2c85abb951382dceffbf08986b9cae07bea56078fd437097c6b1f5816e9cf4bba5 SHA512 98ec8f0389da8bc56491f4cda4fc128184a09f923bc7c0c7b2275a505f9af074172754abbbd5e9c48680c26fac5d10c23b9fee3e14af1e73dc176b3793ff2311
 DIST launchy-3.1.1.tar.gz 29735 BLAKE2B 11d3552a029f2a791bacff9d6705c493eecef1405dc2dc04129f6eafbe273ef15f6872bfc917f769c21b4adbc8638749cf0677a526330dfcd9b6bab956accc20 SHA512 a4d66b297ef66ccd13fd1e9e75dbba4536aaeb0bef65df17d8e087e7b142d2ec719483b98d93030f94d9519af71b90c612b695f93fa49691c426f33f28ba99fd
diff --git a/dev-ruby/launchy/launchy-2.5.2.ebuild b/dev-ruby/launchy/launchy-2.5.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 221221fef512..000000000000
--- a/dev-ruby/launchy/launchy-2.5.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-USE_RUBY="ruby31 ruby32 ruby33"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="README.md HISTORY.md"
-
-inherit ruby-fakegem
-
-DESCRIPTION="Helper class for launching cross-platform applications"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy"
-
-LICENSE="ISC"
-
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
-IUSE=""
-
-ruby_add_rdepend ">=dev-ruby/addressable-2.8"
-
-ruby_add_bdepend "test? ( >=dev-ruby/minitest-5.0:5 )"
-
-all_ruby_prepare() {
-	sed -i -e "/[Ss]implecov/d" spec/spec_helper.rb || die
-
-	# Avoid tests depending on the current user's desktop environment.
-	sed -e '/returns NotFound if it cannot determine/askip "gentoo"' \
-		-i spec/detect/nix_desktop_environment_spec.rb || die
-	sed -e '/asssumes we open a local file if we have an exception/askip "gentoo"' \
-		-i spec/launchy_spec.rb || die
-	sed -e "/'darwin'/ s:^:#:" \
-		-i spec/applications/browser_spec.rb || die
-}
diff --git a/dev-ruby/launchy/launchy-3.0.1.ebuild b/dev-ruby/launchy/launchy-3.0.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index d0cdce59bd64..000000000000
--- a/dev-ruby/launchy/launchy-3.0.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-USE_RUBY="ruby31 ruby32 ruby33"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_BINWRAP=""
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="README.md HISTORY.md"
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC="launchy.gemspec"
-
-inherit ruby-fakegem virtualx
-
-DESCRIPTION="Helper class for launching cross-platform applications"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="ISC"
-
-SLOT="$(ver_cut 1)"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
-IUSE="test"
-
-ruby_add_rdepend "
-	>=dev-ruby/addressable-2.8
-	dev-ruby/childprocess:5
-	!<dev-ruby/launchy-2.5.2-r1
-"
-
-ruby_add_bdepend "test? ( >=dev-ruby/minitest-5.0:5 )"
-
-all_ruby_prepare() {
-	sed -i -e "/[Ss]implecov/d" spec/spec_helper.rb || die
-
-	# Avoid tests depending on the current user's desktop environment.
-	sed -e '/returns NotFound if it cannot determine/askip "gentoo"' \
-		-i spec/detect/nix_desktop_environment_spec.rb || die
-	sed -e '/asssumes we open a local file if we have an exception/askip "gentoo"' \
-		-i spec/launchy_spec.rb || die
-	sed -e "/'darwin'/ s:^:#:" \
-		-i spec/applications/browser_spec.rb || die
-}
-
-each_ruby_test() {
-	CI=true virtx each_fakegem_test
-}