diff --git a/dev-python/grpcio/grpcio-1.51.0.ebuild b/dev-python/grpcio/grpcio-1.51.0.ebuild
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-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_EXT=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 multiprocessing prefix pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="High-performance RPC framework (python libraries)"
-HOMEPAGE="https://grpc.io"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv x86"
-
-# <cython-3: bug #911370
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/openssl-1.1.1:0=[-bindist(-)]
-	>=dev-libs/re2-0.2021.11.01:=
-	<dev-python/cython-3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	<dev-python/protobuf-python-5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/protobuf-python-4.21.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	net-dns/c-ares:=
-	sys-libs/zlib:=
-"
-
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/1.51.0-respect-cc.patch" )
-
-python_prepare_all() {
-	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
-	hprefixify setup.py
-}
-
-python_configure_all() {
-	# os.environ.get('GRPC_BUILD_WITH_BORING_SSL_ASM', True)
-	export GRPC_BUILD_WITH_BORING_SSL_ASM=
-	export GRPC_PYTHON_DISABLE_LIBC_COMPATIBILITY=1
-	export GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM_CARES=1
-	export GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM_OPENSSL=1
-	export GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_WITH_SYSTEM_RE2=1
-	export GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM_ZLIB=1
-	export GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_WITH_CYTHON=1
-	export GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_EXT_COMPILER_JOBS="$(makeopts_jobs)"
-}