diff --git a/java-virtuals/javamail/javamail-1.0-r4.ebuild b/java-virtuals/javamail/javamail-1.0-r4.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cf51c909ed2b..0000000000000
--- a/java-virtuals/javamail/javamail-1.0-r4.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=5
-
-inherit java-virtuals-2
-
-DESCRIPTION="Virtual for javamail implementations"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.gentoo.org"
-SRC_URI=""
-
-LICENSE="public-domain"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ppc64 x86 ~amd64-fbsd ~x86-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x86-macos ~sparc-solaris ~sparc64-solaris ~x64-solaris ~x86-solaris"
-IUSE=""
-
-RDEPEND="|| (
-	dev-java/oracle-javamail:0
-	dev-java/sun-javamail:0
-	dev-java/gnu-javamail:1
-)"
-
-JAVA_VIRTUAL_PROVIDES="oracle-javamail sun-javamail gnu-javamail-1"
diff --git a/java-virtuals/javamail/metadata.xml b/java-virtuals/javamail/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2444066aa02b1..0000000000000
--- a/java-virtuals/javamail/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-<maintainer type="project">
-	<email>java@gentoo.org</email>
-	<name>Java</name>
-</maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index e3b3c23aad4e2..0d8a88bbe7ee0 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -237,11 +237,6 @@ dev-perl/XML-AutoWriter
 # net-analyzer/ntopng is available
 net-analyzer/ntop
 
-# James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> (29 Aug 2017)
-# The FOSS-friendly oracle-javamail has rendered other implementations
-# and the virtual obsolete. Removal in 30 days. See bug #553186.
-java-virtuals/javamail
-
 # Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org> (27 Aug 2017)
 # Upstream is no longer providing public patches
 sys-kernel/hardened-sources