diff --git a/dev-python/pyxdameraulevenshtein/Manifest b/dev-python/pyxdameraulevenshtein/Manifest
index 1705fba4935b8..d05102840d3d2 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyxdameraulevenshtein/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pyxdameraulevenshtein/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 DIST pyxDamerauLevenshtein-1.10.0.gh.tar.gz 12872 BLAKE2B e4777d444e4cea16ba1bcc92f246f8e50b0135c8ab226c9b03da029aedad5c403bfbc9802b7676b929a684afdc261a069348f0adc06117f117db4fc9ce3261f0 SHA512 2d2951f5afa969e60a56d4368e47854ed3938e8c52664e449cdc7fb97c069115afb253e99dff73f3eae384380a4fcf30f1175031349a497a0f108b04b3ab8c91
-DIST pyxDamerauLevenshtein-1.9.0.gh.tar.gz 10812 BLAKE2B 59b82c5c57e4c94a70e74c3017fac14bda6c665a29eddd713b78574e63257d7561d8a1948d4af0ca8b54c44c3ed028ab27ddd172ab8c6c3bfd19428a4208ab75 SHA512 a9340f24e59822a2a38d36338d4689ae3859f6f41de8536464cbbb561f3c197aead3411290d9014aea9db7695e799a01dfac605a4420f813c5f23c0ae4ca030f
diff --git a/dev-python/pyxdameraulevenshtein/pyxdameraulevenshtein-1.9.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pyxdameraulevenshtein/pyxdameraulevenshtein-1.9.0.ebuild
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-# Copyright 1999-2025 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_{11..14} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-MY_P=pyxDamerauLevenshtein-${PV}
-DESCRIPTION="Implements the Damerau-Levenshtein edit distance algorithm for Python in Cython"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/lanl/pyxDamerauLevenshtein/
-	https://pypi.org/project/pyxDamerauLevenshtein/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/lanl/pyxDamerauLevenshtein/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~ppc64 ~riscv x86"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-src_configure() {
-	# recythonize
-	cd pyxdameraulevenshtein || die
-	cython -3 -f *.pyx || die
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	rm -r pyxdameraulevenshtein || die
-	distutils-r1_src_test
-}