diff --git a/dev-python/multiprocess/Manifest b/dev-python/multiprocess/Manifest
index a672cc8ae94ca..812b1dedb07a4 100644
--- a/dev-python/multiprocess/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/multiprocess/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST multiprocess-0.70.16.tar.gz 1772603 BLAKE2B e5d685e3c1343196560175b6b498e7c2758f035d67d0f40c2ab0ef587858d81662ae3242431c4f4fe258a421aa1646e5c76182e0ba3039be2b0ba16b2e23dcec SHA512 8aee5f0cf74ef4a30bcf2337a651a39270f507f9e827647ad3ae50cba688d2920c56331568b8d597b379587c3cb82f5d10d7b96bdba63a0eccc2ec7abccf9863
 DIST multiprocess-0.70.17.tar.gz 1785744 BLAKE2B 5840ff2239c720df571c6fc21e27a6ca193d2a24a4427c6c89dc17b523340293f5969ac3e8f7a5401a602064fbe204bc57d6ddafa2caa337cd06001d3c7ec910 SHA512 7fbc62d793548a58fcfe14dce333c46a75b177180ed402fec3b18bad24f53e965235466ddedc1d7a6551fb79689f97b272e36c1510352e278581f9a08ead09a4
diff --git a/dev-python/multiprocess/multiprocess-0.70.16.ebuild b/dev-python/multiprocess/multiprocess-0.70.16.ebuild
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@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2023-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Better multiprocessing and multithreading in Python"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/uqfoundation/multiprocess/
-	https://pypi.org/project/multiprocess/
-"
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/dill-0.3.8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-python_test() {
-	"${EPYTHON}" py${EPYTHON#python}/multiprocess/tests/__main__.py -v || die
-}