diff --git a/dev-python/fitsio/Manifest b/dev-python/fitsio/Manifest
index ec982f43719b8..e5c59c3e5a342 100644
--- a/dev-python/fitsio/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/fitsio/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST fitsio-1.2.8.gh.tar.gz 4543207 BLAKE2B 516206b938650e59d8e22a7cb2a3ea8167d67261b37d95923114abd3a00440f9c4691962ceaa6da0e95e0f710291bc71864e522f6b88308e80d8d26a75ed6000 SHA512 ff6b066ffc03e4588311e886d3605a2adc6377bdb7bb8d12d54c8e8ecd7c476bee8c9a191eab1159d5d5954e8f5b7b784783c6910b32a5e6b62645afad1b6fc7
 DIST fitsio-1.3.0.gh.tar.gz 4990432 BLAKE2B d43b140d564326f858f45905b49d70b58fab4a2755cc3dacfe33e4df83fd929db8060dea146f681b35a60ae6a8b6f2662a9af2542a1b6150a2e3837a87d54a76 SHA512 e7e758f69fffe0c1386b30f7b1e392b4162af2ec1ca63389730ac2f5eb41cb7c2b4e9fec831411a9f37a08be80ef9bef39b6fad04d6520e03fabe5501c59ba84
diff --git a/dev-python/fitsio/fitsio-1.2.8.ebuild b/dev-python/fitsio/fitsio-1.2.8.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index c4f6d56efc2b1..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/fitsio/fitsio-1.2.8.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# 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
-
-DESCRIPTION="Python library to read from and write to FITS files"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/esheldon/fitsio/
-	https://pypi.org/project/fitsio/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/esheldon/fitsio/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/numpy-1.17:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=sci-libs/cfitsio-4.4.0:0=
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-	dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-export FITSIO_USE_SYSTEM_FITSIO=1
-
-python_test() {
-	cd "${BUILD_DIR}/install$(python_get_sitedir)" || die
-	epytest
-}