diff --git a/dev-java/jaxme/Manifest b/dev-java/jaxme/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index bdd66d7d548a6..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/jaxme/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST ws-jaxme-0.5.2-src.tar.gz 5478402 SHA256 0415d721259acf95c564fb84606bb17f6227c1cc444e89b78d1cd9903c1c88dc SHA512 f41e0e66f8c017efb55a3d4e002caaf8e4978ca52fa2c66ed25daf8c22a0643d1865a8a7313b72326926cc08ae79d08136d662ae83a6e1cdc6eb4d9bc7fbacdc WHIRLPOOL b7815c1e7dbace025a8980a6e4571abfa6976f50fff988d7686f6c0e7c2316aeef47b5e788323298861d3218852b8c57f56ad4ec610b2ef4905471f644f11b22
diff --git a/dev-java/jaxme/files/jaxme-0.5.2-fix_marshallers.patch b/dev-java/jaxme/files/jaxme-0.5.2-fix_marshallers.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 210a1783c7833..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/jaxme/files/jaxme-0.5.2-fix_marshallers.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur ws-jaxme-0.5.2-old/src/jaxme/org/apache/ws/jaxme/impl/JMMarshallerImpl.java ws-jaxme-0.5.2/src/jaxme/org/apache/ws/jaxme/impl/JMMarshallerImpl.java
---- ws-jaxme-0.5.2-old/src/jaxme/org/apache/ws/jaxme/impl/JMMarshallerImpl.java 2005-03-10 12:14:08.000000000 +0200
-+++ ws-jaxme-0.5.2/src/jaxme/org/apache/ws/jaxme/impl/JMMarshallerImpl.java 2009-04-05 00:43:39.498597962 +0300
-@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
- * @author Jochen Wiedmann
- * @version $Id$
- */
--public class JMMarshallerImpl extends JMControllerImpl implements JMMarshaller {
-+public abstract class JMMarshallerImpl extends JMControllerImpl implements JMMarshaller {
- /** Default value for {@link Marshaller#JAXB_ENCODING}.
- * (UTF-8 encoding)
- */
-diff -ur ws-jaxme-0.5.2-old/src/jaxme/org/apache/ws/jaxme/impl/JMUnmarshallerImpl.java ws-jaxme-0.5.2/src/jaxme/org/apache/ws/jaxme/impl/JMUnmarshallerImpl.java
---- ws-jaxme-0.5.2-old/src/jaxme/org/apache/ws/jaxme/impl/JMUnmarshallerImpl.java 2005-03-04 12:41:53.000000000 +0200
-+++ ws-jaxme-0.5.2/src/jaxme/org/apache/ws/jaxme/impl/JMUnmarshallerImpl.java 2009-04-05 00:43:53.635210800 +0300
-@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
-
- /** JaxMe's {@link javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller} implementation.
- */
--public class JMUnmarshallerImpl extends JMControllerImpl implements JMUnmarshaller {
-+public abstract class JMUnmarshallerImpl extends JMControllerImpl implements JMUnmarshaller {
- private static final SAXParserFactory spf;
- static {
- spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
diff --git a/dev-java/jaxme/jaxme-0.5.2-r2.ebuild b/dev-java/jaxme/jaxme-0.5.2-r2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 966fa6e5a3169..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/jaxme/jaxme-0.5.2-r2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI="5"
-
-JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc source"
-
-inherit java-pkg-2 java-ant-2 eutils
-
-MY_PN=ws-${PN}
-MY_P=${MY_PN}-${PV}
-DESCRIPTION="An open source implementation of JAXB, the specification for Java/XML binding"
-HOMEPAGE="http://ws.apache.org/jaxme/index.html"
-SRC_URI="mirror://apache/ws/${PN}/source/${MY_P}-src.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ppc64 x86 ~amd64-fbsd ~x86-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x86-macos ~sparc-solaris ~x64-solaris ~x86-solaris"
-IUSE=""
-
-COMMON_DEP=">=dev-java/antlr-2.7.7-r7:0
- >=dev-java/log4j-1.2.8:0
- dev-java/junit:0
- dev-java/xmldb:0"
-
-RDEPEND=">=virtual/jre-1.6
- dev-java/xerces:2
- ${COMMON_DEP}"
-
-DEPEND=">=virtual/jdk-1.6
- dev-db/hsqldb:0
- ${COMMON_DEP}"
-
-S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
-
-# We do it later
-JAVA_PKG_BSFIX="off"
-
-java_prepare() {
- cd "${S}/prerequisites"
- rm *.jar
- java-pkg_jarfrom antlr
- java-pkg_jarfrom junit
- java-pkg_jarfrom log4j log4j.jar log4j-1.2.8.jar
- java-pkg_jarfrom xmldb xmldb-api.jar xmldb-api-20021118.jar
- java-pkg_jarfrom xmldb xmldb-api-sdk.jar xmldb-api-sdk-20021118.jar
- java-pkg_jarfrom --build-only ant-core ant.jar ant-1.5.4.jar
- java-pkg_jarfrom --build-only ant-core ant.jar ant.jar
- # no linking to it, should be used for tests only but used to generate stuff during build anyway
- java-pkg_jarfrom --build-only hsqldb hsqldb.jar hsqldb-1.7.1.jar
-
- # Special case: jaxme uses ant/*.xml files, so rewriting them by hand
- # is better:
- cd "${S}"
- for i in build.xml ant/*.xml src/webapp/build.xml src/test/jaxb/build.xml; do
- java-ant_bsfix_one "${i}"
- done
-
- # Patch marshal classes to be abstract for build to succeed
- epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix_marshallers.patch"
-}
-
-EANT_TEST_ANT_TASKS="hsqldb"
-
-src_compile() {
- local ant_target="all"
- local ant_args=""
- if use doc; then
- ant_args="-Dbuild.apidocs=dist/doc/api"
- # The javadoc target depends on all so it is enough. Passing both results in two builds,
- # where the second pass fails due to hsqldb lock - bug #310311.
- ant_target="javadoc"
- fi
-
- eant ${ant_args} ${ant_target}
-}
-
-src_install() {
- # Not entirely optional but this avoids a warning at build time and
- # RDEPEND will enforce its presence anyway.
- java-pkg_register-optional-dependency xerces-2
-
- pushd dist > /dev/null
- for jar in *.jar; do
- java-pkg_newjar ${jar} ${jar/-${PV}/}
- done
- popd > /dev/null
-
- dodoc NOTICE
-
- if use doc; then
- java-pkg_dojavadoc dist/doc/api
- dohtml -r src/documentation/manual
- fi
- use source && java-pkg_dosrc src/{pm,jaxme,js,api,webapp,xs}/*
-}
diff --git a/dev-java/jaxme/metadata.xml b/dev-java/jaxme/metadata.xml
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index 952a4b9b605c5..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/jaxme/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
-
- java@gentoo.org
- Java
-
-