diff --git a/dev-python/pypy-exe/Manifest b/dev-python/pypy-exe/Manifest
index 55c933c64b0ff..7c1e6963a4818 100644
--- a/dev-python/pypy-exe/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pypy-exe/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-DIST pypy2.7-gentoo-patches-7.3.17.tar.xz 5324 BLAKE2B 866f172a6df6f0e94a98c611b37ae58635623e33a47619a5e44658d3908337a3f9029ff7de6997f760c3f1679fc83bfc6ddfb66852c492a581b3336b5eec3ed2 SHA512 6ce5266d0748f3c18a5546aa2bd8479ecb45923eb7df8a140a195e7f7b44999b9167ffdd44f7fd789ddd3a62cd77cb917863b0144180a1127befce1f290e650a
 DIST pypy2.7-gentoo-patches-7.3.19.tar.xz 5328 BLAKE2B c997c0e7f39a4a6a9ec34811b38fc8f9b90ccae8c958ca420074013d63a4f1b453b6331be79a2df299efe177cc99d91038ae56156d37b5f9b9f8715ccd2cb75d SHA512 7bac5331fa868c60b376e405df212a29d406f117035fbc1ad8bd6d81212ab2ea4ce5b6b40e8dbbb6303fe941152e37aae17608a2eca9efd16767c8844f6f5fdb
-DIST pypy2.7-v7.3.17-src.tar.bz2 19907140 BLAKE2B de62ebc4e8102867effdecddca64c19c40458b112a6a56ac0c95247047b9f5437a5da68dffb51c14c21bce463c2ca489c6e6a4f86e8cc597b57df2eca707081e SHA512 82b2b9dbf0ea32c405ddc53d98a3a7a153f494d286e8719a0c40960168aadc0f49c3b313416488338f7f51c8fdb58120de41b1d47a8c8eda7db6d4ec4273b4eb
 DIST pypy2.7-v7.3.19-src.tar.bz2 21011665 BLAKE2B b8e205927c829753dd3e5aba0868923efff73f62e5338d6200aab2470857fff9cf38763ab8b63a74a39299d4956d4794eedf5d474d083875bbb9cee9ea757e64 SHA512 8ab8d9c0fa94ec96ebfae30b7f97eb8dff6ad4ee17fa688df123927c45f3ffea2c7f5dbb98bd2f8a49f7db6baf0ba3e98fd230df0bdc8602e407fb2bc33144e3
diff --git a/dev-python/pypy-exe/pypy-exe-7.3.17.ebuild b/dev-python/pypy-exe/pypy-exe-7.3.17.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 98ab46702abd9..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/pypy-exe/pypy-exe-7.3.17.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,187 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit check-reqs pax-utils toolchain-funcs
-
-PYPY_PV=${PV%_p*}
-MY_P=pypy2.7-v${PYPY_PV/_}
-PATCHSET="pypy2.7-gentoo-patches-${PV/_}"
-
-DESCRIPTION="PyPy executable (build from source)"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://pypy.org/
-	https://github.com/pypy/pypy/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://downloads.python.org/pypy/${MY_P}-src.tar.bz2
-	https://buildbot.pypy.org/pypy/${MY_P}-src.tar.bz2
-	https://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/dist/python/${PATCHSET}.tar.xz
-"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}-src"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="${PYPY_PV}"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="bzip2 +jit low-memory ncurses cpu_flags_x86_sse2"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=sys-libs/zlib-1.1.3:0=
-	dev-libs/libffi:0=
-	virtual/libintl:0=
-	dev-libs/expat:0=
-	bzip2? ( app-arch/bzip2:0= )
-	ncurses? ( sys-libs/ncurses:0= )
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-	!dev-python/pypy-exe-bin:${PYPY_PV}
-"
-# don't enforce the dep on dev-python/pypy with USE=low-memory
-# since it's going to cause circular dep with unhelpful error message
-BDEPEND="
-	!low-memory? (
-		|| (
-			dev-lang/pypy:2.7
-			dev-python/pypy
-			dev-lang/python:2.7
-		)
-	)
-"
-
-check_env() {
-	if ! has_version -b dev-lang/pypy:2.7 &&
-		! has_version -b dev-python/pypy
-	then
-		if use low-memory; then
-			eerror "USE=low-memory requires (a prior version of) dev-python/pypy"
-			eerror "installed."
-		else
-			ewarn "CPython 2.7 will be used to perform the translation.  Upstream"
-			ewarn "recommends using (a prior version of) dev-python/pypy instead."
-		fi
-		elog "You can install a prebuilt version of PyPy first using e.g.:"
-		elog "  $ emerge -1v dev-python/pypy dev-python/pypy-exe-bin"
-
-		if use low-memory; then
-			die "dev-python/pypy needs to be installed for USE=low-memory"
-		fi
-	fi
-
-	if use low-memory; then
-		CHECKREQS_MEMORY="1750M"
-		use amd64 && CHECKREQS_MEMORY="3500M"
-	else
-		CHECKREQS_MEMORY="3G"
-		use amd64 && CHECKREQS_MEMORY="6G"
-	fi
-
-	check-reqs_pkg_pretend
-}
-
-pkg_pretend() {
-	[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && check_env
-}
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && check_env
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	local PATCHES=(
-		"${WORKDIR}/${PATCHSET}"
-	)
-	default
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	tc-export CC
-
-	local jit_backend
-	if use jit; then
-		jit_backend='--jit-backend='
-
-		# We only need the explicit sse2 switch for x86.
-		# On other arches we can rely on autodetection which uses
-		# compiler macros. Plus, --jit-backend= doesn't accept all
-		# the modern values...
-
-		if use x86; then
-			if use cpu_flags_x86_sse2; then
-				jit_backend+=x86
-			else
-				jit_backend+=x86-without-sse2
-			fi
-		else
-			jit_backend+=auto
-		fi
-	fi
-
-	local args=(
-		--no-shared
-		$(usex jit -Ojit -O2)
-
-		${jit_backend}
-
-		pypy/goal/targetpypystandalone
-	)
-
-	# Avoid linking against libraries disabled by use flags
-	local opts=(
-		bzip2:bz2
-		ncurses:_minimal_curses
-	)
-
-	local opt
-	for opt in "${opts[@]}"; do
-		local flag=${opt%:*}
-		local mod=${opt#*:}
-
-		args+=(
-			$(usex ${flag} --withmod --withoutmod)-${mod}
-		)
-	done
-
-	local interp
-	if use low-memory ||
-		has_version -b dev-lang/pypy:2.7 ||
-		has_version -b dev-python/pypy
-	then
-		einfo "Using already-installed PyPy to perform the translation."
-		interp=( pypy )
-		if use low-memory; then
-			local -x PYPY_GC_MAX_DELTA=200MB
-			interp+=( --jit loop_longevity=300 )
-		fi
-	else
-		einfo "Using CPython 2.7 to perform the translation."
-		interp=( python2.7 )
-
-		# reuse bundled pycparser to avoid external dep
-		mkdir -p "${T}"/pymod/cffi || die
-		: > "${T}"/pymod/cffi/__init__.py || die
-		cp -r lib_pypy/cffi/_pycparser "${T}"/pymod/cffi/ || die
-		local -x PYTHONPATH=${T}/pymod:${PYTHONPATH}
-	fi
-
-	# translate into the C sources
-	# we're going to build them ourselves since otherwise pypy does not
-	# free up the unneeded memory before spawning the compiler
-	set -- "${interp[@]}" rpython/bin/rpython --batch --source "${args[@]}"
-	echo -e "\033[1m${@}\033[0m"
-	"${@}" || die "translation failed"
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	emake -C "${T}"/usession*-0/testing_1
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	local dest=/usr/lib/pypy2.7
-	exeinto "${dest}"
-	newexe "${T}"/usession*-0/testing_1/pypy-c pypy-c-${PYPY_PV}
-	insinto "${dest}"/include/${PYPY_PV}
-	doins include/pypy_*
-	pax-mark m "${ED}${dest}/pypy-c-${PYPY_PV}"
-}