diff --git a/dev-java/testng/Manifest b/dev-java/testng/Manifest
index 2e19fa948e332..7f442f0efc5ec 100644
--- a/dev-java/testng/Manifest
+++ b/dev-java/testng/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST testng-6.8.zip 11550802 SHA256 72c7241109b149caea01af5f5c37c86b61b08f15864a8a40e15d069593625e0c SHA512 2e8ad30a2c2f68d0aad584ef92246381c8adf8a893af2ca9ff8fb7d304c26956dfc6564f120de80d22e3e7a53a1402e3869f19ef0e6a69c674cbe35a58811920 WHIRLPOOL b7cf05963aaba3009d7326fee12694c32798787ee4295044daabdcf6b5a50dbb4b17f2a201dcdcd6d191bbc6665c12db789be80e71625eb8d08ca29b3cdfcff2
 DIST testng-6.9.10.tar.gz 6271781 SHA256 2155f0461f6b80433781968b9465627f877ea579086cb4149ca68e5e711d8127 SHA512 ed9ad1ced20904ab261d2a233f3fa43ee1ea31778e992cdd27459811b256a6998d8385dd01ff72821133208a1fbd72aa3599a4b8bc0eb4d7b696d34593f9567e WHIRLPOOL 38ae9ac8732ee96f0c0c9f48e5e5ba1cef342ea2f866322d22064b8aca4d405318fcce8e4a1bd7ba6276645429fe3a9ec8be42a8e2065cbb0d99dc6b2a0059d7
diff --git a/dev-java/testng/files/testng-6.8-build-tests.xml b/dev-java/testng/files/testng-6.8-build-tests.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e94606b60cea0..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/testng/files/testng-6.8-build-tests.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,188 +0,0 @@
-<!-- From: https://github.com/cbeust/testng/blob/master/build-tests.xml -->
-
-<project name="testng" default="all" basedir=".">
-
-  <property file="build.properties"/>
-
-  <property name="report.dir" value="${test.output.dir}"/>
-  <property name="junit.report.dir" value="${report.dir}/test-tmp"/>
-  <property name="testng.report.dir" value="${report.dir}"/>
-
-  <target name="all" depends="prepare,compile,run,reports,done"/>
-
-  <!-- ==================================================================== -->
-  <!-- Compile                                                              -->
-  <!-- ==================================================================== -->
-  <path id="compile.cp">
-    <pathelement location="${testng.jar}" />
-    <fileset dir="${lib.dir}" includes="${guice2.jar}" />
-    <fileset dir="${lib.dir}" includes="${junit.jar}" />
-  </path>
-
-  <target name="env:info">
-    <echo>
-BASEDIR          =${basedir}
-TEST.DIR         =${test.dir}
-TEST.BUILD.DIR   =${test.build.dir}
-REPORT.DIR       =${report.dir}
-JUNIT.REPORT.DIR =${junit.report.dir}
-TESTNG.REPORT.DIR=${testng.report.dir}
-    </echo>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="compile" depends="prepare">
-    <echo message="                                 -- Compiling tests --"/>
-
-    <property name="build.compiler" value="modern"/>
-    <javac debug="true"
-           source="1.5"
-           classpathref="compile.cp"
-           srcdir="${test.dir}"
-           destdir="${test.build.dir}"
-    />
-
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="prepare">
-    <tstamp/>
-    <mkdir dir="${test.build.dir}"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${junit.report.dir}"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${testng.report.dir}"/>
-
-  <taskdef name="testng"
-             classname="org.testng.TestNGAntTask"
-             classpath="${build.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-
-<!--
-  <property name="cobertura.dir" value="../cobertura-1.9.4.1" />
-
-  <path id="cobertura.classpath">
-      <fileset dir="${cobertura.dir}">
-          <include name="cobertura.jar" />
-          <include name="lib/**/*.jar" />
-      </fileset>
-  </path>
--->
-
-  <!-- ==================================================================== -->
-  <!-- Run                                                             -->
-  <!-- ==================================================================== -->
-
-  <path id="run.cp">
-<!--
-  	<path location="target/instrumented-classes" />
-  	<path refid="cobertura.classpath" />
--->
-    <path refid="compile.cp"/>
-    <pathelement location="${test.build.dir}"/>
-  </path>
-
-  <target name="run" description="Run tests" depends="compile,copy-resources">
-    <echo message="                                 -- Running tests --"/>
-    <echo message="                                 -- ${testng.jar} --" />
-    <testng classpathref="run.cp"
-            outputdir="${testng.report.dir}">
-      <xmlfileset dir="${test.resources.dir}" includes="testng.xml"/>
-      <jvmarg value="-Dtest.resources.dir=${test.resources.dir}" />
-      <jvmarg value="-Dsun.io.serialization.extendedDebugInfo=true" />
-    </testng>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="copy-resources" description="Copies resources.">
-    <copy verbose="false"
-          file="${src.resources.dir}/testngtasks"
-          todir="${build.dir}" />
-    <copy todir="${build.dir}">
-      <fileset dir="${src.resources.dir}">
-        <exclude name="**/.*" />
-        <exclude name="**/CVS/*" />
-      </fileset>
-    </copy>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="run:single" description="Run 1 property file named with the ant property test" depends="compile">
-      <echo message="                                 -- testng-tests-run1 --"/>
-
-    <testng outputdir="${testng.report.dir}"
-        classpathref="run.cp"
-        useDefaultListeners="true"
-        outputDir="${testng.report.dir}">
-      <xmlfileset dir="${test.resources.dir}" includes="testng-single.xml"/>
-     </testng>
-
-      <echo>Report created in    open ${testng.report.dir}/index.html</echo>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="run:antprop" description="Run a test to see if ant system propertes are passed correctly" depends="compile">
-      <echo message="                                 -- testng-tests-run-antprop --"/>
-      <property name="syspropset1" value="value 1"/>
-      <property name="syspropset2" value="value 2"/>
-      <propertyset id="propset1">
-          <propertyref name="syspropset1"/>
-          <propertyref name="syspropset2"/>
-      </propertyset>
-
-      <testng outputdir="${testng.report.dir}"
-              classpathref="run.cp">
-          <xmlfileset dir="${test.resources.dir}" includes="testng-single3.xml"/>
-          <propertyset refid="propset1"/>
-          <sysproperty key="sysprop1" value="value 3"/>
-      </testng>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- ==================================================================== -->
-  <!-- Run specific configuration                                           -->
-  <!-- ==================================================================== -->
-  <target name="run:conf"
-          if="testng.conf"
-          depends="clean:reports,compile"
-          description="Run specified tests">
-    <echo message="                                 -- testng-tests-run --"/>
-    <echo message="using: ${testng.conf}.xml"/>
-
-    <testng classpathref="run.cp"
-            outputDir="${testng.report.dir}">
-        <xmlfileset dir="${test.resources.dir}" includes="${testng.conf}.xml"/>
-    </testng>
-
-    <antcall target="clean.tmp"/>
-  </target>
-
-
-  <!-- ==================================================================== -->
-  <!-- Reports                                                              -->
-  <!-- ==================================================================== -->
-
-  <target name="reports">
-    <junitreport todir="${junit.report.dir}">
-      <fileset dir="${testng.report.dir}">
-        <include name="*.xml"/>
-        <exclude name="testng-failed.xml"/>
-        <exclude name="testng-results.xml" />
-      </fileset>
-      <report format="noframes" todir="${junit.report.dir}"/>
-    </junitreport>
-  </target>
-
-
-  <target name="clean.tmp">
-      <delete dir="${test.output.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="clean:reports">
-      <delete dir="${report.dir}"/>
-      <delete dir="${junit.report.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="clean" depends="clean.tmp,clean:reports">
-    <echo message="                                 -- test clean --"/>
-
-    <delete dir="${test.build.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="done">
-    <echo>Reports can be found in:    open ${testng.report.dir}/index.html</echo>
-  </target>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/dev-java/testng/files/testng-6.8-remove-ivy-retrieve.patch b/dev-java/testng/files/testng-6.8-remove-ivy-retrieve.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d7e91e745874..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/testng/files/testng-6.8-remove-ivy-retrieve.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- a/build.xml
-+++ b/build.xml
-@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
-   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
-   <!-- PREPARE                                                                -->
-   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
--  <target name="prepare" depends="retrieve-dependencies"
-+  <target name="prepare"
-           description="Performs all preparations required to build.">
-     <tstamp />
-     <mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
-@@ -419,10 +419,6 @@
-   <!-- Ivy                                                                  -->
-   <!-- ==================================================================== -->
- 
--  <target name="retrieve-dependencies" description="Retrieve dependencies with ivy">
--    <ivy:retrieve log="quiet" />
--  </target>
--
-   <target name="publish">
-     <ivy:resolve />
-     <mkdir dir="dist/jars" />
diff --git a/dev-java/testng/files/testng-6.8-remove-jar-bundling.patch b/dev-java/testng/files/testng-6.8-remove-jar-bundling.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ca793971c73aa..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/testng/files/testng-6.8-remove-jar-bundling.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
---- a/build.xml
-+++ b/build.xml
-@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@
-       <param name="jar.file" value="${testng.jar}" />
-     </antcall>
-     <jar jarfile="${testng.jar}" update="true">
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${beanshell.jar}" />
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${jcommander.jar}" />
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${yaml.jar}" />
-     </jar>
- 
-   </target>
-@@ -195,10 +192,6 @@
-       <param name="jar.file" value="${other.jars.dir}/${testng.junit.jar}" />
-     </antcall>
-     <jar jarfile="${other.jars.dir}/${testng.junit.jar}" update="true">
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${beanshell.jar}" />
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${jcommander.jar}" />
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${junit.jar}" />
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${yaml.jar}" />
-     </jar>
-   </target>
- 
-@@ -207,9 +200,6 @@
-       <param name="jar.file" value="${other.jars.dir}/${testng.nobsh.guice.jar}" />
-     </antcall>
-     <jar jarfile="${other.jars.dir}/${testng.nobsh.guice.jar}" update="true">
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${guice2.jar}" />
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${jcommander.jar}" />
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${junit.jar}" />
-     </jar>
-   </target>
- 
-@@ -218,9 +208,6 @@
-       <param name="jar.file" value="${other.jars.dir}/${testng.bsh.noguice.jar}" />
-     </antcall>
-     <jar jarfile="${other.jars.dir}/${testng.bsh.noguice.jar}" update="true">
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${beanshell.jar}" />
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${jcommander.jar}" />
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${junit.jar}" />
-     </jar>
-   </target>
- 
-@@ -229,8 +216,6 @@
-       <param name="jar.file" value="${other.jars.dir}/${testng.nobsh.noguice.jar}" />
-     </antcall>
-     <jar jarfile="${other.jars.dir}/${testng.bsh.noguice.jar}" update="true">
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${jcommander.jar}" />
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${junit.jar}" />
-     </jar>
-   </target>
- 
-@@ -239,7 +224,6 @@
-       <param name="jar.file" value="${other.jars.dir}/${testng.dist.jar}" />
-     </antcall>
-     <jar jarfile="${other.jars.dir}/${testng.dist.jar}" update="true">
--      <zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/${jcommander.jar}" />
-     </jar>
-   </target>
- 
diff --git a/dev-java/testng/testng-6.8-r4.ebuild b/dev-java/testng/testng-6.8-r4.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index ca20bf633e75c..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/testng/testng-6.8-r4.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Id$
-
-EAPI="5"
-
-JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc examples source test"
-
-inherit java-pkg-2 java-ant-2
-
-DESCRIPTION="New generation testing framework in Java"
-HOMEPAGE="http://testng.org/"
-SRC_URI="http://${PN}.org/${P}.zip"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-SLOT="0"
-
-CDEPEND="
-	dev-java/bsh:0
-	dev-java/guice:2
-	dev-java/junit:4
-	dev-java/ant-core:0
-	dev-java/snakeyaml:0
-	dev-java/jcommander:0"
-
-DEPEND="
-	${CDEPEND}
-	app-arch/zip
-	>=virtual/jdk-1.6"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	${CDEPEND}
-	>=virtual/jre-1.6"
-
-JAVA_ANT_CLASSPATH_TAGS+=" testng javadocs-current"
-JAVA_PKG_BSFIX_NAME="build.xml build-tests.xml"
-JAVA_ANT_REWRITE_CLASSPATH="true"
-JAVA_ANT_ENCODING="ISO-8859-1"
-
-EANT_GENTOO_CLASSPATH="ant-core,bsh,guice-2,jcommander,junit-4,snakeyaml-1.9"
-EANT_TEST_GENTOO_CLASSPATH="${EANT_GENTOO_CLASSPATH}"
-
-EANT_BUILD_TARGET="build"
-EANT_TEST_TARGET="tests"
-EANT_DOC_TARGET="javadocs"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-remove-ivy-retrieve.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-remove-jar-bundling.patch
-)
-
-# Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again.
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-java_prepare() {
-	java-pkg_clean
-
-	cp "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-build-tests.xml build-tests.xml || die
-
-	epatch "${PATCHES[@]}"
-
-	# Removal of tests that break due to restrictions or environment expectations:
-	#     ServiceLoaderTest - Breaks due absolute URL load that Portage prevents;
-	#                         we assume the underlying functionality to work, as
-	#                         the underlying functionality is simple and should
-	#                         show the usage of this package to break.
-	sed -i '/test.serviceloader.ServiceLoaderTest/d' src/test/resources/testng.xml || die
-
-	#     TrueParallelTest - Doesn't always work, especially not on a system
-	#                        under load; since this could fail during parallel
-	#                        emerges, we assume the underlying functionality to
-	#                        work as it has definitely succeeded under lower load.
-	sed -i '/test.thread.TrueParallelTest/d' src/test/resources/testng.xml || die
-
-	mkdir lib || die
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	java-pkg-2_src_test
-
-	local tests_file="target/test-output/index.html"
-
-	if [[ ! -f ${tests_file} ]] ; then
-		die "Tests failed, test output does not exist; a problem with starting the tests."
-	fi
-
-	grep 'method-stats.*failed' target/test-output/index.html > /dev/null && \
-		die "Tests failed; one or more test failed, see ${tests_file} for more details."
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	java-pkg_newjar target/${P}.jar
-	java-pkg_dolauncher ${PN} --main org.testng.TestNG
-	java-pkg_register-ant-task
-
-	use doc && java-pkg_dojavadoc javadocs
-	use examples && java-pkg_doexamples examples
-	use source && java-pkg_dosrc src/main/java/{org,com}
-}