diff --git a/dev-python/pycurl-requests/Manifest b/dev-python/pycurl-requests/Manifest
index f244efd223639..f7ff748dfb6b2 100644
--- a/dev-python/pycurl-requests/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pycurl-requests/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST pycurl-requests-0.5.1.gh.tar.gz 25613 BLAKE2B 106850b2aeb4b2c026ed322896cb6abd753c0d74aa105198029035b09aa6ff162d52308041ed53a08117dce72e2a67d281576fb2cae024568e74da5c70009b0e SHA512 4f2f179e0fc46044b75fa9ba36c0835f55d47d7e4864946197eb694c9e3748b06d89351c7c3827c0fe511487d892519fe52464a6062af48750141760f2e24f84
 DIST pycurl-requests-0.5.2.gh.tar.gz 25618 BLAKE2B 594add0a452dc3bdd4a2a29e42301b3a4433c27f33a69929949e052f7782f59ca075c413ae1513c74bdd2b2443b1b8ea1333cf29cd446cf32f5ccc79f65329f2 SHA512 794788972b3467c3d7ef11acb731b5ba35c3850c20782665646bce0c1524a81b808569a1ff92fac7ec1f06cfe781a8fe16cd7bcfa5f6b493063842af323daf6a
diff --git a/dev-python/pycurl-requests/pycurl-requests-0.5.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pycurl-requests/pycurl-requests-0.5.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 29ce65228c8f0..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/pycurl-requests/pycurl-requests-0.5.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Requests-compatible interface for PycURL"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/dcoles/pycurl-requests/
-	https://pypi.org/project/pycurl-requests/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/dcoles/pycurl-requests/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
-"
-
-LICENSE="MIT Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	dev-python/chardet[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/pycurl[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-	# network-sandbox
-	pycurl_requests/tests/test_requests.py::test_get_connect_timeout
-	pycurl_requests/tests/test_requests.py::test_get_connect_timeout_urllib3
-	# TODO: different error?
-	pycurl_requests/tests/test_exceptions.py::test_connecterror_refused
-)