diff --git a/dev-java/json-smart/Manifest b/dev-java/json-smart/Manifest
index f45dcc2bb20b3..a76762113c023 100644
--- a/dev-java/json-smart/Manifest
+++ b/dev-java/json-smart/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 DIST json-smart-1.3.3.tar.gz 49430 BLAKE2B 805e16e0de5321a2e8164468757e9b722849f0fe90fd6822cc99f7afffd9f4e480fc4e14c2bbd12b325a27abc8ca7e93b4a17ce56ac352117cef336e1ebb3fe9 SHA512 c6006c6a00a085ea8810e18889450d11240dc3671351f20602214db418107808df1f413fe67c199d6529e4c0087f2533601826666ac4fa493bcaf72d2c18ed83
-DIST json-smart-2.5.0.tar.gz 88839 BLAKE2B 25760bd9c9ddecfef2fc3e60fc28b83def2223c7fc1e52ef39b3e6d01e5f2f29f36a35bfd43fc4d6ce6d5df5fcb25f59b1c86e1864a3044c69a6d0010335280b SHA512 4bffadf68998da4b63b34bcc9dbf804fd2b21b8d9514de4e155127d5a2eb3db74c7e396959b54c61c08e169eeed85dff3ad2f1d899cfddca53e501c45cebae21
 DIST json-smart-2.5.1.tar.gz 91171 BLAKE2B 21e83eadb15dbaa43ebe1fc9a5fd9500d4d233571dc4b65f417d7179630fde8a47e44cb652b2f598a2a6f46569876e8cac4769752dd4db179dc01b274514ef02 SHA512 00454e1debcebe009300a8f5d53b24b5c1917d173c9f3b98278236b52584631ab0e8bbf18c193f181e77537fb335b5bb31c1978918dc4f6e0ca82c44adb6797b
diff --git a/dev-java/json-smart/json-smart-2.5.0.ebuild b/dev-java/json-smart/json-smart-2.5.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index ddc968a2a7b69..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/json-smart/json-smart-2.5.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc source test"
-MAVEN_PROVIDES="
-	net.minidev:accessors-smart:${PV}
-	net.minidev:json-smart:${PV}
-"
-JAVA_TESTING_FRAMEWORKS="junit-4"
-
-inherit java-pkg-2 java-pkg-simple
-
-DESCRIPTION="JSON Small and Fast Parser"
-HOMEPAGE="https://urielch.github.io"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/netplex/json-smart-v2/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-v2-${PV}"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="2"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64"
-RESTRICT="test" #839681
-
-DEPEND="
-	dev-java/asm:9
-	>=virtual/jdk-1.8:*
-"
-RDEPEND=">=virtual/jre-1.8:*"
-
-src_compile() {
-	einfo "Compiling accessors-smart.jar"
-	JAVA_CLASSPATH_EXTRA="asm-9"
-	JAVA_JAR_FILENAME="accessors-smart.jar"
-	JAVA_SRC_DIR="accessors-smart/src/main/java"
-	java-pkg-simple_src_compile
-	JAVA_GENTOO_CLASSPATH_EXTRA+=":accessors-smart.jar"
-	rm -r target || die
-
-	einfo "Compiling json-smart.jar"
-	JAVA_JAR_FILENAME="json-smart.jar"
-	JAVA_SRC_DIR="json-smart/src/main/java"
-	java-pkg-simple_src_compile
-	JAVA_GENTOO_CLASSPATH_EXTRA+=":json-smart.jar"
-	rm -r target || die
-
-	if use doc; then
-		einfo "Compiling javadocs"
-		JAVA_SRC_DIR=(
-			accessors-smart/src/main/java
-			json-smart/src/main/java
-		)
-		JAVA_JAR_FILENAME="ignoreme.jar"
-		java-pkg-simple_src_compile
-	fi
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	einstalldocs
-	java-pkg_dojar "accessors-smart.jar"
-	java-pkg_dojar "json-smart.jar"
-
-	if use doc; then
-		java-pkg_dojavadoc target/api
-	fi
-
-	if use source; then
-		java-pkg_dosrc "accessors-smart/src/main/java/*"
-		java-pkg_dosrc "json-smart/src/main/java/*"
-	fi
-}