diff --git a/dev-python/pypy3_9/Manifest b/dev-python/pypy3_9/Manifest
index dbe2bd81bae9d..15dc112067aa9 100644
--- a/dev-python/pypy3_9/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pypy3_9/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST pypy3.9-gentoo-patches-7.3.12.tar.xz 7472 BLAKE2B 3948dc62af0b48c77e86cf25113363984ffcf118ca0ea797807a34d509223c6449edc66a835bd550cbdbb41c2c7386f2c56479b26e60effcf1c3a315ed113d0e SHA512 37f935d02a08c88aeab0337eb48a543c02cae37af5c0e692dda899f1b7acb811cf7d6c4d162829d6876d926d9cf376c522ec28ea7fb8957ca9a3ea7654262302
 DIST pypy3.9-gentoo-patches-7.3.12_p1.tar.xz 8552 BLAKE2B 99a7bcc52fcaaec1853162b4f65dc2688b2a90e6ede202a6e6a18ceb8ff16fd479781891305479a1c6a7f889cb9a3fb6f5f081d1318231f420cc98f10976b0aa SHA512 2047626612be66a617f073076f4d0b5821ba2d01e955c10df7c97caa53aae67f30fcf6088e3d532c97e805a0be223be2cab16a355970757557100080e5fc658d
 DIST pypy3.9-v7.3.12-src.tar.bz2 23528145 BLAKE2B 28cc42b10d6a84c441af673e1a0dc6d19e09daa1da9249a7fec39a9aaccbe5010a3586068ae0b10cd402b72e5acc58998469d5c99019caa41399951c2a221e26 SHA512 8e819a1ec3f3ce7fc5f901fb554660288a57e2a4834a3da35c1a57faf88ef4129240628a58334d2e0c2b1dda412da5d85ec943abe8046c0ce5d0cd0a0f7fc42a
diff --git a/dev-python/pypy3_9/pypy3_9-7.3.12-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pypy3_9/pypy3_9-7.3.12-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c6eec918ff3e..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/pypy3_9/pypy3_9-7.3.12-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,209 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit pax-utils python-utils-r1 toolchain-funcs
-
-PYPY_PV=${PV%_p*}
-PYVER=3.9
-MY_P="pypy${PYVER}-v${PYPY_PV/_}"
-PATCHSET="pypy${PYVER}-gentoo-patches-${PV/_rc/rc}"
-
-DESCRIPTION="A fast, compliant alternative implementation of the Python (${PYVER}) language"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://www.pypy.org/
-	https://foss.heptapod.net/pypy/pypy/
-"
-SRC_URI="
-	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"
-# pypy3 -c 'import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var("SOABI"))'
-# also check pypy/interpreter/pycode.py -> pypy_incremental_magic
-SLOT="0/pypy39-pp73-336"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="+ensurepip gdbm +jit ncurses sqlite tk"
-# many tests are failing upstream
-# see https://buildbot.pypy.org/summary?branch=py${PYVER}
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	|| (
-		>=dev-python/${PN}-exe-${PYPY_PV}:${PYPY_PV}[bzip2(+),ncurses?]
-		>=dev-python/${PN}-exe-bin-${PYPY_PV}:${PYPY_PV}
-	)
-	dev-lang/python-exec[python_targets_pypy3(-)]
-	dev-libs/openssl:0=
-	dev-python/gentoo-common
-	ensurepip? ( dev-python/ensurepip-wheels )
-	gdbm? ( sys-libs/gdbm:0= )
-	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite:3= )
-	tk? (
-		dev-lang/tk:0=
-		dev-tcltk/tix:0=
-	)
-	!<dev-python/pypy3-7.3.12_rc
-"
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	local PATCHES=(
-		"${WORKDIR}/${PATCHSET}"
-	)
-	default
-
-	eapply_user
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	tc-export CC
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	mkdir bin || die
-	# switch to the layout expected for cffi module builds
-	mkdir include/pypy${PYVER} || die
-	# copy over to make sys.prefix happy
-	cp -p "${BROOT}"/usr/bin/pypy${PYVER}-c-${PYPY_PV} pypy${PYVER}-c || die
-	cp -p "${BROOT}"/usr/include/pypy${PYVER}/${PYPY_PV}/* include/pypy${PYVER}/ || die
-	# (not installed by pypy-exe)
-	rm pypy/module/cpyext/include/_numpypy/numpy/README || die
-	mv pypy/module/cpyext/include/* include/pypy${PYVER}/ || die
-	mv pypy/module/cpyext/parse/*.h include/pypy${PYVER}/ || die
-	pax-mark m pypy${PYVER}-c
-
-	# verify the subslot
-	local soabi=$(
-		./pypy${PYVER}-c - <<-EOF
-			import importlib.util
-			import sysconfig
-			soabi = sysconfig.get_config_var("SOABI")
-			magic = importlib.util._RAW_MAGIC_NUMBER & 0xffff
-			print(f"{soabi}-{magic}")
-		EOF
-	)
-	[[ ${soabi} == ${SLOT#*/} ]] || die "update subslot to ${soabi}"
-
-	# Add epython.py to the distribution
-	echo 'EPYTHON="pypy3"' > lib-python/3/epython.py || die
-
-	einfo "Generating caches and CFFI modules ..."
-
-	# Generate sysconfig data
-	local host_gnu_type=$(sh pypy/tool/release/config.guess)
-	local overrides=(
-		HOST_GNU_TYPE "${host_gnu_type:-unknown}"
-		INCLUDEPY "${EPREFIX}/usr/include/pypy${PYVER}"
-		LIBDIR "${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
-		TZPATH "${EPREFIX}/usr/share/zoneinfo"
-		WHEEL_PKG_DIR "${EPREFIX}/usr/lib/python/ensurepip"
-	)
-	./pypy${PYVER}-c -m sysconfig --generate-posix-vars "${overrides[@]}" || die
-	local outdir
-	outdir=$(<pybuilddir.txt) || die
-	cp "${outdir}"/_sysconfigdata__*.py lib-python/3/ || die
-
-	# Generate Grammar and PatternGrammar pickles.
-	./pypy${PYVER}-c - <<-EOF || die "Generation of Grammar and PatternGrammar pickles failed"
-		import lib2to3.pygram
-		import lib2to3.patcomp
-		lib2to3.patcomp.PatternCompiler()
-	EOF
-
-	# Generate cffi modules
-	# Please keep in sync with lib_pypy/pypy_tools/build_cffi_imports.py!
-	# (NB: we build CFFI modules first to avoid error log when importing
-	# build_cffi_imports).
-	cffi_targets=(
-		pypy_util blake2/_blake2 sha3/_sha3 ssl
-		audioop syslog pwdgrp resource lzma posixshmem
-		testmultiphase
-	)
-	use gdbm && cffi_targets+=( gdbm )
-	use ncurses && cffi_targets+=( curses )
-	use sqlite && cffi_targets+=( sqlite3 )
-	use tk && cffi_targets+=( tkinter/tklib )
-
-	local t
-	# all modules except tkinter output to .
-	# tkinter outputs to the correct dir ...
-	cd lib_pypy || die
-	for t in "${cffi_targets[@]}"; do
-		# tkinter doesn't work via -m
-		../pypy${PYVER}-c "_${t}_build.py" || die "Failed to build CFFI bindings for ${t}"
-	done
-
-	# Verify that CFFI module list is up-to-date
-	local expected_cksum=63d4659f
-	local local_cksum=$(
-		../pypy${PYVER}-c - <<-EOF
-			import binascii
-			import json
-			from pypy_tools.build_cffi_imports import cffi_build_scripts as x
-			print("%08x" % (binascii.crc32(json.dumps(x).encode()),))
-		EOF
-	)
-	if [[ ${local_cksum} != ${expected_cksum} ]]; then
-		die "Please verify cffi_targets and update checksum to ${local_cksum}"
-	fi
-
-	# Cleanup temporary objects
-	find -name "*_cffi.[co]" -delete || die
-	find -type d -empty -delete || die
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	einfo "Installing PyPy ..."
-	dodir /usr/bin
-	dosym pypy${PYVER}-c-${PYPY_PV} /usr/bin/pypy${PYVER}
-	insinto /usr/lib/pypy${PYVER}
-	# preserve mtimes to avoid obsoleting caches
-	insopts -p
-	doins -r lib-python/3/. lib_pypy/.
-	insinto /usr/include
-	doins -r include/pypy${PYVER}
-
-	# replace copied headers with symlinks
-	for x in "${BROOT}"/usr/include/pypy${PYVER}/${PYPY_PV}/*; do
-		dosym "${PYPY_PV}/${x##*/}" "/usr/include/pypy${PYVER}/${x##*/}"
-	done
-
-	dodoc README.rst
-
-	local dest=/usr/lib/pypy${PYVER}
-	rm -r "${ED}${dest}"/ensurepip/_bundled || die
-	if ! use ensurepip; then
-		rm -r "${ED}${dest}"/ensurepip || die
-	fi
-	if ! use gdbm; then
-		rm -r "${ED}${dest}"/_gdbm* || die
-	fi
-	if ! use sqlite; then
-		rm -r "${ED}${dest}"/sqlite3 \
-			"${ED}${dest}"/_sqlite3* \
-			"${ED}${dest}"/test/test_sqlite.py || die
-	fi
-	if ! use tk; then
-		rm -r "${ED}${dest}"/{idlelib,tkinter} \
-			"${ED}${dest}"/_tkinter \
-			"${ED}${dest}"/test/test_{tcl,tk,ttk*}.py || die
-	fi
-	dosym ../python/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED "${dest}/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED"
-
-	local -x EPYTHON=pypy3
-	local -x PYTHON=${ED}/usr/bin/pypy${PYVER}-c-${PYPY_PV}
-	# temporarily copy to build tree to facilitate module builds
-	cp -p "${BROOT}/usr/bin/pypy${PYVER}-c-${PYPY_PV}" "${PYTHON}" || die
-
-	einfo "Byte-compiling Python standard library..."
-	python_optimize "${ED}${dest}"
-
-	# remove to avoid collisions
-	rm "${PYTHON}" || die
-}