diff --git a/app-emulation/spectemu/files/spectemu-0.99.3-build.patch b/app-emulation/spectemu/files/spectemu-0.99.3-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c5ac95c594b..000000000000
--- a/app-emulation/spectemu/files/spectemu-0.99.3-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -44,17 +44,19 @@
- 	./mkinstalldirs $(i_bindir) $(i_mandir)
- 
- install_prog: $(progs)
-+	mkdir -p $(i_bindir)
- 	if test -f xspect; then \
--	   $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -s -m 755 xspect $(i_bindir); fi
-+	   $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -m 755 xspect $(i_bindir); fi
- 	if test -f vgaspect; then \
--	   $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -s -m 4755 vgaspect $(i_bindir); fi
-+	   $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -m 4755 vgaspect $(i_bindir); fi
- 
- install_man:
-+	mkdir -p $(i_mandir)
- 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./xspect.1 $(i_mandir)
- 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./tapeout.1 $(i_mandir)
- 	(cd $(i_mandir); rm -f vgaspect.1; ln -s xspect.1 vgaspect.1)
- 
--install: installdirs install_prog install_man
-+install: install_prog install_man
- 
- z80_c_objs=z80.o z80optab.o z80_step.o spperif.o spect.o rom48.o \
-            z80_op1.o z80_op2.o z80_op3.o z80_op4.o z80_op5.o z80_op6.o
-@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@
- 	./sp_to_s < i386emul.sp > i386emul.s
- 
- i386emul.o: i386emul.s
--	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) i386emul.s
-+	$(CC) -c $(ASFLAGS) -Xassembler --noexecstack i386emul.s
- 
- sp_to_s: sp_to_s.o
- 	$(CC) -o sp_to_s $(LDFLAGS) sp_to_s.o
diff --git a/app-emulation/spectemu/spectemu-0.99.3-r1.ebuild b/app-emulation/spectemu/spectemu-0.99.3-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 907f557d003d..000000000000
--- a/app-emulation/spectemu/spectemu-0.99.3-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-inherit autotools
-
-DESCRIPTION="48k ZX Spectrum Emulator"
-HOMEPAGE="http://kempelen.iit.bme.hu/~mszeredi/spectemu/spectemu.html"
-SRC_URI="http://www.inf.bme.hu/~mszeredi/spectemu/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ppc x86"
-IUSE="readline svga +X"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="|| ( svga X )"
-
-DEPEND="
-	X? (
-		x11-base/xorg-proto
-		>=x11-libs/libX11-1.0.0
-		>=x11-libs/libXext-1.0.0
-		>=x11-libs/libXxf86vm-1.0.0
-	)
-	readline? ( sys-libs/readline:= )
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	svga? ( media-libs/svgalib )"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-automagic.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-build.patch
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	econf \
-		$(use_with readline) \
-		$(use_with svga) \
-		$(use_with X x)
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	emake install_root="${ED}" install
-}