diff --git a/sci-physics/vgm/Manifest b/sci-physics/vgm/Manifest
index f9a2c77c3bb01..07163b3d40186 100644
--- a/sci-physics/vgm/Manifest
+++ b/sci-physics/vgm/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST vgm-4.8.tar.gz 3661965 BLAKE2B 29f878fb6716e261c27d60b2c9081d66313591a053d80f78501973f131aff88bbcee743ff9767836883dcb28d3ce5aeee3759a5890d7c8811a6a61503417284f SHA512 8b7cabc5796649c4014ccbdf1c6d209d2e7c2b4b06258716a72cadd997a9f6f51c4f9cb5870fd10abfd1ee133766876523c84441a69c7242bc2002687ca0ce58
 DIST vgm-4.9.tar.gz 3881029 BLAKE2B 596a8df12f0dcd813a0d84e8c33eaa92dd2d332d9accf2fc38992f385748a2bd3579fee2af6cc00b878fe5491af4996d80775aa630120507ccc665f102f63b11 SHA512 90845d75a7ff0022f5fba15b7f621efd588251060c0d8e715fcc2e28bb6b4b01ddd83420dbd233cc0dd437ee6b8b5390bb1f84571ed12e696ee8c1dfc4bd8fd9
 DIST vgm-5.0.tar.gz 3862583 BLAKE2B 7a1643b329f6f6b019e1b68ce691ed45a32d343925c59451d6e218469606a7a352334d4f1e330873fa1cbc4e1182b4557dc396f52ce7d35e26df81e79121cd60 SHA512 771c2e013c052ea1785fb79ba317b48482428ddf703e263eaf1c9840fbae66dd280d73aee99de30e1c3d70e46a5eb63affc92dfc5ba19298e2d4487b9e302588
diff --git a/sci-physics/vgm/vgm-4.8-r1.ebuild b/sci-physics/vgm/vgm-4.8-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fb28e08553cd..0000000000000
--- a/sci-physics/vgm/vgm-4.8-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-inherit cmake
-
-if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
-	inherit git-r3
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/vmc-project/${PN}.git"
-else
-	MY_PV=$(ver_rs 1- -)
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/vmc-project/${PN}/archive/v${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-	S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
-fi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Virtual Geometry Model for High Energy Physics Experiments"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/vmc-project/vgm/"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="doc examples +geant4 +root test"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	sci-physics/clhep:=
-	geant4? ( <sci-physics/geant-4.11[c++17] )
-	root? ( sci-physics/root:=[c++17] )"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	doc? ( app-doc/doxygen[dot] )
-	test? (
-		<sci-physics/geant-4.11[gdml]
-		sci-physics/geant4_vmc[g4root]
-	)"
-RESTRICT="
-	!geant4? ( test )
-	!root? ( test )
-	!test? ( test )"
-
-DOCS=(
-	doc/README
-	doc/todo.txt
-	doc/VGMhistory.txt
-	doc/VGM.html
-	doc/VGMversions.html
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DCLHEP_DIR="${EPREFIX}/usr"
-		-DWITH_EXAMPLES="$(usex examples)"
-		-DINSTALL_EXAMPLES="$(usex examples)"
-		-DWITH_GEANT4="$(usex geant4)"
-		-DWITH_ROOT="$(usex root)"
-		-DWITH_TEST="$(usex test)"
-	)
-	if use test && use root && use geant4; then
-		mycmakeargs+=( -DWITH_G4ROOT=yes )
-	else
-		mycmakeargs+=( -DWITH_G4ROOT=no )
-	fi
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	cmake_src_compile
-	if use doc; then
-		cd packages
-		doxygen || die
-	fi
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	cd "${BUILD_DIR}"/test || die
-	./test_suite.sh || die
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	cmake_src_install
-	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( doc/html/. )
-	einstalldocs
-}