diff --git a/dev-util/cppcheck/Manifest b/dev-util/cppcheck/Manifest
index 95505dfd1e491..e58349170394c 100644
--- a/dev-util/cppcheck/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/cppcheck/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 DIST cppcheck-1.72.tar.bz2 1125775 SHA256 9460b184ff2d8dd15344f3e2f42f634c86e4dd3303e1e9b3f13dc67536aab420 SHA512 13b2348c97a3777feaad579f8620f18d90f6f934f92f5db712c7190af1f40042527500aefa4c8ccd348f7691b1c0d5f32115085c9385dec55460d5ba0804a410 WHIRLPOOL 790514f4b5b9c539a30daa691d268c6c5f1077743cde1af8834248eb4213224275e9f72cea46f3b378119a3d0944d7e8d63270c0cd47517c7f382c683a1938fe
-DIST cppcheck-1.73.tar.bz2 1147270 SHA256 36f68354734310203c285fac17aed47bb82131fc0487145b9c0386301cd5fe50 SHA512 a703cb47016982c27509bd46fa601b5baf359b0c44be188e2f5fe7d64b2accc392af5aa803a5e298b778f15b979585781ecd1459c8d2dd8b033f34cb1bad15a7 WHIRLPOOL 1ecbcd36f3ed36c0db3a9e6c99b730c164c5e4a680dfa1f6b3a84df5a9e4e7ca0ab902d34306dcaf12c9ffd686fbac4492f07b12b99d862d9152db6ffeac377c
-DIST cppcheck-1.74.tar.bz2 1151321 SHA256 c05b2f7e4619326f4cbdf6465d517cd0e37349e1221356470d75a97ca35fc254 SHA512 aa77747618ae16d796c428dc5931dc39bb51774dcdbea740c5cfc0f353c3b825c9673c84d0f2196cb8749f54c66f2d358f45b372aa5db9b057d3de740d852f01 WHIRLPOOL 07aa11a0e5478ea9c7eafa79359259d3570424d3a7dfd0ad2d623a69157d09fbdb2f72ce576d19db142d67a69b2b0663b7e37d42d2ea5781401eb6723123dd1b
 DIST cppcheck-1.75.tar.bz2 1152511 SHA256 57c70043c1330ed915cbd1a17ecc5408f2637a05062970508e990b1ba28760a0 SHA512 74116a7a2cd1c8c9a06c81f3f4de3de281f24ee30692729de5506dc7572ed694e55c32d1ad72196a9b95005e9f8d749bd82655323f8ff56051997c2ffc4ed57f WHIRLPOOL a42979e35041d382b1df755b0cdfb4c51951388d2b097856fa08b3ca6b39bdd99a13809a8b514b1fc0502ac0183a08e0f1ed742100e38a14ee2f7337ddda1f01
diff --git a/dev-util/cppcheck/cppcheck-1.73.ebuild b/dev-util/cppcheck/cppcheck-1.73.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fac025fbc4ea..0000000000000
--- a/dev-util/cppcheck/cppcheck-1.73.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Id$
-
-EAPI=5
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 eutils qt4-r2 toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic
-
-DESCRIPTION="static analyzer of C/C++ code"
-HOMEPAGE="http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net"
-SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/${PN}/${P}.tar.bz2"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-3"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
-IUSE="htmlreport pcre qt4"
-
-RDEPEND="htmlreport? ( dev-python/pygments[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
-	>=dev-libs/tinyxml2-2
-	<dev-libs/tinyxml2-4
-	qt4? ( dev-qt/qtgui:4 )
-	pcre? ( dev-libs/libpcre )"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
-	dev-libs/libxslt
-	virtual/pkgconfig"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	append-cxxflags -std=c++0x
-
-	# Drop bundled libs, patch Makefile generator and re-run it
-	rm -r externals || die
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.72-tinyxml2.patch
-	tc-export CXX
-	emake dmake
-	./dmake || die
-
-	epatch_user
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	if use pcre ; then
-		sed -e '/HAVE_RULES=/s:=no:=yes:' \
-			-i Makefile
-	fi
-	if use qt4 ; then
-		pushd gui
-		qt4-r2_src_configure
-		popd
-	fi
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	export LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs tinyxml2)"
-	emake ${PN} man \
-		CFGDIR="${EROOT}usr/share/${PN}/cfg" \
-		DB2MAN="${EROOT}usr/share/sgml/docbook/xsl-stylesheets/manpages/docbook.xsl"
-
-	if use qt4 ; then
-		pushd gui
-		qt4-r2_src_compile
-		popd
-	fi
-	if use htmlreport ; then
-		pushd htmlreport
-		distutils-r1_src_compile
-		popd
-	fi
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	# safe final version
-	mv -v ${PN}{,.final}
-	mv -v lib/library.o{,.final}
-	mv -v cli/cppcheckexecutor.o{,.final}
-	#trigger recompile with CFGDIR inside ${S}
-	emake check CFGDIR="${S}/cfg"
-	# restore
-	mv -v ${PN}{.final,}
-	mv -v lib/library.o{.final,}
-	mv -v cli/cppcheckexecutor.o{.final,}
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	# it's not autotools-based, so "${ED}" here, not "${D}", bug 531760
-	emake install DESTDIR="${ED}"
-
-	insinto "/usr/share/${PN}/cfg"
-	doins cfg/*.cfg
-	if use qt4 ; then
-		dobin gui/${PN}-gui
-		dodoc gui/{projectfile.txt,gui.${PN}}
-	fi
-	if use htmlreport ; then
-		pushd htmlreport
-		distutils-r1_src_install
-		popd
-		find "${D}" -name "*.egg-info" -delete
-	else
-		rm "${ED}/usr/bin/cppcheck-htmlreport" || die
-	fi
-	doman ${PN}.1
-	dodoc -r triage
-}
diff --git a/dev-util/cppcheck/cppcheck-1.74.ebuild b/dev-util/cppcheck/cppcheck-1.74.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fac025fbc4ea..0000000000000
--- a/dev-util/cppcheck/cppcheck-1.74.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Id$
-
-EAPI=5
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 eutils qt4-r2 toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic
-
-DESCRIPTION="static analyzer of C/C++ code"
-HOMEPAGE="http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net"
-SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/${PN}/${P}.tar.bz2"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-3"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
-IUSE="htmlreport pcre qt4"
-
-RDEPEND="htmlreport? ( dev-python/pygments[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
-	>=dev-libs/tinyxml2-2
-	<dev-libs/tinyxml2-4
-	qt4? ( dev-qt/qtgui:4 )
-	pcre? ( dev-libs/libpcre )"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
-	dev-libs/libxslt
-	virtual/pkgconfig"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	append-cxxflags -std=c++0x
-
-	# Drop bundled libs, patch Makefile generator and re-run it
-	rm -r externals || die
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.72-tinyxml2.patch
-	tc-export CXX
-	emake dmake
-	./dmake || die
-
-	epatch_user
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	if use pcre ; then
-		sed -e '/HAVE_RULES=/s:=no:=yes:' \
-			-i Makefile
-	fi
-	if use qt4 ; then
-		pushd gui
-		qt4-r2_src_configure
-		popd
-	fi
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	export LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs tinyxml2)"
-	emake ${PN} man \
-		CFGDIR="${EROOT}usr/share/${PN}/cfg" \
-		DB2MAN="${EROOT}usr/share/sgml/docbook/xsl-stylesheets/manpages/docbook.xsl"
-
-	if use qt4 ; then
-		pushd gui
-		qt4-r2_src_compile
-		popd
-	fi
-	if use htmlreport ; then
-		pushd htmlreport
-		distutils-r1_src_compile
-		popd
-	fi
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	# safe final version
-	mv -v ${PN}{,.final}
-	mv -v lib/library.o{,.final}
-	mv -v cli/cppcheckexecutor.o{,.final}
-	#trigger recompile with CFGDIR inside ${S}
-	emake check CFGDIR="${S}/cfg"
-	# restore
-	mv -v ${PN}{.final,}
-	mv -v lib/library.o{.final,}
-	mv -v cli/cppcheckexecutor.o{.final,}
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	# it's not autotools-based, so "${ED}" here, not "${D}", bug 531760
-	emake install DESTDIR="${ED}"
-
-	insinto "/usr/share/${PN}/cfg"
-	doins cfg/*.cfg
-	if use qt4 ; then
-		dobin gui/${PN}-gui
-		dodoc gui/{projectfile.txt,gui.${PN}}
-	fi
-	if use htmlreport ; then
-		pushd htmlreport
-		distutils-r1_src_install
-		popd
-		find "${D}" -name "*.egg-info" -delete
-	else
-		rm "${ED}/usr/bin/cppcheck-htmlreport" || die
-	fi
-	doman ${PN}.1
-	dodoc -r triage
-}