diff --git a/dev-python/cfn-lint/Manifest b/dev-python/cfn-lint/Manifest
index b4e83fcf86ea5..04d7dfdae7ea0 100644
--- a/dev-python/cfn-lint/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/cfn-lint/Manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 DIST cfn_lint-1.37.2.tar.gz 3105967 BLAKE2B afa47f8c3669b32a6471e6bd438b68407f87f76c1473d848b8bc70474616418505ffcb69f7a35124fc2c5c1b2a5135d2d9ed51f2227b36e753d7a481fbc5b362 SHA512 e5a24a4cc506c287af3229ca86bee6ece335b8b80c7083f9b8c52a79d09c441043b176464e84051d05e135d2e47b11b307531a9ab0b24de98545e9e276697f64
-DIST cfn_lint-1.38.0.tar.gz 3131464 BLAKE2B d843617918f16882927c31a92d24cb67b7701787f0398dae7fb0432df7db811946a78144641e60e3b09b049ec04493860841fce415d2ce2be977ae4a6760e2a7 SHA512 a38773533b6d2e8c9df39e2195b6d91a621c2b9e6da1dec5c221ef6d4f52d5f3f52232699395c4d54f00152b23daa22ac2dd44515cb888d1b86b88686f0f9c34
-DIST cfn_lint-1.38.1.tar.gz 3448936 BLAKE2B 40def52bc1b65793a181c0b233f96592959afa8c70b12ca6039f98237db84cabad3e36a1bbd27504d2264859bb1ed4a70f70ae33f0ac43048885555149889275 SHA512 150a142af8ae5c2feb6e7b44c2c9176a5b53035daa5563f76b2de0cf85a249eb7171be261a7f3d64fb7c63d2e632a62863e0d99d88d242ec0e2ba529c8829a63
 DIST cfn_lint-1.38.2.tar.gz 3534485 BLAKE2B 490b22ab540944a2feb4ad8b9e4ff02d8f4e3520b1c077eed83e925118f6d4de29858e470d703b7aee2788b9ab07c8c4e11ac5af54446be3b67ae8ac61145954 SHA512 670e52e26eaae0cc70b7f3573f03bde3632c8932fc5525942f981c592e37bf622d785b2f1f6d490cb96cb9b148a348c7e2f4ee8573fa146a10d0b888693d3be7
 DIST cfn_lint-1.38.3.tar.gz 3547091 BLAKE2B d1e05090f3d6bf43b4a4ab90f658fe3c958d78804d2fbb1e07ad8d799f261799104c83eb71bc62fb04a84a66733243d38434948b7156398ce570539a5cf4058f SHA512 392dad7a58abdaa4b6416701381164c7dc98ca483aacbdc335ae26ba64ee2f15f680bfc931e4cfb6c21a6accb3f5c6c27c52e158a52d500820f086cbda06f7f5
diff --git a/dev-python/cfn-lint/cfn-lint-1.38.0.ebuild b/dev-python/cfn-lint/cfn-lint-1.38.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 762e8c817cde5..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/cfn-lint/cfn-lint-1.38.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="CloudFormation Linter"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/
-	https://pypi.org/project/cfn-lint/
-"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/aws-sam-translator-1.97.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/jsonpatch[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/jschema-to-python-1.2.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	<dev-python/jsonschema-5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/jsonschema-3.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/junit-xml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	<dev-python/networkx-4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>dev-python/pyyaml-5.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/regex-2021.7.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/sarif-om-1.0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/sympy-1.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/setuptools-77.0.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	test? (
-		dev-python/defusedxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-src_prepare() {
-	# unpin the deps
-	sed -e 's:~=[0-9.]*::' -i pyproject.toml || die
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-		# different line wrapping somehow
-		test/unit/module/template/test_template.py::TestTemplate::test_build_graph
-		# requires git repo
-		test/unit/module/maintenance/test_update_documentation.py::TestUpdateDocumentation::test_update_docs
-	)
-
-	# from tox.ini
-	local -x AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
-	epytest
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/cfn-lint/cfn-lint-1.38.1.ebuild b/dev-python/cfn-lint/cfn-lint-1.38.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index ffc56bfdf15f7..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/cfn-lint/cfn-lint-1.38.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="CloudFormation Linter"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/
-	https://pypi.org/project/cfn-lint/
-"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/aws-sam-translator-1.97.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/jsonpatch[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/jschema-to-python-1.2.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	<dev-python/jsonschema-5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/jsonschema-3.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/junit-xml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	<dev-python/networkx-4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/pyyaml-5.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/regex-2021.7.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/sarif-om-1.0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/sympy-1.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/setuptools-77.0.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	test? (
-		dev-python/defusedxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_test() {
-	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-		# different line wrapping somehow
-		test/unit/module/template/test_template.py::TestTemplate::test_build_graph
-		# requires git repo
-		test/unit/module/maintenance/test_update_documentation.py::TestUpdateDocumentation::test_update_docs
-		# TODO: suddenly started failing in older versions too
-		# https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/issues/4207
-		test/integration/test_good_templates.py
-		test/unit/module/override/test_exclude.py::TestExclude::test_success_run
-		test/unit/module/test_api.py::TestLintFile::test_good_template
-		test/unit/module/test_rules_collections.py::TestRulesCollection::test_success_run
-	)
-
-	# from tox.ini
-	local -x AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
-	epytest
-}