diff --git a/sci-libs/ccfits/Manifest b/sci-libs/ccfits/Manifest
index 604480d415dfe..fe26363770830 100644
--- a/sci-libs/ccfits/Manifest
+++ b/sci-libs/ccfits/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST CCfits-2.4.tar.gz 1792643 BLAKE2B 5304789d01278884faa9765be3f22e03e7a37370f0f3996045a663d5793a1686ce4c2d379227bae57bee5643ac398242223cb0300337f4ad67b662679019e92e SHA512 b12d455bb6dd631056e02a12e996d3bf0b6169f8922011e4b64f979b08d2ab8f405e14947c6f5d26ad18bf2f5764854a84987ae105944515f533fe6b0b4ef7be
 DIST CCfits-2.5.tar.gz 1416358 BLAKE2B 4c525761f98bdb133f8d0c5fd582db5326dda84dc103a7c816cdf8d1a1fa02ac5b8e9c9431629304e3eaf21b4ec9767796c8b2cc8d22dd877a2e043084cae683 SHA512 63ab4d153063960510cf60651d5c832824cf85f937f84adc5390c7c2fb46eb8e9f5d8cda2554d79d24c7a4f1b6cf0b7a6e20958fb69920b65d7c362c0a5f26b5
diff --git a/sci-libs/ccfits/ccfits-2.4-r1.ebuild b/sci-libs/ccfits/ccfits-2.4-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 56d8533e3fd9e..0000000000000
--- a/sci-libs/ccfits/ccfits-2.4-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=6
-
-inherit autotools
-
-MYPN=CCfits
-MYP=${MYPN}-${PV}
-
-DESCRIPTION="C++ interface for cfitsio"
-HOMEPAGE="https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/CCfits/"
-SRC_URI="https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/CCfits/${MYP}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="doc static-libs"
-
-RDEPEND=">=sci-libs/cfitsio-3.080"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-S="${WORKDIR}/${MYPN}"
-
-DOCS=( CHANGES README.INSTALL )
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.2-makefile.patch # avoid building cookbook by default and no rpath
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	mv configure.{in,ac} || die
-	AT_M4DIR=config/m4 eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	econf $(use_enable static-libs static)
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	if use doc; then
-		DOCS+=( *.pdf )
-		HTML_DOCS=( html/. )
-	fi
-	default
-
-	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
-}