diff --git a/dev-python/pyqt-builder/Manifest b/dev-python/pyqt-builder/Manifest
index e7b5458700b4a..e1b8f4115094c 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyqt-builder/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pyqt-builder/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST pyqt_builder-1.18.2.tar.gz 3671864 BLAKE2B 32ae2105b25029e2c881f26c660bf35eb63f6f19f31a800ea11ce639ce8da48e7485aae67fd0e1f05a9d7f97e49b507f19e162ceaacaee690ff52fec0fec3492 SHA512 129b8cbb7d2c6b533618d5b8523453ce4f442a2052c1151c30c8076e99d7887caac1e9c24220a913bc17444b35061ea507fd7f9038efd82a63636b24ae4182b5
 DIST pyqt_builder-1.19.0.tar.gz 3672333 BLAKE2B 2f623077762269470e4f00ec9f9a9a701f1182ac9cedfffa2d89f6cf9a92da198bb21abf9515cb0c865d2871f855cc0190a0f46d875589764bcf0df6e7cdffd7 SHA512 17dff686795e1b1f41a9c575c85c94a8d2d4ba95785dc723ec8f03fbb88e44472b70eb0e4ef9139580f1be0232d0ad324fedb088da3e9518d908587a0d619aa8
diff --git a/dev-python/pyqt-builder/pyqt-builder-1.18.2.ebuild b/dev-python/pyqt-builder/pyqt-builder-1.18.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 96e74f63338e1..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/pyqt-builder/pyqt-builder-1.18.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +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..14} )
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="The PEP 517 compliant PyQt build system"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Python-PyQt/PyQt-builder/"
-
-LICENSE="BSD-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~loong ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	dev-python/packaging[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/sip-6.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-
-	# skip installing DLLs
-	rm -r pyqtbuild/bundle/dlls || die
-}