diff --git a/virtual/podofo-build/podofo-build-0.9.6-r1.ebuild b/virtual/podofo-build/podofo-build-0.9.6-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 43fe60930c2ee..0000000000000
--- a/virtual/podofo-build/podofo-build-0.9.6-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DESCRIPTION="Virtual package for building against PoDoFo"
-
-SLOT="0/${PV}"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~sparc x86"
-IUSE="+boost idn debug test +tools"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-# Pull in boost for build-against header dependency (see bug #503802).
-RDEPEND="
-	app-text/podofo:0/${PV}[boost=,idn=,debug=,test=,tools=]
-	boost? ( dev-libs/boost )
-"
diff --git a/virtual/podofo-build/podofo-build-0.9.7-r1.ebuild b/virtual/podofo-build/podofo-build-0.9.7-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index ef9f93e393122..0000000000000
--- a/virtual/podofo-build/podofo-build-0.9.7-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DESCRIPTION="Virtual package for building against PoDoFo"
-
-SLOT="0/${PV}"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
-IUSE="+boost idn debug test +tools"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-# Pull in boost for build-against header dependency (see bug #503802).
-RDEPEND="
-	app-text/podofo:0/${PV}[boost=,idn=,debug=,test=,tools=]
-	boost? ( dev-libs/boost )
-"