diff --git a/dev-ruby/libusb/Manifest b/dev-ruby/libusb/Manifest
index 649a5f1779f55..c32a24561b68b 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/libusb/Manifest
+++ b/dev-ruby/libusb/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST libusb-0.7.1.gem 815104 BLAKE2B c72bac1f43b9cc70e9d6e2c6e48b9e4fc95f62117d26e0925f5bc5d49fca88f6610254dd0c5ed11368397e2149706f78f9919c26f01c23fa84b97fc07edcd14d SHA512 eed881ea9658911aba93dfd5c72d74ad7e9fc333d890dff872ec5ee3e8262ccbdf0e19f8f4c918d6b67438a72cde51397c652d2b9215dce4f0725cd5c8031ff6
 DIST libusb-0.7.2.gem 815104 BLAKE2B d9fa4a8d78c7cab0f386e3624a515b2b6011edcaf1ec18b522d3695fe2a94ef684f0f0bbe609b0a1f2fa6a09999e4064195b7859776018df19a31f5ae4ebc53f SHA512 e1e70bf4cc98cc9e0fda6e98d1e8cf567be2c62e2110e10fd6ac08250e00d6808089da134d0af649ff31bafdb2826076a7aa866cec380776c3c2accbf7260b1e
diff --git a/dev-ruby/libusb/libusb-0.7.1.ebuild b/dev-ruby/libusb/libusb-0.7.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index d86ffb6892beb..0000000000000
--- a/dev-ruby/libusb/libusb-0.7.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-USE_RUBY="ruby31 ruby32"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="History.md README.md"
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC="${PN}.gemspec"
-
-inherit ruby-fakegem
-
-DESCRIPTION="binding that gives Ruby programmers access to arbitrary USB devices"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/larskanis/libusb"
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-
-DEPEND+=">=dev-libs/libusb-1.0.27:1"
-RDEPEND+="${DEPEND}"
-
-ruby_add_rdepend "dev-ruby/ffi:0"
-ruby_add_bdepend "test? ( dev-ruby/eventmachine )"
-
-all_ruby_prepare() {
-	sed -e '/mini_portile2/d' \
-		-e 's/git ls-files --/find/' \
-		-i ${RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC} || die
-
-	# Avoid tests that try to open devices or depend on specific hardware
-	rm -f test/test_libusb_{bos,bulk_stream_transfer,descriptors}.rb || die
-}
-
-each_ruby_test() {
-	${RUBY} -I.:lib -e "Dir['test/test_*.rb'].each{|f| require f}" || die
-}
-
-each_ruby_install() {
-	each_fakegem_install
-
-	# This gem includes an extension that does not actually do anything
-	# when using the system libusb, but newer rubygems versions still
-	# require the marker to be present.
-	ruby_fakegem_extensions_installed
-}