diff --git a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/Manifest b/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 69653cb2fb2ba..0000000000000
--- a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST netcat-0.7.1.tar.bz2 325687 BLAKE2B a846fafcd006cc284f982fe66a3de5154ef1d74d20926344c54066f9b5e86f7bef06eb99313d5ec7f9f09bdb9b12ca82421b945bc6d3b8c6bb5f843cd6d31c2c SHA512 283c02f849c3bb62615a5ccb7796192804dafcecb34f3c6b553cbc12c715654963b81e253762923c6069be9768b93dde576a392b89b167912c323354f1376e83
diff --git a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/files/gnu-netcat-LC_CTYPE.patch b/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/files/gnu-netcat-LC_CTYPE.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c67f92e6c2a1..0000000000000
--- a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/files/gnu-netcat-LC_CTYPE.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-In russian locale, netcat error messages display as '???????'
-
-Need to set LC_CTYPE along with LC_MESSAGES to correctly display messages in
-locales other then C/POSIX
-Required for correct i18n support in glibc.
-
-(bug #200875 by Михаил)
-
-
---- a/src/netcat.c
-+++ b/src/netcat.c
-@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
- connect_sock.domain = PF_INET;
-
- #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-+ setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
- setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, "");
- bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
- textdomain(PACKAGE);
diff --git a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/files/gnu-netcat-close.patch b/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/files/gnu-netcat-close.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index eb1862d1fd521..0000000000000
--- a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/files/gnu-netcat-close.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- a/doc/netcat.1
-+++ b/doc/netcat.1
-@@ -256,6 +256,13 @@
- source address for the connecting socket.
- .Sh "Advanced Options"
- .IX Subsection "Advanced Options"
-+.IP "\fB\-c" 4
-+.IX Item "-c"
-+.PD 0
-+.IP "\fB\-\-close" 4
-+.IX Item "--close"
-+.PD
-+closes connection on EOF from stdin.
- .IP "\fB\-i \s-1SECS\s0\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-i SECS"
- .PD 0
diff --git a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/files/gnu-netcat-flagcount.patch b/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/files/gnu-netcat-flagcount.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 765212cb0e996..0000000000000
--- a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/files/gnu-netcat-flagcount.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/flagset.c
-+++ b/src/flagset.c
-@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
-
- int netcat_flag_count(void)
- {
-- register char c;
-+ register unsigned char c;
- register int i;
- int ret = 0;
-
-@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@
- Assumed that the bit number 1 is the sign, and that we will shift the
- bit 1 (or the bit that takes its place later) until the the most right,
- WHY it has to keep the wrong sign? */
-- ret -= (c >> 7);
-- c <<= 1;
-+ ret += (c & 1);
-+ c >>= 1;
- }
- }
-
diff --git a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/gnu-netcat-0.7.1-r3.ebuild b/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/gnu-netcat-0.7.1-r3.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 836745b083463..0000000000000
--- a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/gnu-netcat-0.7.1-r3.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=5
-
-inherit eutils flag-o-matic
-
-DESCRIPTION="the GNU network swiss army knife"
-HOMEPAGE="http://netcat.sourceforge.net/"
-SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/netcat/netcat-${PV}.tar.bz2"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm ~hppa ppc sparc x86 ~x86-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x86-macos ~sparc-solaris ~x64-solaris ~x86-solaris"
-IUSE="debug nls"
-
-S=${WORKDIR}/netcat-${PV}
-
-src_prepare() {
- epatch \
- "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-flagcount.patch \
- "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-close.patch \
- "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-LC_CTYPE.patch
-}
-
-src_configure() {
- use debug && append-flags -DDEBUG
- econf $(use_enable nls)
-}
-
-DOCS=( AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README TODO )
-
-src_install() {
- default
- rm "${ED}"usr/bin/nc
-}
diff --git a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/gnu-netcat-0.7.1-r4.ebuild b/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/gnu-netcat-0.7.1-r4.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 3685ef0208f24..0000000000000
--- a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/gnu-netcat-0.7.1-r4.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=6
-inherit flag-o-matic
-
-DESCRIPTION="the GNU network swiss army knife"
-HOMEPAGE="http://netcat.sourceforge.net/"
-SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/netcat/netcat-${PV}.tar.bz2"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ppc ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x86-macos ~sparc-solaris ~x64-solaris ~x86-solaris"
-IUSE="debug nls"
-
-PATCHES=(
- "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-LC_CTYPE.patch
- "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-close.patch
- "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-flagcount.patch
-)
-DOCS=( AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README TODO )
-S=${WORKDIR}/netcat-${PV}
-
-src_configure() {
- use debug && append-flags -DDEBUG
- econf $(use_enable nls)
-}
-
-src_install() {
- default
- rm "${ED}"usr/bin/nc || die
-}
diff --git a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/metadata.xml b/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cc4e9c9f18c38..0000000000000
--- a/net-analyzer/gnu-netcat/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
-
- netmon@gentoo.org
- Gentoo network monitoring and analysis project
-
- the GNU network swiss army knife
-
- netcat
-
-
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index 9398751510e4e..e462b32c1e07d 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -516,16 +516,6 @@ net-proxy/bfilter
# Masked for removal in 30 days, bug #683248.
app-emacs/prom-wl
-# Michał Górny (13 Apr 2019)
-# Unmaintained. Contains vulnerable code and a large number of unsolved
-# (upstream) issues. The current version is from 2004, and carries
-# some local patches. Last upstream commits are from 2013, and involve
-# three successive branches, the 0.7.x not having a release since 2004,
-# and the two remaining branches never seeing a single release.
-# The suggested alternatives are net-analyzer/{netcat,openbsd-netcat}.
-# Removal in 30 days. Bug #601742.
-net-analyzer/gnu-netcat
-
# Hans de Graaff (13 Apr 2019)
# Old ruby24-only slots of Rails-related packages
# These no longer have reverse dependencies or newer