diff --git a/app-backup/borgmatic/Manifest b/app-backup/borgmatic/Manifest
index 59bec598eeec5..c9238ffe2c135 100644
--- a/app-backup/borgmatic/Manifest
+++ b/app-backup/borgmatic/Manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 DIST borgmatic-1.9.4.tar.gz 635562 BLAKE2B aac7cea7c7b9537a1f13f6cdd5fc15c3a7d439f9c609a3b05aeb0c10a844f479f0f3a1ec9470283b38594646985cc87c45445602e264f2e8fbabb509691feab4 SHA512 db258ebaa87ac88873c73ab750b7f72278376679c3641c91f4d3565d690a9cb25be5df94bb94aead83f09b27a1d41edbb7e457261440c33fddc9fde3477e7006
 DIST borgmatic-1.9.5.tar.gz 638074 BLAKE2B 9947a443bcdd04abe29a3eaf3f790491cddc8283d6e09b56cb3b2aed97e0a424e0251aa9b19b3b5687416f59dec2944ed6d41c99df6e7790fa54a5b2608af0bf SHA512 9ab23865aeef61399a85532450cf7c9bc853a95560d383c83d43966eba0a66718976abdfcb2feec104c8941c0acd5406e2f1812be31b0f4baa76caf6a8ae81c9
 DIST borgmatic-1.9.6.tar.gz 640257 BLAKE2B 6d95fe1d12fa401b25d00187a20520003ebc05ceb481add6c0706fcc6bb40f275830cd35f3fa90ea3680457e93a33bf21abb7f3d6423c9268c95b4e356587fdc SHA512 ff2050dcde579e5dffeef915bead5672158387c9a883d9f5b996ba8e804e37d9445b07839f84959cae2b367735f742cab83e143b363cedbb61f38621e2b0a95b
-DIST borgmatic-1.9.7.tar.gz 641880 BLAKE2B 747046bfbd860330b892bcdff247c1a61893bc9f08e16e039a8659229017c0faac4a16be69dd5bd9c871b1655018ed6b36a1bf7a289d917b268ebdc4035a4482 SHA512 bdc55ca75cae6d5224742508bc201dd97ffabfc590c6f21282a20cb28e2f16100175300c9bbf4f6c874779ca577f2a6141c0cc8aa0622f0ca1ebf1255ab65060
 DIST borgmatic-1.9.8.tar.gz 642464 BLAKE2B 0473e440d8beb99adac1fcf6c3628f12ca1b9b4337190eaac5aa6cb4726a2be9ada56f1a25be9369cf5a36e5bd53bf2070c2f1579c96bc7375cf5f184a7129af SHA512 a4c524ddddae99d4a244e6d6d7c8d91ea980b29267b2bca8c8dcf45087fa70039088c225a5144e072e5453a76dfbdca61f7718eba4c558d94226222574e9e09a
diff --git a/app-backup/borgmatic/borgmatic-1.9.7.ebuild b/app-backup/borgmatic/borgmatic-1.9.7.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index dea28ebb55e35..0000000000000
--- a/app-backup/borgmatic/borgmatic-1.9.7.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-DISTUTILS_SINGLE_IMPL=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-
-inherit distutils-r1 systemd pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Automatically create, prune and verify backups with borgbackup"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://torsion.org/borgmatic/
-	https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic
-"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-3"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~riscv"
-IUSE="apprise"
-
-# borg is called as an external tool, hence no pythonic stuff
-RDEPEND="
-	app-backup/borgbackup
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
-		dev-python/jsonschema[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/packaging[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/ruamel-yaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	')
-	apprise? ( $(python_gen_cond_dep '
-		dev-python/apprise[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	') )
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		${RDEPEND}
-		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
-			dev-python/apprise[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-			>=dev-python/flexmock-0.10.10[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		')
-	)
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.14-systemd_service_bin_path.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.9.3-no_test_coverage.patch
-)
-
-EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-	# A fragile test whose only purpose is to make sure the NEWS file
-	# has been updated for the current version.
-	tests/integration/commands/test_borgmatic.py::test_borgmatic_version_matches_news_version
-)
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-src_install() {
-	distutils-r1_src_install
-	systemd_dounit sample/systemd/borgmatic.{service,timer}
-	keepdir /etc/borgmatic
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	if [[ -z "${REPLACING_VERSIONS}" ]]; then
-		elog "To generate a sample configuration file, run:"
-		elog "    ${PN} config generate"
-		elog
-		elog "Systemd users wishing to periodically run ${PN} can use the provided timer and service units."
-	else
-		local oldver
-		for oldver in ${REPLACING_VERSIONS}; do
-			if ver_test "${oldver}" -lt 1.9.0; then
-				ewarn "Please be warned that ${PN}-1.9.0 has introduced several breaking changes."
-				ewarn "For details, please see"
-				ewarn
-				ewarn "	https://github.com/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/releases/tag/1.9.0"
-				ewarn
-				break
-			fi
-		done
-	fi
-}