diff --git a/dev-libs/sexpp/Manifest b/dev-libs/sexpp/Manifest
index fa09357656d6c..4b530f70c9fa4 100644
--- a/dev-libs/sexpp/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/sexpp/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST sexpp-0.8.8.tar.gz 71705 BLAKE2B 40038e7bc56575da6d95d3b49c87dc5734416da57d3504b7984ec0ca56d735d6380751aa257dba1a3cc4e5cbea10cdf561ddac4f847b4abe2d2294bec46554bf SHA512 27660ebf1516539ab55cfe67d7636f34ce57439626b279f42465638f64791c20debc9c7dd28e5c84afb75377365640eae8cffd9d1b1378946435478adb403fad
 DIST sexpp-0.9.0.tar.gz 71636 BLAKE2B 3e532827265dfc49f8f37f5bf1610d0eb5d12bdf878ddeb89c419831f1f392df164ec933eb55e8b80283d454221893d2c9ab365cccef2306594d19ae95d575f0 SHA512 89728b6900406c9831f0b49842f3ffc687cdef4716b4865c2342031f6afa6801a6d0fafab887f9da58e73a11f8c86a40842522741c17ba38bb0c723a58fe5461
diff --git a/dev-libs/sexpp/sexpp-0.8.8.ebuild b/dev-libs/sexpp/sexpp-0.8.8.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 45602ed2129ed..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/sexpp/sexpp-0.8.8.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2023-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit cmake
-
-DESCRIPTION="S-expressions parser and generator library in C++"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/rnpgp/sexpp"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/rnpgp/sexpp/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~x86"
-IUSE="cli test"
-
-BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig
-	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )"
-
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on
-
-		-DDOWNLOAD_GTEST=off
-
-		-DWITH_ABI_TEST=off
-		-DWITH_COVERAGE=off
-		-DWITH_SANITIZERS=off
-		-DWITH_SEXP_CLI=$(usex cli on off)
-		-DWITH_SEXP_TESTS=$(usex test on off)
-	)
-
-	cmake_src_configure
-}