diff --git a/sci-astronomy/pyephem/Manifest b/sci-astronomy/pyephem/Manifest
index db92dc150a0c..607ff73daf89 100644
--- a/sci-astronomy/pyephem/Manifest
+++ b/sci-astronomy/pyephem/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-DIST pyephem-4.1.1.gh.tar.gz 2659977 BLAKE2B e373857d3fb66e742f9db992165dbd1d50afbb6b91588f2cfcd299409d491ef1174c54a182dd59b5a8e298a07312899c8f8b5a8aaa63e6b31deb5f8b1cd3131e SHA512 2539f36b7110cacd6cf95e9ba0be26ca837a66ba81f092d4be01405029adf22478184861f46ecf09d6cd35927140874e0f0d228b06537d05f3e2eddbcb35da85
-DIST pyephem-4.1.3.gh.tar.gz 2660800 BLAKE2B 272a96dfe5debe083274f911737246ea90dc15b12b141e41c018d0b4eff13e548fe1d99cfb75ea7d06d7784cd9cbce7f43149a08de051cd9e12a4b5d6a306607 SHA512 1d113e1adbe5c8175364a29ae405d80005e54a4f60d475534d6721dc51b4f58d314ad161ddaf791614fcd4b0550e4b2142f4e52ec4771ca0d1be6b10f3f8cc4d
 DIST pyephem-4.1.5.gh.tar.gz 2662791 BLAKE2B a30d3103b0d626e0316e85d1188dc2e93782fd87db6792dd6933fd9efb1b3fd7be7073486ec45c96e068b7bf9e471bf369a5867af87df5b5d50e16fc1f1a0e4c SHA512 f462df23060abacc69698e67526503302306953891c92920f77bc67d977a9691ed0d176d2743fa2c7c95cb3ff558f5e4a77fa6acff82cff243b771ed7ad095c9
diff --git a/sci-astronomy/pyephem/files/pyephem-4.1.3-clang-15.patch b/sci-astronomy/pyephem/files/pyephem-4.1.3-clang-15.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e780dac1ed3..000000000000
--- a/sci-astronomy/pyephem/files/pyephem-4.1.3-clang-15.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-https://github.com/brandon-rhodes/pyephem/commit/df7bba8e27208fbe335b0ac2f79ae77818f52dd3
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/874543
-
-From df7bba8e27208fbe335b0ac2f79ae77818f52dd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 02:58:26 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] Don't set tp_print on Python 3 (#245)
-
-In 3.8 it produces a compilation warning; in earlier versions it is ignored.
---- a/extensions/_libastro.c
-+++ b/extensions/_libastro.c
-@@ -372,7 +372,11 @@ static PyTypeObject AngleType = {
-      sizeof(AngleObject),
-      0,
-      0,				/* tp_dealloc */
-+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
-      Angle_print,		/* tp_print */
-+#else
-+     0,				/* reserved in 3.x */
-+#endif
-      0,				/* tp_getattr */
-      0,				/* tp_setattr */
-      0,				/* tp_compare */
-@@ -669,7 +673,11 @@ static PyTypeObject DateType = {
-      sizeof(PyFloatObject),
-      0,
-      0,				/* tp_dealloc */
-+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
-      Date_print,		/* tp_print */
-+#else
-+     0,				/* tp_print slot is reserved and unused in Python 3 */
-+#endif
-      0,				/* tp_getattr */
-      0,				/* tp_setattr */
-      0,				/* tp_compare */
-
diff --git a/sci-astronomy/pyephem/pyephem-4.1.1.ebuild b/sci-astronomy/pyephem/pyephem-4.1.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index baf625ea3bfc..000000000000
--- a/sci-astronomy/pyephem/pyephem-4.1.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Astronomical routines for the Python programming language"
-HOMEPAGE="https://rhodesmill.org/pyephem/"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/brandon-rhodes/pyephem/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~ppc ~x86"
-IUSE="doc"
-
-BDEPEND="doc? ( dev-python/sphinx )"
-
-EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-	# Can't find its test files (class not loaded properly in test env?)
-	# bug #855461
-	tests/test_jpl.py::JPLTest::runTest
-)
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-src_prepare() {
-	# Don't install rst files by default
-	sed -i -e "s:'doc/\*\.rst',::" setup.py || die
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	distutils-r1_src_compile
-	if use doc; then
-		PYTHONPATH=. emake -C ephem/doc html
-	fi
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	cd "${T}" || die
-	epytest --pyargs ephem
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	use doc && HTML_DOCS=( ephem/doc/_build/html/. )
-	distutils-r1_src_install
-}
-
-python_install() {
-	distutils-r1_python_install
-
-	rm -r "${D}$(python_get_sitedir)/ephem/tests" || die
-}
diff --git a/sci-astronomy/pyephem/pyephem-4.1.3.ebuild b/sci-astronomy/pyephem/pyephem-4.1.3.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 09f10bcd54cb..000000000000
--- a/sci-astronomy/pyephem/pyephem-4.1.3.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Astronomical routines for the Python programming language"
-HOMEPAGE="https://rhodesmill.org/pyephem/"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/brandon-rhodes/pyephem/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~ppc ~x86"
-IUSE="doc"
-
-BDEPEND="doc? ( dev-python/sphinx )"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-clang-15.patch
-)
-
-EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-	# Can't find its test files (class not loaded properly in test env?)
-	# bug #855461
-	tests/test_jpl.py::JPLTest::runTest
-)
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-src_prepare() {
-	# Don't install rst files by default
-	sed -i -e "s:'doc/\*\.rst',::" setup.py || die
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	distutils-r1_src_compile
-	if use doc; then
-		PYTHONPATH=. emake -C ephem/doc html
-	fi
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	cd "${T}" || die
-	epytest --pyargs ephem
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	use doc && HTML_DOCS=( ephem/doc/_build/html/. )
-	distutils-r1_src_install
-}
-
-python_install() {
-	distutils-r1_python_install
-
-	rm -r "${D}$(python_get_sitedir)/ephem/tests" || die
-}