diff --git a/dev-java/xom/Manifest b/dev-java/xom/Manifest
index 660cd4b6a69b2..bdedae17ab624 100644
--- a/dev-java/xom/Manifest
+++ b/dev-java/xom/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST xom-1.3.8-src.tar.gz 5898196 BLAKE2B 59d2af50b1f662419cf9e860c9946b250b3a803b3e3190483bef5d9b77a51272f1f2b11b10da1d72daff5f9a38dfdd3c3c13d15de7b1d9e19372895316df0033 SHA512 4a9b328a51fc24a447271e52b2c084178e2a5091b6e37a6dcb05cfa7c1aeacc426bae896a84dd9a7adc425f77785c12f0ee23805863f096232ad6ca4a2335b44
 DIST xom-1.3.9-src.tar.gz 3660062 BLAKE2B 9e9b6e297ba47bb5e106b903800d0591744ad8f9b5f6ecca769c4bbe42489b9d045ad84e4c9d3f75282337395503662ecc7b759b04b75bcf8d13869b4103db9f SHA512 73d085d91b29f548261804d684896ec457edeb13af9ea395e84fdb1f8259678733276d7240ef8b29f7233d82c1ca568785139871d9448986134ff97ff271946f
diff --git a/dev-java/xom/files/xom-1.3.7-disable-invalid-test.patch b/dev-java/xom/files/xom-1.3.7-disable-invalid-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ee097470edca..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/xom/files/xom-1.3.7-disable-invalid-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-1) testIllegalTransform(nu.xom.tests.XSLTransformTest)
-nu.xom.xslt.XSLException: Syntax error in stylesheet
-        at nu.xom.xslt.XSLTransform.<init>(XSLTransform.java:181)
-        at nu.xom.xslt.XSLTransform.<init>(XSLTransform.java:226)
-        at nu.xom.xslt.XSLTransform.<init>(XSLTransform.java:201)
-        at nu.xom.tests.XSLTransformTest.testIllegalTransform(XSLTransformTest.java:775)
-        ... 25 trimmed
-Caused by: javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException: Cannot find external method 'www.example.com.fn' (must be public).
-        at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerFactoryImpl.newTemplates(TransformerFactoryImpl.java:990)
-        at nu.xom.xslt.XSLTransform.<init>(XSLTransform.java:173)
-        ... 29 more
---- a/XOM/src/nu/xom/tests/XSLTransformTest.java
-+++ b/XOM/src/nu/xom/tests/XSLTransformTest.java
-@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ public class XSLTransformTest extends XOMTestCase {
-         
-     } 
-     
--    
-+    /*
-     public void testIllegalTransform() 
-       throws XSLException, ParsingException, IOException {
-         
-@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ public class XSLTransformTest extends XOMTestCase {
-         }
-         
-     }
--
-+    */
-     
-     public void testRemapPrefixToSameURI() 
-       throws IOException, ParsingException, XSLException { 
diff --git a/dev-java/xom/xom-1.3.8-r1.ebuild b/dev-java/xom/xom-1.3.8-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 38151f3a21757..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/xom/xom-1.3.8-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc source test"
-JAVA_TESTING_FRAMEWORKS="junit-4"
-MAVEN_ID="xom:xom:${PV}"
-
-inherit java-pkg-2 java-pkg-simple
-
-DESCRIPTION="XML Object Model"
-HOMEPAGE="https://xom.nu"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/elharo/${PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}-src.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ppc64 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos"
-
-# Bug #905215
-PROPERTIES="test_network"
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-CP_DEPEND="
-	dev-java/jaxen:1.2
-	dev-java/xerces:2"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	${CP_DEPEND}
-	>=virtual/jre-1.8:*"
-
-DEPEND="
-	${CP_DEPEND}
-	dev-java/junit:0
-	>=virtual/jdk-1.8:*"
-
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/xom-1.3.7-disable-invalid-test.patch" )
-
-JAVA_AUTOMATIC_MODULE_NAME="nu.xom"
-JAVA_MAIN_CLASS="nu.xom.Info"
-JAVA_RESOURCE_DIRS="src/main/resources"
-JAVA_SRC_DIR="src/main/java"
-
-JAVA_TEST_GENTOO_CLASSPATH="junit-4"
-JAVA_TEST_SRC_DIR="src/test/java"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	java-pkg-2_src_prepare
-	java-pkg_clean
-	default
-
-	# removing directories based on build.xml
-	rm -rv XOM/src/nu/xom/benchmarks/ || die
-	rm -rv XOM/src/nu/xom/integrationtests/ || die
-	rm -rv XOM/src/nu/xom/samples/ || die
-	rm -rv XOM/src/nu/xom/tools/ || die
-
-	# reorganize the code and resources so that it goes well with java-pkg-simple
-	mkdir -pv ${JAVA_SRC_DIR} ${JAVA_RESOURCE_DIRS} ${JAVA_TEST_SRC_DIR}/nu/xom || die
-	mv -v {XOM/src,${JAVA_TEST_SRC_DIR}}/nu/xom/tests || die
-	mv -v XOM/data . || die
-	pushd XOM/src || die
-	for file in $(find -type f -name "*.java"); do
-		cp --parents -R ${file} "${WORKDIR}/${JAVA_SRC_DIR}" || die
-	done
-	for file in $(find -type f ! -name "*.java"); do
-		cp --parents -R ${file} "${WORKDIR}/${JAVA_RESOURCE_DIRS}" || die
-	done
-	popd
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	# These tests need to run separately, otherwise fail
-	# Should pass with "OK (126 tests)"
-	JAVA_TEST_RUN_ONLY=(
-		nu.xom.tests.AttributesTest
-		nu.xom.tests.DocumentTest
-		nu.xom.tests.ElementTest
-		nu.xom.tests.NodesTest
-		nu.xom.tests.ParentNodeTest
-	)
-	java-pkg-simple_src_test
-
-	JAVA_TEST_RUN_ONLY=()
-	pushd src/test/java > /dev/null || die
-		# Exclude EBCDICTest.java
-		# https://github.com/elharo/xom/blob/v1.3.8/src/nu/xom/tests/EBCDICTest.java#L71-L73
-		# And exclude those tests already run before
-		local JAVA_TEST_RUN_ONLY=$(find * \
-			-type f \
-			-name "*Test.java" \
-			! -name 'EBCDICTest.java' \
-			! -name 'AttributesTest.java' \
-			! -name 'DocumentTest.java' \
-			! -name 'ElementTest.java' \
-			! -name 'NodesTest.java' \
-			! -name 'ParentNodeTest.java' \
-			)
-		JAVA_TEST_RUN_ONLY="${JAVA_TEST_RUN_ONLY//.java}"
-		JAVA_TEST_RUN_ONLY="${JAVA_TEST_RUN_ONLY//\//.}"
-	popd > /dev/null || die
-	java-pkg-simple_src_test
-}