diff --git a/dev-ruby/rspec-pending_for/Manifest b/dev-ruby/rspec-pending_for/Manifest
index d9e45e2c4195..8189ae125fe3 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/rspec-pending_for/Manifest
+++ b/dev-ruby/rspec-pending_for/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST rspec-pending_for-0.1.16.tar.gz 12841 BLAKE2B fb95f7e21e681454252e6dd625c7a7766ee5853ec60f3280c25e591d91a6163dd307ed8583d6e966cca9f1eeac3e3d8543a539f557abaaf41ae424dc8d91d68a SHA512 4d87c82814a2b8f51f79d1c22030870dce98b846add8cab8897d211129ab2116dd28fffe4999e42c35f70393d90448b11067be424af28594600c7dd461de2e80
 DIST rspec-pending_for-0.1.17.tar.gz 33376 BLAKE2B 5534dd4853b57a5305d9bb2d60c553b80903324f4da18840e1cb59f51264e6bbc7ef846996fb947282d868a747fe554e3b79a1e6f9d5c4851545113b265bba91 SHA512 629c77591d7484d41bafc2a39df4b9da4d0d9fc30af1a6545093069b0eb0ce2da83a198717175a7a1261487ec444e6ea22b8ee02f4ecea74e82f4068d9059bbd
diff --git a/dev-ruby/rspec-pending_for/rspec-pending_for-0.1.16.ebuild b/dev-ruby/rspec-pending_for/rspec-pending_for-0.1.16.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bd987782ff0..000000000000
--- a/dev-ruby/rspec-pending_for/rspec-pending_for-0.1.16.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-USE_RUBY="ruby31 ruby32 ruby33"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_BINWRAP=""
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="README.md"
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC="rspec-pending_for.gemspec"
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_TEST="rspec3"
-
-inherit ruby-fakegem
-
-DESCRIPTION="Mark specs pending or skipped for specific Ruby engine / version combinations"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pboling/rspec-pending_for"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/pboling/rspec-pending_for/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="$(ver_cut 1)"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-
-ruby_add_rdepend "
-	dev-ruby/rspec-core
-	dev-ruby/ruby_engine:2
-	dev-ruby/ruby_version:1
-"
-
-all_ruby_prepare() {
-	sed -i -e '/simplecov/ s:^:#:' spec/spec_helper.rb || die
-}