diff --git a/dev-libs/ptypes/Manifest b/dev-libs/ptypes/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index a60d889a3ca27..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/ptypes/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST ptypes-2.0.2.tar.gz 225135 SHA256 7562b62143ca446fff73dfe8ab7c480ff731448b566d1c7841a404c79e20f584 SHA512 c4181640b54abe3fe93eb4fdff9553bf3937097df2ef6276b40758a3cd6590969ab819de0aa05d62e30919263f5484bb8cf19373cacd5b7aa50280880efb6cd4 WHIRLPOOL 32d78bebea8dd6b9b13b403851932aaa2025bd6d76a83a1b3f64aeb19455a8f6a7c92963cc0eef44df17b3a5b2abcc7f41857af172cd287834e4779ea2d1b223
diff --git a/dev-libs/ptypes/files/2.0.2-gcc41.patch b/dev-libs/ptypes/files/2.0.2-gcc41.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e36d4a3f31533..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/ptypes/files/2.0.2-gcc41.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur ptypes-2.0.2-orig/include/pstreams.h ptypes-2.0.2/include/pstreams.h
---- ptypes-2.0.2-orig/include/pstreams.h	2006-06-09 09:41:51.000000000 -0400
-+++ ptypes-2.0.2/include/pstreams.h	2006-06-09 09:42:30.000000000 -0400
-@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@
- // internal class used in fdxstm
- //
- 
-+class ptpublic fdxstm; 
-+class unit_thread;
-+
- class ptpublic fdxoutstm: public outstm
- {
-     friend class fdxstm;
-diff -Naur ptypes-2.0.2-orig/include/ptypes.h ptypes-2.0.2/include/ptypes.h
---- ptypes-2.0.2-orig/include/ptypes.h	2006-06-09 09:41:51.000000000 -0400
-+++ ptypes-2.0.2/include/ptypes.h	2006-06-09 09:42:30.000000000 -0400
-@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
- #  define VARIANT_TYPECAST_HACK
- #endif
- 
-+#if (__GNUC__ == 4)
-+#  define VARIANT_TYPECAST_HACK
-+#endif
-+
- 
- // -------------------------------------------------------------------- //
- // --- string class --------------------------------------------------- //
-@@ -71,6 +75,8 @@
- 
- ptpublic extern char* emptystr;
- 
-+class ptpublic variant; 
-+class ptpublic _varray;
- 
- class ptpublic string 
- {
-diff -Naur ptypes-2.0.2-orig/src/pvariant.cxx ptypes-2.0.2/src/pvariant.cxx
---- ptypes-2.0.2-orig/src/pvariant.cxx	2006-06-09 09:41:51.000000000 -0400
-+++ ptypes-2.0.2/src/pvariant.cxx	2006-06-09 09:42:55.000000000 -0400
-@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
- protected:
-     int refcount;
- 
--    virtual int _varray::compare(const void* key, const void* item) const;
-+    virtual int compare(const void* key, const void* item) const;
- 
-     friend class variant;
- 
diff --git a/dev-libs/ptypes/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/ptypes/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 043f6b483052d..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/ptypes/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>cpp@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Gentoo C++ Project</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<upstream>
-		<remote-id type="sourceforge">ptypes</remote-id>
-	</upstream>
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-libs/ptypes/ptypes-2.0.2-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/ptypes/ptypes-2.0.2-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 9829cca9b13a9..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/ptypes/ptypes-2.0.2-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Id$
-
-inherit eutils toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="PTypes (C++ Portable Types Library), alternative to the STL including multithreading and networking"
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.melikyan.com/ptypes/"
-SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="ZLIB"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
-IUSE="debug"
-
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND=""
-
-src_unpack() {
-	unpack ${A}
-	cd "${S}"
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PV}-gcc41.patch"
-	sed -i \
-		-e 's/-O2/$(CXXFLAGS)/' \
-		src/Makefile.common wshare/Makefile.common \
-		|| die "sed failed"
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	if ! use debug ; then
-		sed -i \
-			-e 's/^\(DDEBUG\).*/\1=/' \
-			src/Makefile.common wshare/Makefile.common \
-			|| die "sed failed"
-	fi
-	emake CXX=$(tc-getCXX) CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" || die "emake failed"
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	dolib lib/* || die "Installing libraries"
-	insinto /usr/include
-	doins include/* || die "Installing headers"
-	dohtml -r doc/* || die "Installing documentation"
-}
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index da7b0a4763a50..46e7bd1465115 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -167,12 +167,6 @@ net-libs/libqinfinity
 # Fails to build. Dead upstream. Masked for removal in 30 days.
 kde-misc/kte-collaborative
 
-# David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org> (05 Apr 2016)
-# No upstream release since 2007, no revdeps in tree,
-# version in tree outdated, bug #454702.
-# Masking for removal in 30 days
-dev-libs/ptypes
-
 # Patrick Lauer <patrick@gentoo.org> (05 Apr 2016)
 # --configtest is broken, mask until 2.3.1 release
 =app-admin/logstash-bin-2.3.0*