diff --git a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/Manifest b/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/Manifest
index 432ebaadf3e78..f8ebe243dd6ec 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/Manifest
+++ b/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST cpp-httplib-0.26.0.tar.gz 1305573 BLAKE2B 4fcb11a4d3af71fa5b67f2dac7c0f3e0a5cae6ed2bf527686ca05dd03b4a91042dfdcfb068b5dc7dd58fd31a537a44ae6f38df7c5d87a1973e3ff738a51dd946 SHA512 b364500f76e2ecb0fe21b032d831272e3f1dfeea71af74e325f8fc4ce9dcdb3c941b97a5b422bdeafb9facd058597b90f8bfc284fb9afe3c33fefa15dd5a010b
 DIST cpp-httplib-0.38.0.tar.gz 1458103 BLAKE2B d94aad7aeef09770473e93c7ef88951a9911f98a2d0d77bc3a0ae9bd0e7868eb92ad57b49d381c1e6b5ea8229e1f3c5a9f28823277c20daa994d17e212176bbd SHA512 d8dfd5a447db4d6eb2a92c498af18cb3bf999ed43ef9a9552a8781f9c23597a3d178d2a15f5fa0afb68f2ec278080e6d4808cef5cfa68a8ed5f0c57b42bdbee7
diff --git a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.26.0.ebuild b/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.26.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 69997d06e0431..0000000000000
--- a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.26.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
-
-inherit cmake-multilib python-any-r1 toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="C++ HTTP/HTTPS server and client library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/"
-
-if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]] ; then
-	inherit git-r3
-
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/yhirose/${PN}.git"
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/yhirose/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-	KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 0-2)"  # soversion
-
-IUSE="brotli ssl test zlib zstd"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	brotli? (
-		app-arch/brotli:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	)
-	ssl? (
-		>=dev-libs/openssl-3.0.13:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	)
-	zlib? (
-		virtual/zlib:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	)
-	zstd? (
-		app-arch/zstd[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local -a mycmakeargs=(
-		-DHTTPLIB_COMPILE=yes
-		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=yes
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_BROTLI_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_OPENSSL_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_ZLIB_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_ZSTD_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_BROTLI=$(usex brotli)
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_OPENSSL=$(usex ssl)
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_ZLIB=$(usex zlib)
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_ZSTD=$(usex zstd)
-		-DPython3_EXECUTABLE="${PYTHON}"
-	)
-	cmake-multilib_src_configure
-}
-
-multilib_src_test() {
-	cp -p -R --reflink=auto "${S}/test" ./test || die
-
-	local -a failing_tests=(
-		# Disable all online tests.
-		"*.*_Online"
-
-		# Fails on musl x86:
-		ServerTest.GetRangeWithMaxLongLength
-		ServerTest.GetStreamedWithTooManyRanges
-	)
-
-	# Little dance to please the GTEST filter (join array using ":").
-	failing_tests_str="${failing_tests[@]}"
-	failing_tests_filter="${failing_tests_str// /:}"
-
-	# PREFIX is . to avoid calling "brew" and relying on stuff in /opt
-	GTEST_FILTER="-${failing_tests_filter}" emake -C test \
-		CXX="$(tc-getCXX)" CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -I." PREFIX=.
-}