diff --git a/dev-libs/librdkafka/Manifest b/dev-libs/librdkafka/Manifest
index 3a72062c282cd..e53816e500da7 100644
--- a/dev-libs/librdkafka/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/librdkafka/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-DIST librdkafka-1.8.2.tar.gz 4097028 BLAKE2B 37a3190417e973ea4629012e358ff61cda45eb0134448dd0054fd1f1cac57f3543b133331b0b0d518f219f30f79f7665a214c75084d6a8474687b7e686395724 SHA512 8c8ae291129b78e3b8367307ad1b1715af1438cd76d7160d64d13a58adf84c7c9f51efeba4656f55e101c25e4cb744db0d8bb5c01a2decb229e4567d16bdcb22
-DIST librdkafka-2.1.1.tar.gz 4281061 BLAKE2B 8200c2aee0d04109cb78f13b186cf907f3260ee6a17a2fffc4f7706ed9cbea9436eb31d17167e9af783495ef2365f7401bbdc671d5a8d7e7f2ecb9b5c7d57fbb SHA512 6bf1761e7ed1820b587fda24277f6606ec046da281064df13c4380f49a92f3e2b165614b9c622d46b27078ec024a4dc211610e500e597265e8219f8869c4d203
 DIST librdkafka-2.2.0.tar.gz 4340164 BLAKE2B 394c9fd25db0a3a02b16fec3d5d5acc4808b4c8a6c8e025e71f15a91c6311206bf4d7c863860be36483c150bb10955cdc98ba0f088fa493b20ae52154e2a83d0 SHA512 1a85b5864efdeece1327e461b62a378f24b73eb7174168f630aeff01d4a5074d6b2f15744bc267665fcfc6384e804df00c20b7271ecd85a98dca84746b86b4d9
diff --git a/dev-libs/librdkafka/librdkafka-1.8.2.ebuild b/dev-libs/librdkafka/librdkafka-1.8.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c9c3a3edca68..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/librdkafka/librdkafka-1.8.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI="8"
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )
-
-inherit python-any-r1 toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="Apache Kafka C/C++ client library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka"
-
-if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]]; then
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/confluentinc/${PN}.git"
-
-	inherit git-r3
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/confluentinc/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="BSD-2"
-
-# subslot = soname version
-SLOT="0/1"
-
-IUSE="lz4 sasl ssl static-libs zstd"
-
-LIB_DEPEND="
-	lz4? ( app-arch/lz4:=[static-libs(+)] )
-	sasl? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl:=[static-libs(+)] )
-	ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[static-libs(+)] )
-	zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:=[static-libs(+)] )
-	sys-libs/zlib:=[static-libs(+)]
-"
-# which: https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/pull/4353
-BDEPEND="
-	sys-apps/which
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-"
-
-RDEPEND="!static-libs? ( ${LIB_DEPEND//\[static-libs(+)]} )"
-
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-	elibc_musl? ( sys-libs/queue-standalone )
-	static-libs? ( ${LIB_DEPEND} )
-"
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	python-any-r1_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	if [[ ${PV} != "9999" ]]; then
-		sed -i \
-			-e "s/^\(export RDKAFKA_GITVER=\).*/\1\"${PV}@release\"/" \
-			tests/run-test.sh || die
-	fi
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	tc-export AR CC CXX LD NM OBJDUMP PKG_CONFIG STRIP
-
-	local myeconf=(
-		--prefix="${EPREFIX}/usr"
-		--build="${CBUILD}"
-		--host="${CHOST}"
-		--mandir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/man"
-		--infodir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/info"
-		--datadir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share"
-		--sysconfdir="${EPREFIX}/etc"
-		--localstatedir="${EPREFIX}/var"
-		--libdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
-		--no-cache
-		--no-download
-		--disable-debug-symbols
-		$(use_enable lz4)
-		$(use_enable sasl)
-		$(usex static-libs '--enable-static' '')
-		$(use_enable ssl)
-		$(use_enable zstd)
-	)
-
-	./configure ${myeconf[@]} || die
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	# Simulate CI so we do not fail when tests are running longer than expected,
-	# https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/blob/v1.6.1/tests/0062-stats_event.c#L101-L116
-	local -x CI=true
-
-	emake -C tests run_local
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	emake -j1 \
-		DESTDIR="${D}" \
-		docdir="/usr/share/doc/${PF}" \
-		install
-
-	if ! use static-libs; then
-		find "${ED}" -type f \( -name "*.a" -o -name "*.la" \) -delete || die
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/dev-libs/librdkafka/librdkafka-2.1.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/librdkafka/librdkafka-2.1.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c9c3a3edca68..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/librdkafka/librdkafka-2.1.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI="8"
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )
-
-inherit python-any-r1 toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="Apache Kafka C/C++ client library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka"
-
-if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]]; then
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/confluentinc/${PN}.git"
-
-	inherit git-r3
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/confluentinc/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="BSD-2"
-
-# subslot = soname version
-SLOT="0/1"
-
-IUSE="lz4 sasl ssl static-libs zstd"
-
-LIB_DEPEND="
-	lz4? ( app-arch/lz4:=[static-libs(+)] )
-	sasl? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl:=[static-libs(+)] )
-	ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[static-libs(+)] )
-	zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:=[static-libs(+)] )
-	sys-libs/zlib:=[static-libs(+)]
-"
-# which: https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/pull/4353
-BDEPEND="
-	sys-apps/which
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-"
-
-RDEPEND="!static-libs? ( ${LIB_DEPEND//\[static-libs(+)]} )"
-
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-	elibc_musl? ( sys-libs/queue-standalone )
-	static-libs? ( ${LIB_DEPEND} )
-"
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	python-any-r1_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	if [[ ${PV} != "9999" ]]; then
-		sed -i \
-			-e "s/^\(export RDKAFKA_GITVER=\).*/\1\"${PV}@release\"/" \
-			tests/run-test.sh || die
-	fi
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	tc-export AR CC CXX LD NM OBJDUMP PKG_CONFIG STRIP
-
-	local myeconf=(
-		--prefix="${EPREFIX}/usr"
-		--build="${CBUILD}"
-		--host="${CHOST}"
-		--mandir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/man"
-		--infodir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/info"
-		--datadir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share"
-		--sysconfdir="${EPREFIX}/etc"
-		--localstatedir="${EPREFIX}/var"
-		--libdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
-		--no-cache
-		--no-download
-		--disable-debug-symbols
-		$(use_enable lz4)
-		$(use_enable sasl)
-		$(usex static-libs '--enable-static' '')
-		$(use_enable ssl)
-		$(use_enable zstd)
-	)
-
-	./configure ${myeconf[@]} || die
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	# Simulate CI so we do not fail when tests are running longer than expected,
-	# https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/blob/v1.6.1/tests/0062-stats_event.c#L101-L116
-	local -x CI=true
-
-	emake -C tests run_local
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	emake -j1 \
-		DESTDIR="${D}" \
-		docdir="/usr/share/doc/${PF}" \
-		install
-
-	if ! use static-libs; then
-		find "${ED}" -type f \( -name "*.a" -o -name "*.la" \) -delete || die
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/dev-libs/librdkafka/librdkafka-2.2.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/librdkafka/librdkafka-2.2.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index fe891e25400a0..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/librdkafka/librdkafka-2.2.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI="8"
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..12} )
-
-inherit python-any-r1 toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="Apache Kafka C/C++ client library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka"
-
-if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]]; then
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/confluentinc/${PN}.git"
-
-	inherit git-r3
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/confluentinc/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="BSD-2"
-
-# subslot = soname version
-SLOT="0/1"
-
-IUSE="lz4 sasl ssl static-libs zstd"
-
-LIB_DEPEND="
-	lz4? ( app-arch/lz4:=[static-libs(+)] )
-	sasl? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl:=[static-libs(+)] )
-	ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[static-libs(+)] )
-	zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:=[static-libs(+)] )
-	sys-libs/zlib:=[static-libs(+)]
-"
-# which: https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/pull/4353
-BDEPEND="
-	sys-apps/which
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-"
-
-RDEPEND="net-misc/curl
-	!static-libs? ( ${LIB_DEPEND//\[static-libs(+)]} )"
-
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-	elibc_musl? ( sys-libs/queue-standalone )
-	static-libs? ( ${LIB_DEPEND} )
-"
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	python-any-r1_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	if [[ ${PV} != "9999" ]]; then
-		sed -i \
-			-e "s/^\(export RDKAFKA_GITVER=\).*/\1\"${PV}@release\"/" \
-			tests/run-test.sh || die
-	fi
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	tc-export AR CC CXX LD NM OBJDUMP PKG_CONFIG STRIP
-
-	local myeconf=(
-		--prefix="${EPREFIX}/usr"
-		--build="${CBUILD}"
-		--host="${CHOST}"
-		--mandir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/man"
-		--infodir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/info"
-		--datadir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share"
-		--sysconfdir="${EPREFIX}/etc"
-		--localstatedir="${EPREFIX}/var"
-		--libdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
-		--no-cache
-		--no-download
-		--disable-debug-symbols
-		$(use_enable lz4)
-		$(use_enable sasl)
-		$(usex static-libs '--enable-static' '')
-		$(use_enable ssl)
-		$(use_enable zstd)
-	)
-
-	./configure ${myeconf[@]} || die
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	# Simulate CI so we do not fail when tests are running longer than expected,
-	# https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/blob/v1.6.1/tests/0062-stats_event.c#L101-L116
-	local -x CI=true
-
-	emake -C tests run_local
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	emake -j1 \
-		DESTDIR="${D}" \
-		docdir="/usr/share/doc/${PF}" \
-		install
-
-	if ! use static-libs; then
-		find "${ED}" -type f \( -name "*.a" -o -name "*.la" \) -delete || die
-	fi
-}