diff --git a/dev-python/narwhals/Manifest b/dev-python/narwhals/Manifest
index a95c7f7f3be0b..c2965f9384bfe 100644
--- a/dev-python/narwhals/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/narwhals/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST narwhals-1.44.0.tar.gz 499250 BLAKE2B 24f45150f4d3f58778d4ccfc6bae8973de7352299e11ec12516e1ccd22079199b9bcfb51c5213223906e4afa2e58a09c59166a8fddaeb4f2bd526038b58d8b5b SHA512 6c9d6eefebdec18a18953caf2733c28cd2b5e4c93f5c391fe830787a0fdd309a5a534851cb000835b59ba84563842904cfb4f49fc67f30d2d8f21f3a6fb029c6
 DIST narwhals-1.45.0.tar.gz 508812 BLAKE2B 97096eb26440f64e190fb707566a1641d060df1b5e4f46feff164b8c2db262e78e78756024bdad34018419bd359035bb1ae54b65822c2c27fb05a67b7bdcd186 SHA512 42e8dcb48865356fe63b80306ee3113bb311dfbf1340a075dd541f481735c541564f2d584b29bb89c394469b51a1f25fe5f7533068c0a3848c9321a3219778b8
diff --git a/dev-python/narwhals/narwhals-1.44.0.ebuild b/dev-python/narwhals/narwhals-1.44.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index e4354994df6b9..0000000000000
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@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Extremely lightweight compatibility layer between dataframe libraries"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/narwhals-dev/narwhals/
-	https://pypi.org/project/narwhals/
-"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-python/hypothesis[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		>=dev-python/pandas-1.1.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/pyarrow[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/pytest-env[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-EPYTEST_XDIST=1
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_test() {
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
-	# make hypothesis more forgiving
-	local -x CI=1
-	epytest --runslow --constructors="pandas,pandas[nullable],pandas[pyarrow],pyarrow"
-}