diff --git a/dev-perl/GD/GD-2.780.0.ebuild b/dev-perl/GD/GD-2.780.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 4993ebc755596..0000000000000
--- a/dev-perl/GD/GD-2.780.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DIST_AUTHOR=RURBAN
-DIST_VERSION=2.78
-DIST_EXAMPLES=("demos/*")
-inherit perl-module
-
-DESCRIPTION="Interface to Thomas Boutell's gd library"
-
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86"
-IUSE="animgif fcgi test truetype xpm"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=media-libs/gd-2.2.3[png,jpeg]
-	media-libs/giflib
-	media-libs/libjpeg-turbo
-	media-libs/libpng
-	sys-libs/zlib
-	truetype? (
-		media-libs/gd[truetype]
-		media-libs/freetype:2
-	)
-	xpm? (
-		media-libs/gd[xpm]
-		x11-libs/libXpm
-	)
-	fcgi? (
-		dev-libs/fcgi
-	)
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-	>=virtual/perl-ExtUtils-Constant-0.230.0
-	dev-perl/ExtUtils-PkgConfig
-	virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
-	test? (
-		>=dev-perl/Test-Fork-0.20.0
-		>=virtual/perl-Test-Simple-0.880.0
-		>=dev-perl/Test-NoWarnings-1.0.0
-	)
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.760.0-respect-libdir.patch
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	local myconfargs=(
-		VERSION_33
-		GD_UNCLOSEDPOLY
-		GD_FTCIRCLE
-
-		WINDOWS_BMP
-		JPEG
-		PNG
-		GIF
-	)
-
-	# The following flags do not work properly. This is why we force-enable
-	# at least some of them. See bug 787404 as tracker.
-	use animgif && myconfargs+=( ANIMGIF )
-	use truetype && myconfargs+=( FT )
-	use xpm && myconfargs+=( XPM )
-
-	# Per line 284 of Makefile.PL
-	local myconf="--lib_gd_path ${ESYSROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir) -options '$(printf '%s,' ${myconfargs[@]})'"
-	use fcgi && myconf+=" --fcgi"
-
-	perl-module_src_configure
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	# The 'GD' format itself is long-obsolete and gone in >=media-libs/gd-2.3.3
-	perl_rm_files t/z_*.t t/GD.t
-	perl-module_src_test
-}
diff --git a/dev-perl/GD/GD-2.790.0.ebuild b/dev-perl/GD/GD-2.790.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 69b6ce4d224d2..0000000000000
--- a/dev-perl/GD/GD-2.790.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DIST_AUTHOR=RURBAN
-DIST_VERSION=2.79
-DIST_EXAMPLES=("demos/*")
-inherit perl-module
-
-DESCRIPTION="Interface to Thomas Boutell's gd library"
-
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
-IUSE="animgif fcgi test truetype xpm"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=media-libs/gd-2.2.3[png,jpeg]
-	media-libs/giflib
-	media-libs/libjpeg-turbo
-	media-libs/libpng
-	sys-libs/zlib
-	truetype? (
-		media-libs/gd[truetype]
-		media-libs/freetype:2
-	)
-	xpm? (
-		media-libs/gd[xpm]
-		x11-libs/libXpm
-	)
-	fcgi? (
-		dev-libs/fcgi
-	)
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-	>=virtual/perl-ExtUtils-Constant-0.230.0
-	dev-perl/ExtUtils-PkgConfig
-	virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
-	test? (
-		>=dev-perl/Test-Fork-0.20.0
-		>=virtual/perl-Test-Simple-0.880.0
-		>=dev-perl/Test-NoWarnings-1.0.0
-	)
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.760.0-respect-libdir.patch
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	local myconfargs=(
-		VERSION_33
-		GD_UNCLOSEDPOLY
-		GD_FTCIRCLE
-
-		WINDOWS_BMP
-		JPEG
-		PNG
-		GIF
-	)
-
-	# The following flags do not work properly. This is why we force-enable
-	# at least some of them. See bug 787404 as tracker.
-	use animgif && myconfargs+=( ANIMGIF )
-	use truetype && myconfargs+=( FT )
-	use xpm && myconfargs+=( XPM )
-
-	# Per line 284 of Makefile.PL
-	local myconf="--lib_gd_path ${ESYSROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir) -options '$(printf '%s,' ${myconfargs[@]})'"
-	use fcgi && myconf+=" --fcgi"
-
-	perl-module_src_configure
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	# The 'GD' format itself is long-obsolete and gone in >=media-libs/gd-2.3.3
-	perl_rm_files t/z_*.t t/GD.t
-	perl-module_src_test
-}
diff --git a/dev-perl/GD/GD-2.800.0.ebuild b/dev-perl/GD/GD-2.800.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index b5fd2573b3507..0000000000000
--- a/dev-perl/GD/GD-2.800.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DIST_AUTHOR=RURBAN
-DIST_VERSION=2.80
-DIST_EXAMPLES=("demos/*")
-inherit perl-module
-
-DESCRIPTION="Interface to Thomas Boutell's gd library"
-
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86"
-IUSE="animgif fcgi test truetype xpm"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=media-libs/gd-2.2.3[png,jpeg]
-	media-libs/giflib
-	media-libs/libjpeg-turbo
-	media-libs/libpng
-	sys-libs/zlib
-	truetype? (
-		media-libs/gd[truetype]
-		media-libs/freetype:2
-	)
-	xpm? (
-		media-libs/gd[xpm]
-		x11-libs/libXpm
-	)
-	fcgi? (
-		dev-libs/fcgi
-	)
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-	>=virtual/perl-ExtUtils-Constant-0.230.0
-	dev-perl/ExtUtils-PkgConfig
-	virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
-	test? (
-		>=dev-perl/Test-Fork-0.20.0
-		>=virtual/perl-Test-Simple-0.880.0
-		>=dev-perl/Test-NoWarnings-1.0.0
-	)
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.760.0-respect-libdir.patch
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	local myconfargs=(
-		VERSION_33
-		GD_UNCLOSEDPOLY
-		GD_FTCIRCLE
-
-		WINDOWS_BMP
-		JPEG
-		PNG
-		GIF
-	)
-
-	# The following flags do not work properly. This is why we force-enable
-	# at least some of them. See bug 787404 as tracker.
-	use animgif && myconfargs+=( ANIMGIF )
-	use truetype && myconfargs+=( FT )
-	use xpm && myconfargs+=( XPM )
-
-	# Per line 284 of Makefile.PL
-	local myconf="--lib_gd_path ${ESYSROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir) -options '$(printf '%s,' ${myconfargs[@]})'"
-	use fcgi && myconf+=" --fcgi"
-
-	perl-module_src_configure
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	# The 'GD' format itself is long-obsolete and gone in >=media-libs/gd-2.3.3
-	perl_rm_files t/z_*.t t/GD.t
-	perl-module_src_test
-}
diff --git a/dev-perl/GD/GD-2.820.0.ebuild b/dev-perl/GD/GD-2.820.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 40abca4f0d859..0000000000000
--- a/dev-perl/GD/GD-2.820.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DIST_AUTHOR=RURBAN
-DIST_VERSION=2.82
-DIST_EXAMPLES=("demos/*")
-inherit perl-module
-
-DESCRIPTION="Interface to Thomas Boutell's gd library"
-
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86"
-IUSE="animgif fcgi test truetype xpm"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=media-libs/gd-2.2.3[png,jpeg]
-	media-libs/giflib
-	media-libs/libjpeg-turbo
-	media-libs/libpng
-	sys-libs/zlib
-	truetype? (
-		media-libs/gd[truetype]
-		media-libs/freetype:2
-	)
-	xpm? (
-		media-libs/gd[xpm]
-		x11-libs/libXpm
-	)
-	fcgi? (
-		dev-libs/fcgi
-	)
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-	>=virtual/perl-ExtUtils-Constant-0.230.0
-	dev-perl/ExtUtils-PkgConfig
-	virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
-	test? (
-		>=dev-perl/Test-Fork-0.20.0
-		>=virtual/perl-Test-Simple-0.880.0
-		>=dev-perl/Test-NoWarnings-1.0.0
-	)
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.820.0-respect-libdir.patch
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	local myconfargs=(
-		VERSION_33
-		GD_UNCLOSEDPOLY
-		GD_FTCIRCLE
-
-		WINDOWS_BMP
-		JPEG
-		PNG
-		GIF
-	)
-
-	# The following flags do not work properly. This is why we force-enable
-	# at least some of them. See bug 787404 as tracker.
-	use animgif && myconfargs+=( ANIMGIF )
-	use truetype && myconfargs+=( FT )
-	use xpm && myconfargs+=( XPM )
-
-	# Per line 284 of Makefile.PL
-	local myconf="--lib_gd_path ${ESYSROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir) -options '$(printf '%s,' ${myconfargs[@]})'"
-	use fcgi && myconf+=" --fcgi"
-
-	perl-module_src_configure
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	# The 'GD' format itself is long-obsolete and gone in >=media-libs/gd-2.3.3
-	perl_rm_files t/z_*.t t/GD.t
-	perl-module_src_test
-}
diff --git a/dev-perl/GD/Manifest b/dev-perl/GD/Manifest
index 8dc5210d42d0c..e113897266920 100644
--- a/dev-perl/GD/Manifest
+++ b/dev-perl/GD/Manifest
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-DIST GD-2.78.tar.gz 265773 BLAKE2B a05f9e26c2ea7d9a638cdb8fb6675382f5274e295f530587e1e83990ad5238882300052a4eb270f8881f02df30739783c64af8d2d93680e0e0a12570c6d45a61 SHA512 ef3df42c003f105fd1c313ea9e8b8b1e75912b4fdb274e73f2e4f5664a0adb8479a2e62fae5a493e37c36865f9dc37207d2d31e96316eb18a3c5384e07858591
-DIST GD-2.79.tar.gz 269331 BLAKE2B 6d640ba19841a7401f3306fde0a71fed8b9e1e6382641a9f902f84b65a96cf3ce297f06f1465a5ee1ed553bfc9213c6871a618109fb48a2f9ab68b9e49769e8d SHA512 c2c1b298b469aa357aaab94a48bbff916e33a36d4d028ad5cb0c9dab8b59f304b261d08121f06512e221598d647d6c09a5360a17bd4378d06cfd3ee53c5fe03b
-DIST GD-2.80.tar.gz 285685 BLAKE2B b3b130de1ba9ae14796339d6ed4033abba17db280b0b5ae02cd55d27bf62515999993d519ca32789e9cbc142e67256efef110139a79d472095b1d137c2d57941 SHA512 d973464d97b7472bb1e22cd03d644b8c5d0d83ac3076c9b10890666942e469e1dfc62ee6a01ff0cd49b13e7df9ad6ed2a16bbba36c1acacf94b3363194824177
-DIST GD-2.82.tar.gz 283831 BLAKE2B 9314a17d949f6b98f370c754fb7ae2346589b8aa2413513b6697dcb0ba7bc13465ba18d40604a129da502c189df4b7651e6d974545b05a943c7e3689c0e36986 SHA512 4aca1de74855e79d35cdffa167bba7f50cfc017ee855953bcda1d896d1e9da5976eae8fe3ab6ac2c682597b4a8424f100afc4a67aee2cdc6f88a19ff261551e8
 DIST GD-2.83.tar.gz 287543 BLAKE2B 53ec0e81bb1a72ff73b6ab7bdee1100fdb31ac73a08a16227bfd07de52284be5cbdc728f709534f99284b9552d31e2f407d1f92efecc1cbf572f53c14c722aea SHA512 65080a18ff675b7997a4425dcd9c8171e7d4cd5d53f499541caa7a0d85399ecffa04cae742ffcf8a0f2102a446ea46ecac45293fe14637b6d8a56d589c8c95cf
diff --git a/dev-perl/GD/files/GD-2.760.0-respect-libdir.patch b/dev-perl/GD/files/GD-2.760.0-respect-libdir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3651cc3283e2f..0000000000000
--- a/dev-perl/GD/files/GD-2.760.0-respect-libdir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile.PL
-+++ b/Makefile.PL
-@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ END
- 
- @LIBS    = qw(-lgd) unless @LIBS;
- 
--# support for AMD64 libraries
--if (-d '/usr/lib64') {
--  my @libs64 = map {my $a = $_; $a=~ s/lib$/lib64/; $a} @LIBPATH;
--  @LIBPATH = (@LIBPATH,@libs64);
--}
--
- #############################################################################################
- # Build options passed in to script to support reproducible builds via Makefiles
- #############################################################################################
-@@ -219,12 +213,6 @@ if( ! defined($lib_gd_path) )
-   $PREFIX = prompt('Where is libgd installed?','/usr/lib');
- }
- 
--unless ($AUTOCONFIG || $PREFIX eq '/usr/lib') {
--  $PREFIX =~ s!/lib$!!;
--  unshift @INC,"-I$PREFIX/include";
--  unshift @LIBPATH,"-L$PREFIX/lib";
--}
--
- # FEATURE FLAGS
- 
- ##################################################################################################################
---- a/Makefile.PL
-+++ b/Makefile.PL
-@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ sub try_to_autoconfigure {
-   unless ($config) {
-       my %config;
-       require ExtUtils::PkgConfig;
--      %config = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->find ("$prefix/lib/pkgconfig/gdlib.pc") if $prefix;
-+      %config = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->find ("$lib_gd_path/pkgconfig/gdlib.pc") if $prefix;
-       %config = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->find ("gdlib") unless %config;
-       return unless %config;
-       $version  = $config{modversion};