diff --git a/sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd/installkernel-systemd-2-r4.ebuild b/sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd/installkernel-systemd-2-r4.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index b89b45be80e94..0000000000000
--- a/sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd/installkernel-systemd-2-r4.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2019-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DESCRIPTION="Wrap kernel-install from systemd as installkernel"
-HOMEPAGE="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/No_homepage"
-S="${WORKDIR}"
-
-LICENSE="public-domain"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~loong ppc64 x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	!sys-kernel/installkernel
-	|| (
-		sys-apps/systemd[gnuefi(-)]
-		sys-apps/systemd[boot(-)]
-		sys-apps/systemd[kernel-install(-)]
-		sys-apps/systemd-utils[boot]
-		sys-apps/systemd-utils[kernel-install(-)]
-	)
-"
-
-src_install() {
-	# we could technically use a symlink here but it would require
-	# us to know the correct path, and that implies /usr merge problems
-	into /
-	newsbin - installkernel <<-EOF
-		#!/usr/bin/env sh
-		exec kernel-install add "\${1}" "\${2}" --verbose
-	EOF
-
-	exeinto /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/
-	newexe "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2-r2-00-00machineid-directory.install" \
-		00-00machineid-directory.install
-}
diff --git a/sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd/installkernel-systemd-2-r5.ebuild b/sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd/installkernel-systemd-2-r5.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a88e9602d274..0000000000000
--- a/sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd/installkernel-systemd-2-r5.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2019-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DESCRIPTION="Wrap kernel-install from systemd as installkernel"
-HOMEPAGE="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/No_homepage"
-S="${WORKDIR}"
-
-LICENSE="public-domain"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~arm arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~mips ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	!sys-kernel/installkernel
-	|| (
-		sys-apps/systemd[kernel-install(-)]
-		sys-apps/systemd-utils[kernel-install(-)]
-	)
-"
-
-src_install() {
-	# we could technically use a symlink here but it would require
-	# us to know the correct path, and that implies /usr merge problems
-	into /
-	newsbin - installkernel <<-EOF
-		#!/usr/bin/env sh
-		exec kernel-install add "\${1}" "\${2}" --verbose
-	EOF
-
-	exeinto /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/
-	newexe "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2-r2-00-00machineid-directory.install" \
-		00-00machineid-directory.install
-}