diff --git a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/Manifest b/app-crypt/monkeysphere/Manifest
index e1759b1137484..25bcb7d3b9ee6 100644
--- a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/Manifest
+++ b/app-crypt/monkeysphere/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST monkeysphere_0.41.orig.tar.gz 109040 BLAKE2B dadbd65c879bc8e73e7dd1360ebe7f7242aef125af3907d4487f8d0711afda6d87736ab82938867201eead5c1008d192dbd90602eff5a4843d990b3c87ee2949 SHA512 fcc3dd6c191635ed7ef27a8219d4c9d7043629dc8a02de947fcc4dfc8e612ec767f68d4e4c41252a0c0fc80e4184018e53991d85fcde50cb5def75b925341962
 DIST monkeysphere_0.44.orig.tar.gz 110289 BLAKE2B 8a067035d3a40436fd5c27291ab25f15d475d9a0f17b51259c0431c77841807af93cb04d045b77c5f5dda3cd0061ab52561fdb62a704715d0d8cbbf96cb43259 SHA512 cb3c655a08b1c0a382502f8609f57d0c870fe4491b1b967e9931bdfd146b3926470496577949630452e073f04442b91a1ef679254c0f3091a834f3429e0f8e93
diff --git a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_default_shell.patch b/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_default_shell.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f979114181d11..0000000000000
--- a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_default_shell.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -r d0c02fe6a949 src/share/common
---- a/src/share/common	Sun Oct 06 19:21:18 2013 +0200
-+++ b/src/share/common	Sun Oct 06 19:21:49 2013 +0200
-@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
-          # if root, su command as monkeysphere user
- 	'root')
-             # requote arguments using bash builtin feature (see "help printf"):
--	    su "$MONKEYSPHERE_USER" -c "$(printf "%q " "$@")"
-+	    su -s /bin/bash "$MONKEYSPHERE_USER" -c "$(printf "%q " "$@")"
- 	    ;;
- 
- 	# otherwise, fail
diff --git a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_hd_od.patch b/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_hd_od.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cdaa74b57353..0000000000000
--- a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_hd_od.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -r 6150774ec7f4 tests/keytrans
---- a/tests/keytrans	Sun Feb 16 20:11:02 2014 +0100
-+++ b/tests/keytrans	Sun Feb 16 20:11:40 2014 +0100
-@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
-     <(gpg --list-packets < "$TEMPDIR"/converted.secret.key)
- 
- diff -u \
--    <(hd "$TEMPDIR"/secret.key) \
--    <(hd "$TEMPDIR"/converted.secret.key)
-+    <(od -xc "$TEMPDIR"/secret.key) \
-+    <(od -xc "$TEMPDIR"/converted.secret.key)
- 
- KEYFPR=$(gpg --fingerprint --with-colons --list-keys | grep ^fpr | cut -f10 -d:)
- KEYID=$(printf "%s" "$KEYFPR" | cut -b25-40)
diff --git a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_non_default_port.patch b/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_non_default_port.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f14550280fcf6..0000000000000
--- a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_non_default_port.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -r 5f7ee764ec1f src/share/common
---- a/src/share/common	Mon Oct 07 19:22:36 2013 +0200
-+++ b/src/share/common	Mon Oct 07 19:22:58 2013 +0200
-@@ -863,6 +863,10 @@
- 		    ;;
- 		('known_hosts')
- 		    host=${userID#ssh://}
-+	    	    if [[ "${host}" == *:* ]]; then
-+			IFS=':' read -a ARR <<< "${host}"
-+			host="[${ARR[0]}]:${ARR[1]}"
-+		    fi
- 		    remove_line "$keyFile" "$host" "$sshKey"
- 		    ;;
- 	    esac
diff --git a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_openpgp2ssh_sanity_check.patch b/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_openpgp2ssh_sanity_check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index aec90eb076610..0000000000000
--- a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_openpgp2ssh_sanity_check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/monkeysphere-authentication b/src/monkeysphere-authentication
-index edc7995..2711ff2 100755
---- a/src/monkeysphere-authentication
-+++ b/src/monkeysphere-authentication
-@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ gpg_sphere() {
-     su_monkeysphere_user gpg --fixed-list-mode --no-greeting --quiet --no-tty "$@"
- }
- 
-+check_openpgp2ssh_sanity() {
-+    if [[ `su_monkeysphere_user openpgp2ssh ABC &>/dev/null || echo $?` != "255" ]]; then
-+    echo "openpgp2ssh command gives unexpected return code. This can lead to a scenario where no authorized keys are populated, even though they are otherwise valid. Aborting!"
-+    exit 1
-+    fi; 
-+}
-+
- # output to stdout the core fingerprint from the gpg core secret
- # keyring
- core_fingerprint() {
-@@ -163,6 +170,7 @@ case $COMMAND in
-     'update-users'|'update-user'|'update'|'u')
- 	source "${MASHAREDIR}/setup"
- 	setup
-+	check_openpgp2ssh_sanity
- 	source "${MASHAREDIR}/update_users"
- 	OUTPUT_STDOUT= update_users "$@"
- 	;;
-@@ -171,6 +179,7 @@ case $COMMAND in
- 	(( $# > 0 )) || failure "Must specify user."
- 	source "${MASHAREDIR}/setup"
- 	setup
-+	check_openpgp2ssh_sanity
- 	source "${MASHAREDIR}/update_users"
- 	OUTPUT_STDOUT=true update_users "$1"
- 	;;
diff --git a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_tests_gnupg2.patch b/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_tests_gnupg2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 712734459054a..0000000000000
--- a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_tests_gnupg2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-diff -r c13f4b11061e tests/keytrans
---- a/tests/keytrans	Sun Feb 16 19:24:08 2014 +0100
-+++ b/tests/keytrans	Sun Feb 16 19:27:42 2014 +0100
-@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@
- cat >"$TEMPDIR"/expectedout <<EOF
- pub:u:1024:1:$KEYID:$timestamp:::u:::scSC:
- uid:u::::$timestamp::E90EC72E68C6C2A0751DADC70F54F60D27B88C3D::monkeymonkey:
--sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:
-+sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:::::8:
- uid:u::::$timestamp::8200BD0425CC70C7D698DF3FE412044EAAB83F94::testtest:
--sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:
-+sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:::::8:
- EOF
- 
- diff -u "$TEMPDIR"/expectedout <(gpg --check-sigs --with-colons | grep -v ^tru)
-@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@
- cat >"$TEMPDIR"/expectedout <<EOF
- pub:u:1024:1:$KEYID:$timestamp:::u:::scSC:
- uid:u::::$timestamp::E90EC72E68C6C2A0751DADC70F54F60D27B88C3D::monkeymonkey:
--sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:
-+sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:::::8:
- uid:r::::::8200BD0425CC70C7D698DF3FE412044EAAB83F94::testtest:
--sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:
--rev:!::1:$KEYID:$revtime::::monkeymonkey:30x:
-+sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:::::8:
-+rev:!::1:$KEYID:$revtime::::monkeymonkey:30x:::::8:
- EOF
- 
- 
-@@ -190,15 +190,15 @@
- cat >"$TEMPDIR"/expectedout <<EOF
- pub:u:1024:1:$KEYID:$timestamp:::u:::scSC:
- uid:u::::$timestamp::E90EC72E68C6C2A0751DADC70F54F60D27B88C3D::monkeymonkey:
--sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:
-+sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:::::8:
- uid:r::::::8200BD0425CC70C7D698DF3FE412044EAAB83F94::testtest:
--sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:
--rev:!::1:$KEYID:$revtime::::monkeymonkey:30x:
-+sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:::::8:
-+rev:!::1:$KEYID:$revtime::::monkeymonkey:30x:::::8:
- uid:u::::$timestamp::EDDC32D783E7F4C7B6982D9AE5DC4A61000648BA::baz:
--sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:
-+sig:!::1:$KEYID:$timestamp::::monkeymonkey:13x:::::8:
- pub:-:1024:1:$NEWKEYID:$(($timestamp + 1)):::-:::caCA:
- uid:-::::$(($timestamp + 1))::A0D708F51CC257DEFC01AEDE1E0A5F329DFD8F16::fubar:
--sig:!::1:$NEWKEYID:$(($timestamp + 1))::::fubar:13x:
-+sig:!::1:$NEWKEYID:$(($timestamp + 1))::::fubar:13x:::::8:
- EOF
- 
- echo "test: diff expected gpg list output"
diff --git a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_userid_empty_line.patch b/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_userid_empty_line.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 70c7cffe7dc4e..0000000000000
--- a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/files/monkeysphere-0.36_userid_empty_line.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -r 2315bb7781c6 src/share/common
---- a/src/share/common	Thu Oct 10 19:25:10 2013 +0200
-+++ b/src/share/common	Thu Oct 10 19:25:50 2013 +0200
-@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@
-     IFS=$'\n'
-     while read line ; do
- 	case "$line" in
--	    ("#"*)
-+	    ("#"*|"")
- 		continue
- 		;;
- 	    (" "*|$'\t'*)
diff --git a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/monkeysphere-0.41.ebuild b/app-crypt/monkeysphere/monkeysphere-0.41.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index fc2a5255bbe55..0000000000000
--- a/app-crypt/monkeysphere/monkeysphere-0.41.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=5
-inherit eutils user
-
-DESCRIPTION="Leverage the OpenPGP web of trust for OpenSSH and Web authentication"
-HOMEPAGE="http://web.monkeysphere.info/"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-3"
-SLOT="0/0"
-IUSE=""
-SRC_URI="mirror://debian/pool/monkeysphere/m/monkeysphere/monkeysphere_${PV}.orig.tar.gz http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian/pool/monkeysphere/m/monkeysphere/monkeysphere_${PV}.orig.tar.gz"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm x86"
-
-DOCS=( README Changelog )
-
-## Tests fail upstream for SSH connection. Issue has been reported.
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-DEPEND="app-crypt/gnupg:0=
-	net-misc/socat:0=
-	dev-perl/Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA:0=
-	dev-perl/Digest-SHA1:0=
-	app-misc/lockfile-progs:0="
-
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-
-pkg_setup()
-{
-	einfo "Creating named group and user"
-	enewgroup monkeysphere
-	enewuser monkeysphere -1 -1 /var/lib/monkeysphere monkeysphere
-	# Using fperms and fowner in src_install leave unusable config with error
-	# Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory /var/lib/monkeysphere
-	chown root:monkeysphere /var/lib/monkeysphere
-	chmod 751 /var/lib/monkeysphere
-}
-
-src_prepare()
-{
-	sed -i "s#share/doc/monkeysphere#share/doc/${PF}#" Makefile || die
-}
-
-src_install()
-{
-	default
-	dodir /var/lib/monkeysphere
-}
-
-pkg_postinst()
-{
-	monkeysphere-authentication setup || die
-}