diff --git a/dev-python/m2crypto/Manifest b/dev-python/m2crypto/Manifest
index 84462629ce9a9..c59b22254a3d0 100644
--- a/dev-python/m2crypto/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/m2crypto/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST m2crypto-0.43.0.tar.gz 366785 BLAKE2B 611daee57c5605246c0a505604e54ec7e029301194ed75bcb7c02ec04f0246a3dc05e13c8c00f1cc15496495a81c098b203cf69a75ce5a65ea3c7a1c0445e5d3 SHA512 c5232956a88de51bd3a1e02859b7a308eabb4e055cc0c8aac2d8d34a60c60a4a4c7160db4060ec07f559134a04eb41c6ab116a194ec3f7441d342e6d38f9add9
 DIST m2crypto-0.44.0.tar.gz 363805 BLAKE2B 0a61574ebee8a82ff2b00fa595870fe8d7e965be893db1e82bd1796703ecec16d7c476185b4b4db754efee1e698f60f20c783d1da04f77ee604afb9a346a2077 SHA512 8f8e9d88852eb003eaad9242ca43a0218354d9af3a6f0d9666ceba0ef2c840cd0aca0ad8493a222eb1de9dd0253c0204dde5530fd6a59ee1c3f29be83ec23458
diff --git a/dev-python/m2crypto/m2crypto-0.43.0.ebuild b/dev-python/m2crypto/m2crypto-0.43.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 89eae437c14fe..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/m2crypto/m2crypto-0.43.0.ebuild
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@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2018-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_EXT=1
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-PYPI_PN="M2Crypto"
-PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
-
-inherit distutils-r1 toolchain-funcs pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="A Python crypto and SSL toolkit"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://gitlab.com/m2crypto/m2crypto/
-	https://pypi.org/project/M2Crypto/
-"
-
-# openssl via src/SWIG/_lib11_compat.i
-LICENSE="MIT openssl"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~x64-macos"
-IUSE="abi_mips_n32 abi_mips_n64 abi_mips_o32"
-
-DEPEND="
-	dev-libs/openssl:=
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-lang/swig-2.0.9
-"
-
-swig_define() {
-	local x
-	for x; do
-		if tc-cpp-is-true "defined(${x})"; then
-			SWIG_FEATURES+=" -D${x}"
-		fi
-	done
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	# relies on very exact clock behavior which apparently fails
-	# with inconvenient CONFIG_HZ*
-	sed -e 's:test_server_simple_timeouts:_&:' \
-		-i tests/test_ssl.py || die
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-}
-
-python_compile() {
-	# setup.py looks at platform.machine() to determine swig options.
-	# For exotic ABIs, we need to give swig a hint.
-	local -x SWIG_FEATURES=
-
-	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/617946
-	swig_define __ILP32__
-
-	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/674112
-	swig_define __ARM_PCS_VFP
-
-	distutils-r1_python_compile
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	"${EPYTHON}" -m unittest -b -v tests.alltests.suite ||
-		die "Tests failed for ${EPYTHON}"
-}