diff --git a/dev-libs/gom/Manifest b/dev-libs/gom/Manifest
index 94157e4c4d260..0bc150a488f7b 100644
--- a/dev-libs/gom/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/gom/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST gom-0.5.3.tar.xz 106204 BLAKE2B 2b8ce1c099e01a18f6b9c74197e395c685ea228d42a7df3b18afdb5af7c351936d50f592d40a072b851cdf8455be1fc9a23fec474e7c8563b48c5ddf22992747 SHA512 b955149847927deeb11ad81c90b7c810d3f4471f8b3b1ed3520447c0293a263d7a758ef8922d84bd1aef48904b8e791259be57c31b546b4ca961039a22a69730
 DIST gom-0.5.4.tar.xz 106308 BLAKE2B f32e9131b45a03a16b145f0f1af651256eacbbe81970bde0838589f385110d824278609976328d8546da2d69e20abf4b35ce9d9e158228b9cda883b49d4aa7ee SHA512 48822943f072abf97fdff2fe2f36537ad7a6bcfa128a9019023f8a676859acc10316a809ed2f9706753eb431f239a2713337e0034067009a621c51fc205d99c6
 DIST gom-0.5.5.tar.xz 106520 BLAKE2B 6d8b23a52d2114904a990990e5273c1bc4675e8cc2831555e0bb0b2d9770fe9ceb803264abe3337a9f5cfee481458173d49f52dc7f9320bd1ef74eabe50ac850 SHA512 36759debb46509e0f6ce1a33e6f8be06e772df3813b22ce3408240bc0b617aa824fe0f4001da58eceab402cf423e5e58ac111b2d8e9b22db9e3778ae0903a3f5
diff --git a/dev-libs/gom/gom-0.5.3.ebuild b/dev-libs/gom/gom-0.5.3.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index d19477910accd..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/gom/gom-0.5.3.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-GCONF_DEBUG="yes"
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-
-inherit gnome.org meson python-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="GObject to SQLite object mapper library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gom"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2+ FDL-1.1+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~arm arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86"
-IUSE="gtk-doc +introspection python test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-REQUIRED_USE="python? ( introspection ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
-
-BDEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-db/sqlite-3.7:3
-	>=dev-libs/glib-2.38:2
-	introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2:= )
-	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS}
-		>=dev-python/pygobject-3.16:3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	gtk-doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	test? ( x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2 )
-"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	sed -i -e '/subdir.*python/d' bindings/meson.build || die
-	# drop test building and deps if not enabled
-	if ! use test; then
-		sed -i -e '/gdkpixbuf_dep/d' meson.build || die
-		sed -i -e '/subdir(.*tests.*)/d' meson.build || die
-	fi
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local emesonargs=(
-		$(meson_use introspection enable-introspection)
-		$(meson_use gtk-doc enable-gtk-doc)
-	)
-
-	meson_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	docinto examples
-	dodoc examples/*.py
-
-	meson_src_install
-
-	if use python; then
-		python_foreach_impl python_domodule bindings/python/gi
-	fi
-}