diff --git a/dev-python/rq/Manifest b/dev-python/rq/Manifest
index 9ca2a461628f9..2f6365ff4e0f6 100644
--- a/dev-python/rq/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/rq/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 DIST rq-2.10.0.tar.gz 754610 BLAKE2B bffba43928470371b05b511216b60bdb089d11b6772910c6b31678422c5b47a6e873432609ee5653de85d6b561dd4917266fa27d6957ddcc8158bfcc1b7e2322 SHA512 f6c578e19f3f7dd85b4210c46486b915a45bd694b51d1da43e50fd7216ce64597dd0d610e98702c5c749aee552dafb2e8776c5367692793e1eb16077f5f8b765
 DIST rq-2.11.0.tar.gz 759304 BLAKE2B 604ff9b8fc25d1b96392ccc6261304efb81063dffa7e7aadbe26710063810bd7a2f53462c6dd8ccb4cc6563127a3c5a2b54215854dd968e070ba4ace5c1d6c1f SHA512 3c53e0667362c08a9971d3303d152f997afe5b5490d2962bea2d1333e400caa5082bdb025c1b8bc2a5888f08a1c48ee90bfe6a08383db017a211ed38d161d44c
-DIST rq-2.9.1.tar.gz 745898 BLAKE2B d510294b139eed76aeefbe6c23c70f9099e280ddd139137c83c4132b536b9ae3eb1da6aa66f30c4e4c856c2d887e6247047bcb3d4f7ca65ad87ce7d38c05a7e1 SHA512 4e8decc89d93c715cd33eec464d1df1370ecc0d366b9e0de950500701ddcffcd26476965d7de68396a09ec7a18fbeefd1f4cb94f281a6b25b48ebe046d087c85
diff --git a/dev-python/rq/rq-2.9.1.ebuild b/dev-python/rq/rq-2.9.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 43329f1b86438..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/rq/rq-2.9.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
-
-DESCRIPTION="Simple, lightweight library for creating and processing background jobs"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://python-rq.org/
-	https://github.com/rq/rq/
-	https://pypi.org/project/rq/
-"
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/click-5.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/croniter[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/redis-4.5.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-db/redis
-		dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
-EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-	# requires <sentry-sdk-2
-	tests/test_sentry.py::TestSentry::test_failure_capture
-	# hang
-	tests/test_commands.py::TestCommands::test_shutdown_command
-	tests/test_worker_pool.py::TestWorkerPool::test_check_workers
-	tests/test_worker_pool.py::TestWorkerPool::test_reap_workers
-	tests/test_dependencies.py::TestDependencies
-	# already present in older versions
-	tests/test_spawn_worker.py::TestWorker::test_work_and_quit
-)
-src_prepare() {
-	distutils-r1_src_prepare
-
-	# strip pin
-	sed -i -e '/dependencies/s:,!=[0-9.]*::' pyproject.toml || die
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	local -x TZ=UTC
-
-	local redis_pid="${T}"/redis.pid
-	local redis_port=6379
-	local redis_test_config="daemonize yes
-		pidfile ${redis_pid}
-		port ${redis_port}
-		bind 127.0.0.1
-	"
-
-	# Spawn Redis itself for testing purposes
-	# NOTE: On sam@'s machine, spawning Redis can hang in the sandbox.
-	# I'm not restricting tests yet because this doesn't happen for anyone else AFAICT.
-	einfo "Spawning Redis"
-	einfo "NOTE: Port ${redis_port} must be free"
-	/usr/sbin/redis-server - <<< "${redis_test_config}" || die
-
-	# Run the actual tests
-	distutils-r1_src_test
-
-	# Clean up afterwards
-	kill "$(<"${redis_pid}")" || die
-}